Nigel Wearne - The Reckoning

Album: The Reckoning
Size: 110,6 MB
Time: 47:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Blues/Jazz/Soul/Folk mix
Art: Front

1. Choir Of The Done Wrong (5:16)
2. A Moment Too Soon (2:45)
3. To The Edge (4:13)
4. Black Behind The Blue (4:20)
5. The Reckoning (3:41)
6. Sing On Songbird (3:17)
7. 8 Minutes (4:51)
8. Anna (5:08)
9. I Don't Want This Rage Anymore (4:47)
10. People Are Alright (4:53)
11. Eventide (4:37)

Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he’s a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influence from Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones. A deep thinker and truth speaker, with a penchant for all things peculiar. Songwriting that cuts to the bone.

"The Reckoning" is an album of contrasts. Rollicking, rumbling, sneering, reflective. A full band explosion of songs, stories and musical mayhem; Gretsch electric guitar, horns, reeds, Hammond organ, drums and bass. All the while, Wearne's crooning, cutting, monolithic vocal keeps lyricism and poetry at the forefront. An enlivening experience that inhabits the after-dark realms of blues, jazz and soul - this is Americana-noir.

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Nigel Wearne - The Lone Reckoning

Size: 279 MB
Time: 56:00
File: Flac
Released: 2025
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. Choir Of The Done Wrong (Acoustic) (5:34)
2. A Moment Too Soon (Acoustic) (2:51)
3. To The Edge (Acoustic) (4:22)
4. Black Behind The Blue (Acoustic) (4:52)
5. The Reckoning (Acoustic) (3:35)
6. Sing On Songbird (Acoustic) (3:12)
7. 8 Minutes (Acoustic) (4:39)
8. Anna (Acoustic) (4:58)
9. I Don't Want This Rage Anymore (Acoustic) (4:51)
10. People Are Alright (Acoustic) (4:47)
11. Eventide (Acoustic) (4:43)
12. After The Fires (Bonus Track) (4:54)
13. Beautiful Blue (Bonus Track) (4:58)
14. The Spire Of Night (Bonus Track) (2:21)

Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he's 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.

Nigel has toured Australia, New Zealand, the US, UK, Ireland and Canada and performed at some of the world's most prestigious music festivals including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (USA), MerleFest (USA), Cambridge Folk Festival (UK), Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion (USA), Woodford Folk Festival (AUS), 30A Songwriters Festival (USA), Clonakilty Intl. Guitar Festival (IRE) and Philadelphia Folk Festival (USA).

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 Australia's AMRAP Charts. His 2023 album The Reckoning received back-to-back nominations for Best Blues Work at the 2023 & 2024 Music Victoria Awards and a 4-STAR review in The Australian and had two songs selected as finalists (top #10) in the International Songwriting Competition.

Rollicking, rumbling, sneering and reflective, The Reckoning is a full band explosion of songs, stories and musical mayhem; Gretsch electric guitar, horns, reeds, Hammond organ, drums and bass. All the while, Wearne's crooning, cutting, monolithic vocal keeps lyricism and poetry at the forefront. Think after dark jazz club meets Ennio Morricone with a dose of soul and rock 'n roll.

2025 marked a return to his roots as a folk songwriter with his latest album The Lone Reckoning, released October 17. A raw, emotive, stripped back rendition of his 2023 award-nominated album The Reckoning.

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