Chilled Life

The first track we ever recorded.

This track appeared on a compilation called Home Grown Roots 3 and hasn't been released elsewhere since.

Playing on this track was Lyn Taylor on guitar and vocals, Nick Payne on guitar, backup vocals and tambourine foot stomping, Mike Kirkley on dobro, Richard Galluzzi on clawhammer banjo and Lindsay Mar on double bass. It was recorded by Russell Pilling at Damien Gerard Studios.

Given you can't get this track elsewhere, we're pleased to be giving it away as a free download. Just click the download button and enjoy!

Nick & Lyn

Rain

Lost Years

‘River of Gold’ is a song of desire that is at once destructive and irresistible, of surrendering to fate, driven inexorably onward by urgent backwoods banjo.  It’s also an arresting study in Laura and Andy’s singular harmony: theirs is a vocal partnership of profoundest familiarity...

River Of Gold

I finally grabbed a coffee and chat with Karl Broadie last December. We talked about becoming a 'Nundleer', farming kale & chickens, recording a new album, veganism, love & family, visiting Scotland, producing music, covering the Proclaimers, coaching songwriting, the Tamworth country music scene...  Here is the full unedited version of that interview recorded on Sunday December 6, 2015 at Bent on Food in Wingham.

Coffee with Karl Broadie

'Rising River' is the new single from Nick Payne and is the 2nd single from an as-yet-untitled album currently in production. 'Rising River' is the follow-up to previous single 'Old Sydney Town' that was released just over 12 months ago. 

Nick Payne - Rising River

Rise Up Like A River

Nick Payne - White Line Fever

Jeff Gibson from Nundle won Best Album for Tin Dog Road and Best Song for It's Good to Know, while Tamworth's Allison Forbes received the award for Best EP for Augustine. 

Australian Roots Music Awards @ Nimbin Roots Fest.

Connecting with the simplicity of life, while laying bare the bones of the human condition, is what Dear Orphans and their music are all about.

The band comprises singer-songwriters Nick Payne and Lyn Taylor, with Carlyn Chen (Fiddle) Paul Sun (Double Bass) and Jolyon Gray (Dobro), rounding out a unique mix of folk, bluegrass and americana.

The current lineup have been playing together since 2011 having played numerous festivals such as the Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Karuah Bluegrass Festival and Tamworth Country Music Festival, to name a few.

“Our music persists in a way that other music doesn't. It has the ability to stick with you for a long time. We are influenced by traditional bluegrass,” says Nick. He adds: "What I love about bluegrass is that it's music written by people battling with real life. And sometimes the reasons they are writing and playing that music are to rise above that and set their sights on something higher."