Artists

Club Acoustica Artist Profiles
[semantik]
16dd
1927
AJ Rochester
Akradia
A-L Larsen Duo
Alana-Lee
Alexis Hart
Alina
Amanda & Richard (Starless)
Amanda Easton
Amaya Laucirica
Amy Vee
Andre Dimitri
Andy Nilsen
Andy White
Angela
Angie Neville
Angus James
Anousha Victoire
Anthony Matejcich
Anthony Snape
Asa Broomhall
august
Avra
Bear
Becky Willis
Beej
Billy Hartnett
Bitchy Boy
Blaik
Blanche DuBois
Blend 11
Blue Crew
Bradford Robinson
Brendan Gallagher
Brett Hunt
Brett Millar & Alicia Burton
Brett Winterford
Brett Wood
Brian Campeau
butterfly 9
Byron
Calabro, Whear & Bova
Captive
Carla Herrod
Caroline Hodson
Cathy Dowling - The Lotus Eaters
Cherie Lucas
cheynne murphy
Chris Brookman
Cindy Frost
Claire Wyndham
coincidence…?
cousin leonard
Crash City
Curfew
Dan Greenwood
Dancing Fingers
Daniel Miller
Dave Calandra
David Beniuk
David Delves
David Zaoui
Delirious Blue
Diana
djamel
Dominique Fraissard
Double T
Douglas Sandrini
douglass bishop – tenderhooks
Duppy
Dusker
Ego Therapy
Emanuel Lieberfreund
Erika’s Jive
Field Day
Fluid
Flywheel
Frank
Fred Smith
Frencham Smith
Gauche
Gemma
Gerry Lacheca
Gershon
gilli moon
Glance
GlassHouse
Glenn Cardier
Gone to Earth
Graham Rix
Greg Segal
Griffin
GrooveFarm
Harper
Harry Wears Trousers
Heather Frahn
Her Majesty’s Finest
HOPE
Ian Hopkinson
injettison
Itu
Jack Derwin
James Diamond and Groove By Accident
James Henry
Jamison Young
Jan Preston
Janine Emerson
Jason Maynard
Jay Atwill
Jeff Duff
Jesse Younan
Jessica Anderson
Jessica Paige
Jigzag
Jimmy Little
Jo K Russell
Jodi Martin
Jodie Young
John Botica
Jon Hume (Evermore)
Jonah’s Road
Jordan Best
Joseph Calderazzo
Josephine Schmidt
Julie-Ann
Kalizzmo
Kanvas Grey
Karl Broadie
Kat Frankie
Keith Glass & Mick Hamilton
Keppie Coutts
Kes
Kieran Lancini
King Curly
Kitch Membery
Kitto
Kristy London
Kurt Williams
Kylie Burtland
Kylie Memory
LAB 64
Lara Stephen
Laura Imbruglia
Lazy Susan
Lior
Living with Amy
lo-fi deluxe
Lowride
Lucie Thorne
Luke O'Shea & Medicine Wheel
Luke Vassella
Lyall Adonis
Lyn Bowtell
Mandi Jarry
Marji Curran
Mark Eden Band
Mark Moffat
Maryen Cairns
Matt Ellis
Matt Kimberley
Max & Ken
Maz
MEATBEE
Medusa
Melanie George
Melanie Horsnell
Merri-May Gill
Mettaphor
Michael Hardwick
Michael Henry Trio
Michael Longhurst
Michael Paynter
Michael Ryan
Michael-John Azzopardi
Miles From Nowhere
Mindy Sotiri
miss moneypenny
Miss Radio
Miss Venezuela
Missy Higgins
moleskin
Monica Lawler
moniker
Monique Brumby
Mundy-Turner
Namaste Jake
Nataleigh
Natasha Holmes
Nathan Kaye
Never Cry
Next Of Kin
Nina Stamell
NOAH
Nothing Like You
Organic
Parkland
Paul Bourke
Paul Winn
Paula Punch
Peggy van Zalm
Peregrine
Pete Stone and The Assistance
Peter Miller-Robinson
Phil Barton
Phil Davidson
Phil Tweed
Philip Foxman
Platform Six
Rachael Kane
Rachael Slattery
Rachel Gaudry
Raf Rouco & The Conformists
Rather Tahiti
Rebecca Henry
Rebecca Moore
RedSonja
Renny Field
Richard Anderson
Riz Hallowes
Rob Hill
Robert Revelo
Robyne Dunn
Rod Davies
Roma Waterman
Ross Ryan
Rough Red
Rug
Rynsaardt
Sail
Sally Dastey
Sam Buckingham
Sam Burke
Sandy Klose
Sar Friedman
Sarah Blasko
Sarina Jennings
SASS
Second Truth
Seeder
Serelle
Shane
Shane Flew
Sharmelle
Shelley Cusiter
Shimmer
Simon James Betts
Simon Rudston-Brown
Simone & the Soothsayers
Simone Pain
Skyward
Sodastream
Somehow
sorija
Soul Sweeper
Stella One Eleven
Steve Amosa
Steve Bevis
Steven Robinson
Steven Rudken
Steven Strazeele
Stewart Peters
Stonewall
Strange Coloured Days
Stretch
Stringer & Thorne
stringmansassy
Strum
Stuart Orchard
Suzanne Serelle
Tania Bowra
Tanis
Terry Brogan
The Buzzeddie Family
The Hottentots
The Miller's Tale
The Peachfish
The Pennyblack Band
The Switch
The Telltales
The Third Secret
The Times
The Tullys
The Van Dolls
The Waiter
The Yearlings
The Zeal Room
This Side Of 5
Tim Carter
TIME
Toby Roberts and The Siege of Troy
Tofa
Touchwood
Tragic Daisy
Transtar
Troy Dean
Twinfish
Uncle Monkey
Urban Guerillas
vegetarians in leather boots
Vic Farrell
Virginiaflame
Viva Gold
Vivid
warmer
Wayne Gillespie
Wayne Palmer
William Lebihan
winchester
women in docs
Yaniv
Yolanda Thomas
Yunyu
ZINC
Paul Bourke
ARTIST NAME Paul Bourke
NOTE Sydney
LINE-UP Paul Bourke - Vocals & Guitar
MUSIC TYPE Topical, melodic folk/rock.
WEBSITE

Paul 'the Head of' Bourke could be the world's greatest unknown songwriter and solo performer. Then again...

Paul's songwriting career started in his teenage years in Adelaide before coming to Sydney to study at Sydney Uni in 1986. His early work was much influenced by the masters of the day - the Smiths, REM, Go-Betweens and the Triffids. In Sydney, he joined in the local pub-music scene, supporting Penguins on Safari (then fronted by Tim Freedman of The Whitlams), the Happenin' Thang, and other acts playing the inner-Sydney music scene (Sandringham, Hopetoun, Palace Hotel, Newtown Markets, community festivals). For 3 years at Sydney Uni Paul appeared solo (and with violin, 2nd guitar} as 'The Head of.'

Covers included Dylan's 'Tangled Up in Blue' (with Nick Freedman on second guitar), Tracy Chapman's 'For My Lover', the Cure's '3 Imaginary Boys' and Nick Drake's 'Voice from a Mountain.'

Paul took his act on the road, when in 1990 he moved to Sapporo, Japan. For 2 years, every Friday and Saturday night, when the only other foreigners on the freezing streets of Sapporo's red-light (soap-land) district were Israeli street vendors selling fake Armani handbags, Paul was there too, introducing music loving Japanese to his Australian-made Maton guitar, his original material, and that of Paul Kelly, the Beatles, and Died Pretty. It was as a busker, playing in sub-zero temperatures for 4 hours a night, that Paul's voice gained strength and his performing style developed.

From 2000-01 Paul lived in New York, studying at Columbia University. He stayed at International House, a residence for students studying in NY. He played at I-House folk nights too, to fellow students from all over the world.

Paul read about Club Acoustica in the Sydney Morning Herald on the Internet while he was in NY. Immediately he felt drawn to this event; that CA was the sort of movement he had been looking for.

His first appearance at Club Acoustica, in December 2001, was to a small but appreciative audience.

Paul continues to practice, write new songs and work towards the next Club Acoustica spot.

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