Bill Jackson - Bio (2022)
Bill Jackson has firmly established himself over the past few years as one of Australia’s finest Singer/Songwriters.  He has recorded seven solo albums and toured the US four times. 'Steel & Bone' was awarded joint Folk Alliance Australia 'Radio Presenters Album of the Year' in 2008 with Gurrumul and his 2011 album ‘Jerilderie’ was enthusiastically received in the marketplace, so much so that the song ‘Something in Blue’ was covered and released on legendary Americana artist David Olney’s 2013 album ‘When the Deal Goes Down’.  
Jackson writes primarily with his brother Ross. The content is eclectic but never obvious - from love to war and everything in between. They also have that rare ability to entwine folklore into a folk/country/roots setting. Songs like ‘Kate’s Pretty Green Dress’, ‘Joe Byrne’, ‘Jerilderie’, ‘Honeymoon Gully’, CSS Shenandoah’ - extraordinary stories about ordinary people.  
When reviewing ‘Jerilderie’ Slow Magazine said - ‘Jackson sings about relationships, Vietnam veterans, good food and good company – however it’s his relationship to the people and land in his life that shine through...from a man who should be a household name…’. 
The Melbourne Folk Club wrote - ‘…we heard Bill for the first time at the Unpaved Sessions earlier in the year and he’s up there with Paul Kelly’.  
Shane Howard wrote - ‘Bill Jackson is coming from the grass roots, from the ground up, from the struggle of the 99%, who have to put up with the deceit and conceit of the kingdoms and corporations. His songs are gritty and real and come at you like a hammer, ringin' in the mornin'. Take it or leave it, he's telling it straight up. 
‘The Wayside Ballads Vol 2’ was nominated for a Music Victoria Award (Best Country Album) in 2016 and ‘The Wayside Ballads Vol 3’, produced by Kerryn Tolhurst was awarded Album of the Year (Contemporary) at the inaugural Australian Folk Music Awards in 2021. 
Jackson and Tolhurst already have another album ‘in the can’, entitled ‘1965’ with seven of the songs co-writes between Tolhurst and the Jackson brothers.

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