Matt Sier is a unique singer/songwriter from country Victoria. He loves singing about things he knows, such as growing up in the country, moving to the city, moving from the city, travelling through Australia and overseas, and working in various jobs from offices to shearing sheds. He has performed on streets, at farmers’ markets, pubs […]
Deep, dark, electric tales from the interior weather of the heart. Electric-leaning grunge-folk with expansive vocals and intimate storytelling, shaped by travel between bush and city. Australian-Irish artist El Montez first carried a guitar along dusty roads, dry creek beds, and under eagle shadows among the granite of Djaara Country. From those beginnings grew a signature blend of grunge-folk poetry, taking listeners on a journey from Central Victoria to Central Park, New York. […]
Journeyman guitarist and singer/songwriter Adam Waldron returns to the Poet for another night of swampy, rockin' and psychedelic blues explorations. Joining Adam for the return to the Drunken Poet will be session and touring ace Craig Strain on bass, and Melbourne shuffle-king Neil Richardson on kit.
Maree, Seamus, Rory and Van make up Geelong's The Ferriters. Named after the last Irish Chieftain Pierce Ferriter, and playing Irish and Aussie trad classics and also Van Walker originals, including The King of the Irish Rebels, a song regarding their revered namesake, The Ferriters are a rare blend of old and new, Irish and Australian, and always […]
Redfish Bluegrass plays the songs of Dwight Yoakam! Dwight Yoakam is famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than 21 albums and compilations, charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. Yoakam has recorded 5 […]
Nestled halfway between the blues rock bombast of Ash Grunwald and the genre-mixing folk-roots wizardry of Jeff Lang, Australian steel guitarist KIER STEVENS knits together a raucous weave of hurtful hollering and gutsy guitar work that can take you from old-timey acoustic blues sounds, screaming steel solos, bung ballads, haunting ambient improvisation, and the odd […]
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia and fuelled by a love of classic honky tonk and vintage country music, come No Sleep Till Texas. Paying homage to their own heroes, the likes of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Doug Sahm, Dwight Yoakam and Willie Nelson, this Melbourne outfit are throwbacks to when country music was exactly that. Delivering their honest and bare […]
The Wobbly Boots are a six-piece Old Time hillbilly mountain music band, bringing high-energy string band sounds and back-porch harmonies to the stage. Led by Charlie Sanford on fiddle and Peter Holmes on banjo, the group also features brothers Tom and Matt Rodd (of Shaky Stills fame) on steel-string guitar and mandolin. Holding down the […]
Melbourne Jazz Project - featuring James Shortland, Tony Barrett, Matthew Morgan.
Kier Stevens playing the songs of Tex, Don & Charlie
There’s a defining old world charm to Melbourne songstress Yolanda Ingley II – equally wielding smoky vocals and impassioned heart, Yolanda’s songs dip into soul, blues and jazz with inherent sophistication that draw to mind the greats of eras passed. Yolanda is playing two sets at The Poet from 8-10pm.
Cate Taylor is an award winning, indie-folk/alt-country singer songwriter from Melbourne who has worked with a swathe of talented musicians including Justin Brady, Matthew Arnold, Nina Rose, Greg Hamilton and Ben Franz. Cate’s music is rich, natural and grounded in resonant, spacious lyrics with a performance style that is authentic and engaging. Her songs reflect […]
