Music Monday June 12: Goin' Down Under

Leon Stevens

Jun 12

There is a radio show on CBC here in Canada that occasionally does a feature called SYNTH: Songs You Need To Hear.

CBC MUSIC, Central · Mornings with CBC Music

Now, I can't say to someone, "You'll like this song" (or book for that matter) because I can't presume that others will share my taste in music (or books), so it is safer to say, "You might like this" and if they don't like it, so be it. Maybe you will find a new favorite.

Music Monday

Name a Australian singer/songwriter—wait, a recent one.

What name jumps to mind? Vance Joy? Yeah, I think of him too, but you might want to think of Stu Larson.

From allmusic.com:

Larsen grew up in a small rural community in Queensland. Around 2010 he decided that he wanted to not only see the world but to experience it as authentically as he could, so he packed his bags and joined friend and fellow musician Mike Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, and adopted the nomadic lifestyle that would inform the songs on his aptly named debut record, the Nettwerk-issued Vagabond. The LP, which was produced by Rosenberg and included the hit "Thirteen Sad Farewells," launched Larsen on an unending tour that included shows and layovers in North America, Asia, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand

See?

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/