Nigel Wearne at Kitchen Garden Cafe 2025-09-23T19:30:00
Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, folk and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in South-West Victoria, he’s a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influence from Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Gillian Welch. A deep thinker and truth speaker, with a penchant for all things peculiar. He sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone.
Nigel has toured Australia, New Zealand and Canada and he’s performed at a long list of music festivals, including the Port Fairy Folk Festival, Adelaide Guitar Festival and Queenscliff Music Festival. His sophomore album, Black Crow garnered wide critical acclaim including a 4-STAR review in Rolling Stone, a nomination for Best Country Album at the Music Victoria Awards and it debuted at #1 on the AMRAP Charts.
Singer-songwriter, luthier, poet and gleaner; Wearne paints lyrical pictures with “the narrative-fuelled prose of Paul Kelly” – Beat Magazine. “An eruption of energy, rhythm and melody" – Rhythms Magazine
‘Warmth flecked with grit… beauty awaits’ 4 STARS – ROLLING STONE ‘One of Australia’s emerging songwriters’ TONE DEAF ‘Authentic and impressive’ Dave Ruby Howe – TRIPLE J UNEARTHED ‘A fine exponent of roots Americana’ – RHYTHMS MAGAZINE