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#6stringacousticguitarfingerpicking guitar artists Craig Sinclair performing Peace is the Road
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Craig Sinclair Albany (Australia) based fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter
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http://www.craigsinclair.com.au/news.php

Part 1920s timewarp, part post-millennium spiritual yearning, and never a sugar-coated truth in sight. Its that deep, aching, smoky place where blues music returns to its birthplace and takes on its true power. For blues artist Craig Sinclair this place is the inspiration for a unique brand of folk-blues music which draws the listener into an articulate and heartfelt world of story, melody and mesmerizing guitar sounds.

Craig Sinclair combines crisp fingerstyle slide guitar playing with soulful vocals and contemporary original folk-blues songwriting to craft a unique style that draws on many rich traditions, but in the end answers to itself.

A consummate live performer (Peter Barr, RTR FM 92.1), Craig has quickly progressed to shows at major venues and events including Fremantle Arts Centre, Araluen Folk Festival, Bridgetown Blues Festival, Wignalls Vintage Blues Festival, Denmark Festival of Voice, Fairbridge Folk Festival, Fleurieu Folk Festival (SA), Folk in Broke Festival (NSW) and Yungaburra Folk Festival (Qld). East coast tours in January 2007, October 2007 and October 2008 have seen him perform at some of Australias proudest original music venues.

The debut solo album, Stones Beneath The Surface, was released in May 2006 and launched in front of his home crowd in Fremantle to a packed house at Mojo's Music Bar. Since then it has received spot play on Triple J and ABC National radio, been featured on RTR FM as well as receiving extensive airplay on community radio stations around Australia. The song Downstream Blues was recently awarded "Best Blues Song" in the 2006 WA Folk Federation songwriting competition

This release was followed up with a live album of new original material entitled Barefoot Ballads in December 2007. Recorded in an art gallery just a stones throw from the Indian Ocean in Fremantle, this album captures an artist in his element as a solo performer. The song Rusting Armour was a finalist in the 2007 WAM Song of the Year (folk/world category) while the song Lara Clare was awarded first prize in the 2007 WAM Song of the Year (blues/roots category). This album has already been picked up by the ABC and early press reviews have been glowing in their praise:
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