Michael Brinkworth

Berlin-based Australian folk troubadour <a href="spotify:artist:2i6SwWU5LfdDP4tOZTQiqn" data-name="Michael Brinkworth">Michael Brinkworth</a> writes and sings in the tradition of the timeless greats. Imagine <a href="spotify:artist:4vpDg7Y7fU982Ds30zawDA" data-name="The Band">The Band</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6v8FB84lnmJs434UJf2Mrm" data-name="Neil Young">Neil Young</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3eqjTLE0HfPfh78zjh6TqT" data-name="Bruce Springsteen">Bruce Springsteen</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:74ASZWbe4lXaubB36ztrGX" data-name="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:7x83XhcMbOTl1UdYsPTuZM" data-name="Tom Waits">Tom Waits</a> all taking a road trip through the Australiana heartland, with <a href="spotify:artist:2QoU3awHVdcHS8LrZEKvSM" data-name="Wilco">Wilco</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4WPY0N74T3KUja57xMQTZ3" data-name="The Replacements">The Replacements</a> on the stereo all along the way.

A tireless international touring act, Brinkworth’s backpack is stuffed full of heartfelt, roadworn songs. Rhythmic country guitar, entrancing harmonica and a soulful voice combine to take the listener on a journey and expose the rawness at the heart of his songwriting - vulnerable, sincere, and as honest as an old pair of traveler’s boots.

Greywood Records released Brinkworth’s debut album <a href="spotify:album:3vMydOTMEMz3AVKO2p4AjB" data-name="Somewhere to Run From">Somewhere to Run From</a> in 2017, to high critical acclaim from several publications such as Roadtracks and Lie in the Sound, following several self-released CD-R compilations and collaborations with other Berlin-based artists, such as <a href="spotify:artist:1NbWsEhbWzwjAL2LfPCERk" data-name="Temple Haze">Temple Haze</a>. His 2nd album, Wasted Wonder, recorded with his full band at The Famous Gold Watch Studios in Berlin, will be released by the studio’s label collective on 21 May 2021.

UK music blog A&amp;R Factory praised 1st single, <a href="spotify:album:6HB2S9GRyyoqWgHHinqoRp" data-name="One More Time (Just for Fun)">One More Time (Just for Fun)</a>, “for any fans of <a href="spotify:artist:5gspAQIAH8nJUrMYgXjCJ2" data-name="Kurt Vile">Kurt Vile</a>”. <a href="spotify:album:6LdkLEPtaBEzTDJS6GPGgT" data-name="Liguria">Liguria</a> was premiered on Berlin’s Radio 1. <a href="spotify:album:56aTcxLR75a731NgXp1RPN" data-name="Force of Nature">Force of Nature</a>, <a href="spotify:album:0OtQAIDAunfRExYR9cB1av" data-name="Falling in Love With a Broken Heart">Falling in Love With a Broken Heart</a>, <a href="spotify:album:3MG1tvgaF9dS6w2P9rzQwE" data-name="Good Old Feeling">Good Old Feeling</a> and <a href="spotify:album:1NdvBMMugksI9rgAyYQYlW" data-name="King of Indecision">King of Indecision</a> all got play-listing coverage. Last single and album opener Thick Skin has had national airplay on Triple J, Double J and ABC radio.