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Andrew Swift at The Stag & Hunter Hotel
WHEN:
Sunday 22 April 2018 - 07:00pm
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The Stag & Hunter Hotel
187 Maitland Road
Mayfield
New South Wales
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Andrew Swift w/ Ben Leece at The Stag and Hunter Hotel
FREE ENTRYMaking music can sometimes feel like you’re drifting on the ocean,waiting for inspiration to appear like shore on the horizon. For Australian singer-songwriter Andrew Swift, the sea was the Melbourne music scene. Following the release of his acclaimed 2015 debut, Sound the Alarm, he was adrift in the sprawling waves. But coastline appeared in the form of country and Americana music. These timeless genres reinvigorated his songwriting and new music flowed around him.Swift made a big first impression on the country music world when he became a Toyota Star Maker grand finalist. He also teamed up with respected Americana songwriter Gretta Ziller and the pair took an intimate show of songs and storytelling on tour to caravan parks along the East Coast of New South Wales and Victoria, en route to Tamworth Country Music Festival. Ever the dogged performer, Swift has supported the likes of Shane Nicholson, Catherine Britt, Amber Lawrence, Adam Eckersley, and Lachlan Bryan.So when the time came to record his second record, there was no shortage of country music cavalry that flocked to Swift’s side. Under the guidance of sought-after producer Matt Fell at Sydney’s Love HZ studio was a band that included guitarist Glen Hannah, drummer Josh Schuberth, Fell himself on bass, guitars, keys and percussion,Hammond organist and Adam Eckersley Band member Dan Biederman and Sam Hawksley on lap steel. Among Swift’s guest vocalists are Britt, Ziller and Katie Brianna. The record was mastered in Los Angeles by Pete Lyman, whose credits include Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell.It seems Swift’s days of drifting may be over. Buoyed by the passionate and supportive country music scene, shore won’t ever be so far away.