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Artist
Glenn Cardier
12+ albums
bluesrockbluesrocknew agefolk rock
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'There's no-one else on the Australian music scene quite like Glenn Cardier; from the finely chiselled storylines, and the razor sharp observations to the off- kilter delivery of his cryptic vignettes, he is a genuine one-off, a maverick, and you wouldn't want it any other way.' (Trevor Leeden, Rhythms Magazine) '...Cardier is our finest contemporary singer-songwriter BAR NONE...' (Keith Glass, Rhythms) Australian singer-songwriter Glenn Cardier's enigmatic and compelling songs have enchanted audiences from London's Marquee and Ronnie Scott's Club, the Glasgow Apollo and Liverpool Empire, through to Sunbury and the Sydney Opera House and every major blues/roots festival in Australia. Flashback to Brisbane Australia in the late 50's. Rock'n'roll has come to town and Cardier, with his brylcreemed hair combed back Elvis-style, is strumming his hand-medown acoustic guitar in the bedroom. Several 'Boomerang Songster' booklets are scattered on the bed, one opened at the Chuck Berry song 'School Days'. The young Brisbane boy sings the lyrics. 'Up in the mornin' and out to school...' The song, the guitar, the lyrics. That was the template. Been that way ever since. Flash forward to 2002. From a review of his CD Rattle The Cage. '...his trademark combination of incisive observation and skewed wit is still intact here, wrapped in a blues-infused rock that shows off his seasoned voice. The years have made his voice gruffer and occasionally craggier but he hasn't lost his knack of jugg
