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Ernest Aines

Intricate finger-style guitar and dreamy vocals reflect the deeply contemplative and evocative lyrics of Melbourne’s Ernest Aines.

A multi-award winning songwriter, noting over a decade of experience, Ernest’s uniquely pure and thoughtful sound has enchanted both fans and critics across the globe.

Ernest’s journey began with busking on the streets of Melbourne, and progressed to him gracing the stages of celebrated events like The Australian Open, The Melbourne Grand Prix, The Port Fairy Folk Festival, Rockhampton Riverfest, and Canberra’s Floriade Nightfest. He has appeared on stage at Ararat Live, The Palais Theatre, and Northern Arts Hotel, and his indie-folk styling and unique vocal delicacy has been compared to James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, Ray Lamontagne and Bon Iver.

In 2021, Ernest was selected for the Sounds Australia Folk Alliance International Showcase, and Global Music Match, achievements that would see his presence within modern folk grow exponentially in the months to follow.

He has since released three original singles from his highly-anticipated new album – a project five years in the making. The single ‘Rigged Games’ spoke volumes on behalf of Ernest’s unfiltered, authentic approach to the art-form, with live performance clips depicting a compelling devotion to the heartache and desperation of the writing. Along with the single ‘So Far’, the new music has amassed thousands of streams online, and Ernest’s second single ‘Yellowstone’ earned high-rotation at ABC Country.

Ernest has taken home multiple awards for songwriting over the years, beginning with an Apollo Bay Festival Young Songwriter Competition win back in 2010. He has since noted finalist positions at the International Songwriting Competition (2013), the Melbourne Songwriting Competition (2016) and theAustralian Songwriting Awards (2021), along with another win in 2020 for the City of Melbourne Online Song Competition. 2020 also saw him earn the runner-up position in the Cygnet Folk Festival Song Awards.

Ernest’s commitment to captivating live audiences has evolved to unrivalled levels, thanks to his consistency and unwavering skill for the process. This year he has played at the huge St Kilda Festival, taken up the offer of the Folk Alliance International Official Showcase in Kansas City, USA, and was honoured to perform for the Library of Congress Archive.

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Leah Senior

Australian-based folk diviner Leah Senior silences audiences with vivid lyricism and a voice that soars with a disarmingly honest Sandy Denny-like clarity. Leah effortlessly weaves together spring-time baroque pop playfulness with a fragile blend of bedroom folk. Her fourth album The Music That I Make (2023, Poison City Records) reveals Leah at her most intimate, her songs a cycle of vulnerable meditations on what it means to create. The Music That I Make transports the listener to her sandstone shack in Anglesea, where autumnal British folk meets rain streaked AM radio.

Leah’s previous three albums The Passing Scene, Pretty Faces and Summer’s On The Ground were released through Flightless Records. A chance late night encounter with King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard saw Leah Senior joining their independent label Flightless. In 2022 Leah and her band joined King Gizzard on a national tour of USA/Canada, performing at iconic venues including Red Rocks and Berkeley Theatre.

Leah Senior’s captivating live performances have seen her supporting international artists including Jessica Pratt, Jeff Tweedy and Bedouine and performing at festivals such as Levitation, Desert Daze, Port Fairy Folk Festival and Golden Plains

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Joshua Teicher

Joshua Teicher is a guitarist, producer, sound engineer, songwriter and sound artist. His music has been described as having “beauty and intelligence” (Harry Angus, The Cat Empire). As a producer and sound engineer his music has been heard all over the world, performing in Europe and Australia multiple times as a touring guitarist and under the moniker for his pop project “Josh The Cat”.

Teicher co-leads Melbourne Indie Voices with Phia, and is a driving force behind the choir’s unique and non-traditional sound, distilling the role of a full band into one electric guitar (and a few effects pedals).

He is currently releasing improvised ambient music of evocative and vivid dream-like landscapes. The compositions are powerful yet gentle, vulnerable yet reassuring and invite the listener to pause and centre themselves.

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Zack Fox

Zack Fox is an unparalleled multi-disciplinary artist that has consistently pushed the boundaries of creativity regardless of the medium.

After years of releasing stand-alone singles, Zack Fox released his debut album “shut the fuck up talking to me” in October 2021, which was supported by a sold out tour throughout the USA in Febuary 2022. Featuring his viral Kenny-Beats produced hit single, "Jesus Is the One (I Got Depression)", the album strikes a unique balance between Zack’s unhinged humour and laid-back confidence.

Starting his career from tweeting jokes under the alias Bootymath, Zack Fox’s meteoric rise has led him to write for the The Eric Andre Show, feature as Tariq in the hit ABC (USA) comedy Abbott Elementary and collaborate with the likes of Thundercat, Flying Lotus and Adult swim.

Zack Fox will bring his unpredictable rap live-set across Australia and New-Zealand. Visiting Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, for what is to be an off-the-wall live show that is not to be missed! For all event and ticketing information please visit wavyland.com.au

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Dublin born singer-songwriter. The Occoquan River-“One of the outstanding releases this year....’The Occoquan River’ is brilliant.”Paul Gough, The Inside Sleeve, ABC.

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