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This year to date, Nick has performed at The Port Fairy Folk Festival, The Tamar Valley Festival and The Mount Beauty Music Muster, presenting by and large the music from “Closer To Home” as well as the long established favourites from his extensive catalogue.

As well as this there have been tours of Tasmania, South Australia and already nearly 100 shows Australia wide!
The latest album, “Closer To Home” has had and continues to have great reviews.
Tours are being finalized for the Australian East Coast Tour in June (see gig guide), the USA in September/October and a return to New Zealand in November.
A new development in the Australian music calendar is the emergence of the “House Concert” as a way for music fans to book a performance for themselves and like minded friends in their own homes. These have long been a common event on US tours, and Nick is now being booked regularly for similar events in this country. (see contact details).

Stay tuned for a show near you (see gig guide)

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"Delovely Guitar" is now available from Solid Air Records www.solidairrecords.com
It's a great honour to be featured on this wonderful tribute to Cole Porter and to be amongst some of the today's best guitarists . Highly recommended for lovers of guitar music at its best.

Nick's New US Record Distributor.

Solid Air Records from California has signed Nick And that’s a huge achievement. They are the home of many of the world’s finest guitarists and recently won a Grammy.

They will be releasing “The Nick Charles Collection” (a mix of “My Place” and “Grace Notes” plus two new tracks) and “Travelling Fingerpicker” in its entirety.

"Australian Nick Charles is fond of that area where the roots of blues, jazz, folk and country collide, listing a diverse range of influences such as Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Kenny Burrell and Django Reinhardt. The virtuosity and eclectic nature of Nick’s music has developed and flourished for more than 25 years of performing, writing, recording and touring in many various musical settings.

A regular traveller to all corners of Australia, the USA and the UK, Nick has collected numerous awards and accolades along the way including the Australian Song Competition 1st Prize and Blues Song and Blues Albums of the year. Melbourne’s The Age newspaper has stated, Nick Charles is “Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots guitar.”

We are thrilled to help introduce Nick Charles to fans of great acoustic guitar playing with this Collection as well as his Travelling Fingerpicker CD…enjoy! "
~~ James Jensen

Interview by Lee Howard

Interview from the Melbourne Sunday Herald/Sun 18/12/2005.

Article - Lee Howard, Picture - Alex Coppel

Any new album is a voyage of discovery for the listener, that's understood, but for the artist? More...