Australia’s Ernest Aines

Fri 26th January, 2024
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm (Doors: 7:30pm)
Australia’s Ernest Aines

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‘Ernest has been nominated for Australian Folk Awards Solo Artist of the Year!’

“A giant, lyrically and musically” Van Dyke Parks

“Ernest Aines is a dexterous guitarist and brilliant vocalist” ABC Radio Australia, Henry Wagons, Tower of Song.

“… precise fingerpicking with his strong yet certainly honeyed voice, his music has all the hallmarks of a memorable soft-indie-folk track. Stunning in its simplicity, we find no filler or over-production here. Each element is simple and cleanly executed, and it’s all tied together by Aines’ exceptional songwriting. The lyrics, too, are simple and selective, but they are nonetheless powerful” The Ark of Music.

Ernest is an award-winning folk style Australian singer songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Considered by industry folk to be Australia’s Folk rising star, he is getting the attention he deserves worldwide having been invited to play at the world’s largest and prestigious folk conference – Folk Alliance International – Kansas City, Missouri in February 2023 – and represented Sounds Australia at the Library of Congress invite show. There, he wowed audiences, silenced them, and then received standing ovations. After Ernest’s performance at the 2023 FAI official showcase, American Folk legend and Grammy lifetime achievement award recipient, Tom Paxton went backstage, shook Ernest by the shoulders and said, “Where have you been!! Keep doing this, keep doing this!”.

His soulful voice, guitar picking, and stomp box have drawn comparisons to the work of Ray LaMontagne, Bon Iver, Jeff Buckley and on more recent releases, Nick Drake.

Ernest’s music has been widely played, with single releases – Yellowstone, So Far and Tail Tale – earning him regular playlisting on Australia’s Public Broadcaster ABC Radio, ABC Double J, and many UK, Canadian and USA radio plays also. He has appeared on Australian Arts and Culture program,

“Artworks” where producers stated he was ‘an incredible talent’ Sept. 2023.

PERFORMANCES 
2023 Folk Alliance International – Official Showcase, Sounds Australia – Kansas City, Missouri USA.
2023 Folk Alliance International – Library of Congress Archive tribute show – representing Sounds Australia.
2021 Folk Alliance International – Global Music Match – Sounds Australia
2023 St Kilda Music Festival
2022 The Port Fairy Folk Festival
Rockhampton Riverfest
The Australian Open
The Melbourne Grand Prix

Ernest has taken home multiple awards and nominations for songwriting over the years:

2020 City of Melbourne Song Competition [Awarded]
2021 Australian Songwriting Awards [Finalist]
2020 Cygnet Folk Festival Song Awards [Runner up]

www.ernestaines.com

Photo credit: L. Ford