NEIL MURRAY ANNOUNCES MILTON HEADLINE SHOW

Milton Theatre is proud to present maverick song man Neil Murray and his band for one night only to launch his forthcoming album The Telling.

One of the founding members of the pioneering Warumpi Band and the songwriter behind the iconic anthems “My Island Home” and “Blackfella Whitefella” Murray is renowned as one of the most respected and potent Australian songwriters of modern times. Across his four-decade long career the 1995 ‘Song of the Year’ APRA winner has released a string of remarkable albums, including 2019’s acclaimed joint releases Blood & Longing – his first solo release in five years – and Tjungu (all in one joined together), recorded with Warumpi Band co-founder Sammy Butcher.

Murray’s music has been covered by the likes of Mary Black, Jimmy Little, Emma Donovan, Missy Higgins, Powderfinger and Liz Stringer. Named ‘Artist of the Year’ at the 2017 Port Fairy Folk Festival, his legendary ode with Warumpi Band “My Island Home” – along with the group’s “Jailanguru Pakarnu” (‘Out From Jail’), the first commercially released pop-rock single sung in an indigenous language – earned the honour of being selected into the National Film and Television Sound Archive’s ‘Sounds Of Australia’ series, an accolade reserved for recordings “with cultural, historical and aesthetic significance and relevance, which inform or reflect life in Australia”.

Always engaging, don’t miss one of Australia’s finest singer songwriters, Neil Murray and his band as they showcase his new album and deliver landmark songs from his four decade recording career.

‘One of the finest songwriters this country has ever produced’ – Rhythms

‘Neil Murray sings from the heart of the country’ – Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil)

‘There’s no shortage of substance or integrity in his songs’ – The Australian

‘Simply one of the greatest singer/songwriters Australia has ever produced’ – Lee Kernaghan

‘Stand to be converted’ – Australian Musician

Supporting Neil will be MELANIE HORSNELL

Melanie Horsnell has been described by the Sydney Morning Herald as having a voice of ‘the utmost delicateness’, as a ‘songwriting gem’ by The Australian. Based in Candelo in southern NSW, Melanie has recorded Eleven albums and EPs including her latest solo album, 'Trobairitz'. Melanie's critically acclaimed album The Cloud Appreciation Society was long-listed for the 2013 Australian Music Prize, Quatre Chemins for the 2015 Australian Music Prize, and she was nominated for an APRA award in 2011.

She has toured with Glen Hansard and The Frames, Jason Mraz, Bernard Fanning, Lou Rhodes, Slaid Cleaves and Sarah Blasko among others, as well as touring extensively on her own in Australia and Europe. Melanie recorded an album in French, which was funded by the highly successful Pozible campaign and gave Melanie a six month residency in France, writing songs with poet Alain Rivet and pop icon Helena Noguerra. Melanie has also written songs with Wendy Matthews and Catherine Britt, and for film and television. She has recently returned from showcasing at the International Folk Alliance in Montreal and a tour in January to Europe, covering Germany, Netherlands and Ireland. 

Doors open 7.30pm, show commences approx 8pm.