Four of the best! Here are some snaps of alt-rock-poet-singer-songwriter Billie Reid, “The Man With A Dark Past” Quinlan Porteous, the very cool Wayne A. Halifax, and charming Australian chanteuse Lily. Diversity breeds enduring talent. Perhaps it’s something with having to live in the world’s most isolated city. You just do what you want to do. It’s as simple as that.
Billie Reid
"... with doctors and lawyers 'n' labourers 'n' sheep, 'N' cattle and businessmen, all in a heap ..." Ode To The Dudes
Billie Reid
"Poet Billie Reid has a pedigree that is pure mongrel. No bloated self indulgence, it’s all here in Billie’s music" John Young (Contemporary Musicologist)
Billie Reid
".... Welcome to the Dawn .... "The game is afoot" .... Eternity Beware, Oblivion is at hand ...."
Wayne A Halifax
"Wayne's songs are thoughtful and introspective, carried out with real class and panache" Liam Allen
Lily
"If music can be just like putting on a dress and each one has a different style, shape, colour and texture, then Lily is currently wearing a soft and flowing wine-coloured dress with a fitted bodice" Ara Jansen.
Billie Reid
".... Eternity is Conscious ... Sometimes, if you look around at just the right Time, you can see the gypsy looking IN through the crystal ball ...." Billie Reid
Billie Reid
"... reach into your genetic code, press the button labelled 'crisis evolve', survive ..."
Quinlan Porteous
"Quinlan Porteous, 'The Man with a Dark Past', is slowly building his 'House of Music' ...." John Young (Contemporary Musicologist)
Billie Reid
".... love lost don't hurt, it tortures y'r bones, kills or "cures" ya, y'r born, y' die, in between y' multiply, then tha next generation do it all over again ...." Billie Reid
Wayne A Halifax
"Have you ever heard sadness sound so rich, so aristocratically powerful, yet simultaneous so resigned? The emotional juxtapositions of Wayne’s songs is jarring" Liam Allen.
Lily
"There's the dark mysterious promise of a lost love. Lily's voice floats around in my head with it's bittersweet pleading, edged with a side serve of melancholia" John Young
Billie Reid
"He's a free spirit. He doesn't fit in. He won't play the game. I love his music. He doesn't give a shit about the music machine ... my life is richer for it" John Young
Lily
".... the essence of music is in honesty and connectivity, the ideal performance a blend of tangible expression and quiet composure" Lily
Quinlan Porteous
"Quinlan Porteous is a fine thoughtful musician, steeped in the music of southern soul, and with a dry sense of humour" Charlie Reynolds
Wayne A Halifax
"With his vocal talent and emotional intuitiveness as an artist, Wayne A Halifax has interpreted them perfectly" Liam Allen.
Lily
"... 'Dreaming About You' .... and then the voice, just over a minute in, Lily sashays in, and we know we’re in good hands" Charlie Reynolds
Quinlan Porteous
"It's a simple thing, a guitar and a tune and voice. Sometimes that's all you need. His heartbeat is loud and strong" John Young (Contemporary Musicologist)
Lily
"Australian Enchantress Lily inhabits songs she chooses with un-showy conviction" Charlie Reynolds
Lily
"Lily possesses a rare, effortless sophistication filled with nuances of serenity that is calming to the soul" Rachel Esco
Billie Reid
"The golden thread that links these wonderful artists is Billie Reid and his songs" John Young (Contemporary Musicologist).
Wayne A Halifax
"Aided by the lyrical prowess of punk poet Billie Reid, Wayne carries the show with his stately voice and grand sense of melancholy" Liam Allen.
Quinlan Porteous
".... battered and wistful but tattered heart still beating, Quinlan's doing things on his own terms" Charlie Reynolds
Lily
"Australia's charming Nightingale Lily can paint a thousand pictures with a simple croon" Tiffany Daniels
Lily
"… 'Ariel' is for the downtrodden and the broken-hearted. The lyrical themes beautifully capture the sorrow of a once treasured love now lost" Liam Allen
Billie Reid
".... If Humanity falls, where once were Forests, and so with no Life left to grow from its corpse, could it have ever been said to have existed in the first place ...." Billie Reid
Quinlan Porteous
"Stormcrow Quinlan Porteous is a man who has weathered years of industry bullshit, yet continues to find redemption in music" Charlie Reynolds
Lily
"This self-styled chanteuse is not just a pretty face" Liam Allen
Wayne A Halifax
"With his vocal talent and emotional intuitiveness as an artist, Wayne A Halifax has interpreted them perfectly" Liam Allen.