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Nigel Wearne has toured Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK and Canada and he's performed at a long list of festivals from MerleFest to both the Cambridge and Philadelphia Folk Festivals, and Bristol Rhythm & Roots.

Nigel is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influences such as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. A deep thinker and truth seeker with a penchant for all things peculiar, he sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone.

Rolling Stone magazine calls Nigel's music

"warmth flecked with grit...and beauty "

The Weekend Australian says

Nigel's songs showcase

"vocal swagger of Van Morrison and the arranging chutzpuh of Ennio Morricone