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I’m a Sydney-based Australian writer who since the late 70s has built up a long list across (ten) books, television, journalism, CD productions, all sorts of stuff, mainly on local music, popular culture and social history. This site is a guide through that stuff – a combination Archive/Store/Diary/Laboratory – with NEWS pages as close as it gets to social media. I guess I've always had to think of myself as a bit of an outlier, but lately I've even been a bit controversial too! Have a look around; link further to the new standalone buriedcountry.com.au site too...

News 

MAY 4: In the wake of the Deadly Woman Blues debacle, if I’ve done the crime I’ve done the time, and now I have (to be allowed) to move on. Firstly I'm delighted to announce that the Buried Country roadshow is now confirmed to play opening night at the Darwin Festival in August; and that soon to follow, during winter, will be the release as here of a new Buried Country vinyl LP through Mississippi/Flippin’ Yeah, and the publication as here of my eleventh book The Suburban Songlines, through Starman.​ Read more about all this and more NEWS here.