Available to download via Bandcamp: https://johnflanagan.bandcamp.com/track/high-on-high-2

‘High On High’ is the second single from John Flanagan’s debut album ‘There’s Another Way To Where You’re Going’ and follows the release of ‘Whatever Makes You Happy’ earlier this year.

Recorded in Nashville with producer Viktor Krauss, grammy award winning engineer Neal Cappellino and top musicians who have played on records with Willie Nelson, Robert Plant and Emmylou Harris to name a few, the new track is an homage to his hometown in the Northside of Melbourne, literally on the other side of the world to the home of its recording. 

Written about High Street, the well-known stomping ground that traverses the Melbourne suburbs of Thornbury and Northcote, the track is inspired by John’s experience as a poor but happy musician living in the area, being surrounded by the thriving melting pot of music and culture that co-exist on the strip.

Despite being many miles away from Nashville, High Street has been coined the country music capital of Australia boasting the highest number of country songwriters according to a recent poll by APRA/AMCOS. 

Combining 70s folk singer/songwriter influences with a contemporary Americana sound, John Flanagan is firmly on music lovers and industry watch lists since recording his latest album There’s Another Way to Where You’re Going in Nashville with producer Viktor Krauss. Flanagan says “There’s Another Way to Where You’re Going ties together stories of the outsiders: the lonely, the heartbroken and those who aren’t afraid to step aside from the mainstream. The moments of sadness intertwine with the uplifting to create an overarching message of acceptance and change.”


High On High

Night After Night - 9th July 2015

This is the first single to be released from William Crighton's highly anticipated debut album due out March 18th 2016. (via ABC Music)

Priest is a powerful story about a courageous boy who shoots a pedophile priest. It's also a fair introduction into the deep and merciless songwriting talents of this artist on the rise.

Catch William Crighton and his band playing The Gum Ball 2016, as well as a select few side shows in support of the album release.

William Crighton - Priest

Papercuts

This song is written in support of the #MillionsMissing protests that are happening globally in 2016 to demand more awareness of and research funding for the condition ME/CFS.

Photography: Karyn Adams

#MillionsMissing

Jenny was a painter
Her canvases described
Flowers found in nature
Defying odds just to survive

And she loved how they would blossom 
In the harshest of terrain
Mesmerising colours in the face of snow and rain.

But the things that shine the brightest are the ones that are cut down
Her body just as fragile as the orchids that she found
No shelter could be summoned from the ones who don't believe
They chipped away at her dignity

There are millions that are missing
Are millions who are chained
And they've never stopped believing 
That their lives can be reclaimed
They have trained to be survivors
They walk a path of stone
Worn out and alone

She rallies from her bedroom
She's a warrior online
She's not fighting for herself but for her sister Caroline

She had fallen so much younger, 
Yet to taste the fruits of life
Now she's lost her voice 
To take the mantle in this fight

There are children that she wanted
There's a job she'll never do
And sadder yet is that she's been forgotten but for a few

The ones who have the power they just wouldn't change their minds
Abandoned on the sidelines

There are millions that are missing
Are millions who are chained
And they've never stopped believing 
that their lives can be reclaimed
But they can't be left to flounder
This truth won't be outrun
There's work here to be done

Oh this life can be so frail
Those words til now have failed us
What'll you do

There are millions that are missing
Are millions who are chained
There's a growing sense of urgency
That something must be changed
If we face this thing together
Put our bodies on the line, 
If not now, when's the time.














#MillionsMissing

This Place (2)

Latest song from singer/songwriter Naomi Flanagan, recorded at home.

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Ordinary Artistry

Wait With You

If I Could Start Today Again (Paul Kelly/Paul Grabowsky Cover) with Adam Fox

With original but timeless melodies and deeply honest lyricism John Flanagan has steadily been building a reputation as one of Australia’s most exciting up and coming singer/songwriters. Combining 70s folk singer/songwriter influences with old timey and bluegrass arrangements, John creates an Americana/folk sound that is both familiar and new. He has recently recorded his latest album in Nashville with producer Viktor Krauss which will be released in late 2015.

High On High

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