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FINALIST // CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT - Joe Murphy

Joe Man Murphy is an Irish born Folk/Blues and Roots artist that now calls Australia home. A true singer/songwriter and storyteller, Joe Man draws on 20 years of performing and touring the world in his must-see stage shows. He is currently working on his new album “9 Lives” due for release in early 2023. The album is Joe Man’s first combined music and art project. The album will contain 9 songs and 9 artworks telling the same story.
A multi-instrumentalist, Joe Man has captured the hearts of audiences through his stories from a life well lived accompanied by a thumping sound and guitar wizardry. He has performed at National Folk Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Tablelands Festival and Majors Creek Festival to name a few.
Like all Irish performers, Joe Man’s stories are often hilarious and based on real life events and lead into well crafted songs presented in a world class manner that leaves the audience wanting to know more. He also performs with Festival favourites, Adelaide band, The Timbers and has penned songs on their last two albums. As a songwriter, Joe Man gathers stories and brings them to life on guitar, ukulele and Piano with his charming vocals in his solo shows.
Joe Man is not your average performer, he puts his heart and soul into every show. For Joe Man, music is an addiction, a way of life, a way to share his Irish roots and Australian experience. He is beloved too many people in the Folk Festival music community around Australia and is a world class Act. Once you’ve seen Joe Man Murphy you go away feeling connected, and part of something greater than yourself. There is an old Irish saying that a true entertainer can make you laugh and bring you to tears in the same song. Joe Man Murphy continues this tradition and is a master at it in his own right.

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