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Junior / About This Artist

Artist Details and Stats:

Hometown: Adelaide, SA, AU

Label: Mixmasters

Website: https:

Genre: Singer Songwriter

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Biography:

Junior return with their third record The Fibro Majestic full of characters and tales from the backyards and towns of Australia. Recorded at multi-award winning Mixmasters Studio, The Fibro Majestic features melodic vocals, rich guitar textures and production values that highlight a continuing depth and maturity of song writing. Studio, and features a cast of eminent Australian musicians including BJ Barker (Kasey Chambers, Dead Ringer Band, The Huckleberry Swedes) Brian Ruiz (FRUiT, KAHA, Redhead) filling out the band’s sound with sensitive and heartfelt rhythms.

For over a decade Junior have honed their live performance as a regular part of the Australian Festival Circuit, appearing at festivals such as The National Folk Festival, Canberra; The Illawarra Folk Festival, NSW; Port Fairy Folk Festival; Fairbridge Festival Western Australia; Wintermoon and Woodford Folk Festival Queensland.

As well as making countless return trips through NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory, Junior have made numerous appearances in the Famous Spiegeltent as part of both the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festivals.

Internationally Junior’s pre-recorded live performances have featured on the World Café Pennsylvania with David Dye, Woodstock Radio New York and West Virginia’s world renowned Mountain Stage radio show, which is syndicated to over 150 stations across the U.S Junior continues to receive Australian airplay nationally on the ABC and has featured on Triple JJJ, Nova, Triple M and Austereo Networks.

As well as a preliminary European tour, Junior have performed sold-out shows in Joe’s Pub, New York City and The Point, Philadelphia and appeared at renowned international venues such as Irving Plaza, New York City, the 9.30 Club, Washington DC, and The Viper Room, Los Angeles.

“strong hooks and confident playing, recalling the Counting Crows, the Finn Brothers, and Del Amitri” - Radio WXPN Philadelphia, BRUCE WARREN

Press:

“Three exceptional songwriters, three very fine musicians”
Steve Jones - dB Magazine, Adelaide

“Junior deliver remarkably heartfelt stories of real life Australiana”
Nazz - Rip It Up, Adelaide

“Their songs quietly utter a shared hope”
Steve Jones - dB Magazine, Adelaide

“Junior are more about just finding the magic in making music”
Ross Clelland - Drum Media, Sydney

“Some of the of the most melodic and well crafted acoustic folk-pop around”
Graeme McDonald - Canberra Times

“Strong hooks and confident playing, recalling the Counting Crows, the Finn Brothers, and Del Amitri”
Bruce Warren - Radio WXPN