Since 2016, Hillsborough have been peddling their own brand of alt-country/blues at bars and festivals around Queensland.  The culmination of years treading the boards at live music venues around the globe, Phil and Beata started the group as a side project to Brisbane’s Psych/Garage machine Sacred Shrines, with inspiration mined from a wide range of sources - from Outlaw Country to 60’s West Coast Psychedelia and beyond.  Hillsborough’s sad cowboy songs feature stripped back guitar wrangling, vintage keys and classic harmonies.  Coming soon to a dive bar near you...

M.E. Baird is a remarkable talent. Not only is he a skilled singer, songwriter, lyrical poet and musician, but he also creates artwork as unique and captivating as his music.  As a singer-songwriter and musician,  with a career spanning nearly three decades, he has written and recorded five critically acclaimed solo albums, and numerous other recordings with bands and musical monikers, including song placement and original soundtrack work in film and television.  As a visual artist, he has exhibited widely and has more recently expanded his art practice into short audio-visual projects combining his musical compositions with his visual art. 

M.E. Baird also has a background in fine arts and architecture. From 1997-2016 he held various academic and lecturing roles at several art schools and universities in Australia.  Although no longer an academic, M.E. Baird occasionally conducts workshops on creative thinking and process. 



Originally from Melbourne,  M.E. Baird has lived in many places since and has been based in Bundjalung Country - Northern New South Wales, Australia for the last decade.

Out of the dank swamps and into the wide open country side, founding member  of the moody blues-rock band The Blackwater Fever ventures into new musical territory performing his new alt-country solo material.

Karl S. Williams has a one-of-a-kind voice that sounds about a thousand years old. His songs are steeped in blues, gospel and old time music with poetic sensibilities that call to mind the classic singer-songwriters of yesteryear.

Karl proudly traces his bloodlines to the Butchulla and Darug people of Australia’s First Nations. This deep connection to the landscape of his homeland pervades his work and infuses it with a spirituality that is older than time.

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