MATT TONKS: SUNSET SESSIONS // Saturday, 30 September 2023 // 4:00-6:00 pm // Free Event; No Bookings: Walk-Ins Only // Venue: Bar NSW; The Lookout @ Echo Point; 33 Echo Point Rd, Katoomba.
/ MATT TONKS /
The shows of singer & guitarist Matt Tonks have earned a reputation for a unique haunting power with his lyrics, songs and instrumental music leading audiences far from the beaten track. A two-time finalist for APRA Songwriter and Best Live Performance Awards (MusicOz Awards) Tonks takes flight into an often unexpected world of mesmerizing, spontaneous sound. Matt’s latest album was a collaboration “Bird and Tree Men” with Sydney luminaries Jonathan Swartz, (double bass), Stu Hunter (piano), and Syd Green (drums).
In 2016 Matt returned to Europe and the US, playing solo shows at Ronnie Scotts (London), Paris, Los Angeles (The House of Blues), Austin and Nashville. He is a past winner of the Drum Media Alternative Artist of the Year (MusicOz) and was recently included on the ABC Music release "Under the Covers - Seductive Sounds for a Late Late Night". His releases include Bird and Tree Men - The Flight Begins” (2019), Blend (2016) The Heavy Yen Project (Album 2014), Islands of String & Skin (Album 2013), Eat Yourself (Album 2010), Blanket (EP 2008) & Synaesthesia (Album 2007).
/ SUNSET SESSIONS @ BAR NSW /
Perched on the edge of the Blue Mountains Echo Point escarpment, with breathtaking views of the Jamison Valley, The Lookout, Echo Point is a world-class food, wine, and hospitality destination, unrivaled by any other venue in the mountains.
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