Civic Hall to hear cowboy’s country music

COUNTRY folk artist Charley Crockett is bringing his southern American sound to Ballarat.
The cowboy musician from Texas, and his band The Blue Drifters, will play the Civic Hall, with support from Emma Donovan and Sweet Talk, on Friday 9 February.
“I’m a folk singer,” he said. “It’s blues, it’s country, it’s jazz, it’s gospel, but all of that is folk music. Especially now, I’m just reminding myself that it’s folk music.
“I don’t sing folk music for a conservative crowd, and I don’t speak my stories through song for a progressive crowd.
“I speak it because this shit is true to me.”
Crockett is returning to Australia following a successful sell-out tour in the country early last year.
Late in 2023, he released a song in duet with Willie Nelson, That’s What Makes the World Go Around, and has produced 13 albums including last year’s live record Live from the Ryman.
That album was recorded at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, an historic venue which dates back to the late 1800s.
Support act Donovan is a Gumbaynggirr and Yamatji woman known for being one of Australia’s soul queens, and she is set to perform new music, while opening band Sweet Talk are all about alt-country vintage sounds.
The show will kick off at 7pm and visit bit.ly/4aUdzcQ for tickets.