Craig Sinclair (guitar, vocals) plays solo and also as part of "The New Charlatans", along with various combinations of the following great musicians:
Lara Norman (violin, vocals), Holly Norman (percussion), Roy Martinez (bass), Angus Diggs (drums) and Jean-Guy Lemire (harmonica). Listen to the New Charlatans at www.myspace.com/thenewcharlatans.
Influences
Kelly Joe Phelps, Richard Thompson, Jeff Lang, Skip James, Gillian Welch, Dire Straits
Sounds Like
A Cohen brothers film on extended tour around Australia, meeting long lost relatives from west country England
Part 1920's timewarp, part post millennium spiritual yearning, Craig Sinclair conjures a mystical fingerstyle guitar sound, blended with soulful vocals and contemporary original folk-blues songwriting.
Based in Fremantle, Western Australia, these songs echo a sense of place and are distinctively Australian. This is timeless folk-blues music, that draws on many rich traditions, but in the end answers to itself.
The debut solo album, “Stones Beneath The Surface”, was released in May 2006 and launched in front of his home crowd in Fremantle to a packed house at Mojo's Music Bar. Since then it has been featured on RTR FM as well as receiving spot play on Triple J radio and extensive airplay on community radio stations around Australia. A live recording at the Kidogo Arthouse in May 2007 was released in December 2007 and is currently hitting the airwaves around Australia.
Looking forward to sydney and will be good to catch up have a jam over there haha both us WA people haha anyways hope to keep talking till we go to sydney are u excited or hasnt it hit u?...it still hasnt hit me lol
Hi Craig! Thanks for your message mate, if you're in town it would be great to see you for it! Hope Albany is treating you well and you're getting heaps of inspiration!
One Tiger Down are
playing a charity gig at the Film &
Television Institute (92 Adelaide St
Fremantle) on Wednesday 17th at 6:30pm
Fremantle Anti Nuclear Group (FANG) are putting on a Wine, Sushi and Film night
to help raise awareness on Australia’s position in the uranium mining
industry and it’s impact on the environment. One Tiger Down will be
playing their soulful tunes whilst you can help yourself to some FREE tasty
food and beverages. Entry is by donation.
Hi Craig, I really enjoyed the music at Clancy's on Friday. You and Lara sang so well together and Jean Guy is always an awesome harmonica player, so it was a pure bonus to watch and listen to Angus. Oh, and thank you for playing that beautiful song about peace. Respect to you mate, Chris.
Yeah, met you at last years Broke Festival (end of a busy w'end - you probably don't remember. Really enjoyed your music tho, might catch up with you there again this year.
Codee-Lee
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