Nigel Wearne at Waldo Folk

On Wednesday, July 2nd, Australian artist Nigel Wearne will showcase his Unique combination of blues, jazz, and Americana-noir music at an intimate show in the Tap Room at Waldo Pizza. Doors open at 5:30pm, and the show starts at 7:00pm.

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, and the US, the UK, and Canada extensively. 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 latest offering, The Reckoning, received back-to-back nominations for Best Blues Work at the 2023 &2024 Music Victoria Awards, a 4-STAR review in The Weekend 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 guitars, 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. an enlivening experience that inhabits the after-dark relms of blues, jazz, and rock'n roll; this is Americana-noir.

Nigel Wearne is incredible, and we are thrilled to have him at Waldo Folk!

The two-hour show will start at 7:00 PM and doors will open at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, July 2nd, in the Tap Room at Waldo Pizza.

Food and drink from Waldo Pizza will be available for purchase throughout the show.

Seating is first come first serve at shared tables. Please arrive early to select your seat.

Tickets are required for entry.

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