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Artist: Glenn Skuthorpe
Website: www.abc.net.au/oztrax/stories/s1286201.htm
Track Name: Anyone To Talk To
Playback: Real Media
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Two albums to his credit “Out of the Darkness” released in 2001 and “Restless Souls” 2004 with a third in the pipeline; Glenn Skuthorpe is a keeper. Inspired by the writing of Archie Roach, he is indicative of a largely neglected pool of talented indigenous musicians.

Glenn Skuthorpe’s songs are beautiful, sensitive and compelling. The music is influenced by many styles and the tracks I’ve managed to hear tend to drift from country through blues and back out to country rock (or as Glenn would have it, ” …it’s a bit rootsy.”)

In an interview for the ABC program Message Stick says of the albums, “The first one is more sort of semi-acoustic, the second album is sort of a bit of a bluesy, rootsy kind of album, and the third one is sort of country rock.”

You can buy the existing albums from Secret Street where you can hear a snippet or two from his debut album “Out of the Darkness”. Living in Adelaide and playing the odd festival seems to be the story here, so if you want to hear more, move to South Australia.

I’m really looking forward to hearing the new album, I hope it is released soon.