Brad Cox
Brad earned wide scale recognition in 2018 with his self-titled debut album that yielded the singles, ‘Red Light,’ ‘Too Drunk to Drive’ and ‘Lake House,’ as well as the anthemic crowd favourite ‘Water On The Ground’ which has notched up over 550,000 Facebook views and growing (watch here). The album earned the Jindabyne native two […]
Darlinghurst
Darlinghurst is a Melbourne based four-piece Country group that’s creating a fresh sound in the Australian Country music scene. Darlinghurst’s 2021 self-titled debut album debuted at #1 on the ARIA Country Album chart and Top 10 on the ARIA Album chart. In 2022 Darlinghurst won their first Golden Guitar at the 50th Australian Country Music […]
The Surreal McCoys
The Surreal McCoys are a three-piece outfit playing honky tonkin’ old style country music spanning from Ernest Tubb, through to Buck Owens and arriving at some originals written in a similar vein. Pete Denahy, Jeff Mercer, and Aron McLean are seasoned veterans of the bluegrass and country music scene. With six Golden Guitars between them, […]
Davidson Brothers
National Bluegrass champions and five-time Golden Guitar Winners, the Davidson Brothers are best known for their high powered pickin, fine vocal harmonies, classic humour and sharing their love of music, which transcends to the audience each time they take the stage. Described as “Simply world class”, the Davidson Brothers, recently inducted into the Australian Country […]
James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
James Ellis and the Jealous Guys are a country and honky tonk band from Melbourne. In 2018, they won Best Country Album at The Age Music Victoria Awards for their first record, “It Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad)”. Their second album, “Country Lion”, was released in 2020 to critical praise both in Australia and […]
The Pleasures
The Pleasures are Catherine Britt and Lachlan Bryan. It’s a collaboration that began with a few late-night texts and quickly spiralled into a feverish week of writing and recording in Melbourne, where the pair would dream up songs into the early hours, then head to the studio next morning to lay them down. “Lachlan and […]
The Smith & Western Jury
The Smith & Western Jury are a band from Wurundjeri Country; Melbourne, Australia. They make music with a tip of the hat to classic country and western nostalgia and offer a polite bow and curtsey to contemporary pop. Lead by the charming and sweeter-than-honey howl of singer/songwriter Samantha Lombardi, The Smith & Western Jury sway […]
Rose Zita Falko
Fuelled by a love of storytelling, Rose Zita Falko’s music has been tagged as ‘Western Noir’ with an added description of Americana rawness meets sophisticated jazz and soul tones. There is no archetypal Rose Zita Falko song, her songs range from a quiet soulful meander through to upbeat toe-tapping sing-alongs. With a passion for the […]
Queenie
Queenie, the trash queen alter-ego of Melbourne musician Eloise Thetford (ex Héloise, Bone Shack and Badgers), is a fearless performer who wears her heart on her sleeve. Her live shows shake, shudder and smoulder with fiery charisma and freewheeling stagecraft whether she’s performing solo or with her band, a rogues gallery of Melbourne’s finest musicians. […]
Amber Lawrence
Multi-Golden Guitar winner, Australian singer-songwriter, Amber Lawrence is one of Australia’s most celebrated and hardest working country artists. Having released 7 studio albums and 3 children’s albums, Amber’s latest release “Living for the Highlights” (July 22) debuted as the Number 1 all genre Australian album on the ARIA charts and the Number 5 all genre […]
Frank Sultana
Australian bluesman Frank Sultana returns to Meatstock. Embracing all of the dark charm of pre WW2 Mississippi blues, Frank Sultana sings with as much grit and whiskey drenched soul as the characters he writes about. Franks original music is inspired by such blues/folk greats as Son House, Blind Willie Johnson as well as iconic songwriters like Bob […]