ABOUT NICK VULTURE

With this solo acoustic venture, Nick Vulture has moved into territory that couldn’t be any further removed from his roots in the garage punk scene of Adelaide, South Australia.

This is gritty acoustic, honest songwriting done raw and stripped back to its very core. The songs are deeply personal but also universal in that they reflect the general fragility of the human condition with all of its uncertainty, its cruelty and its beauty. Nick's first full length album, 'Dust Off The Trail' made both national and local charts in Australia and was critically acclaimed by numerous Australian and international reviews.

Taking his cues from artists such as Conor Oberst, Frightened Rabbit, Bob Dylan, Justin Townes Earle, John Prine and Phoebe Bridgers, Nick has been honing his skills across Australia and has played The Semaphore Music Festival (twice) in Adelaide, the Adelaide Fringe Festival (twice) as well as the best venues in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Hobart, Perth, Sunshine Coast and Cairns. He also played 5 showcases at the Folk Alliance International Conference in Kansas City (2023).

Music Festivals

Folk Alliance International, Kansas City USA 2023
Semaphore Music Festival, Adelaide 2019
Semaphore Music Festival, Adelaide 2021
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Feb 2022
Adelaide Fringe Festival, March 2023
Umbrella Festival, Adelaide, July 2022

Charts and Features

Number 1 - 'Weekly Top 10 Acoustic' (Complicated) TPJL News (8/4/2022)
Number 1 - Three D Radio, Top 20 plus 1 (Dust Off The Trails) in first week of release (23/4/2022)
Number 2 - National AMRAP regional weekly chart (Dust Off The Trails) (25/4/2022)
Number 2 - Three D Radio, Top 20 plus 1 (Dust Off The Trails) (30/4/2022)
Number 2 - Three D Radio, Top 20 plus 1 (Dust Off The Trails) (19/5/2022)
Number 3 - National AMRAP regional weekly chart (Dust Off The Trails) in first week of release (18/4/2022)
Number 4 - Three D Radio, Top 20 plus 1 (Dust Off The Trails) (12/5/2022)
Number 5 - National AMRAP regional weekly chart (Dust Off The Trails) (2/5/2022)
Number 6 - National AMRAP regional weekly chart (Dust Off The Trails) (16/5/2022)
Number 8 - National AMRAP regional weekly chart (Dust Off The Trails) (9/5/2022)
Number 8 - Three D Radio, Top 20 plus 1 (Dust Off The Trails) (16/6/2022)
Number 13 - Three D Radio, Top 20 plus 1 (Dust Off The Trails) (26/5/2022)
Album of The Week - Three D Radio (Dust Off The Trails), 30/4/2022 - 6/5/2022
SA Artist of the Week - Say Hello, Lofty 88.9 Radio Station (21/5/2022)

Radio Interviews / Promotions

Three D Radio (Adelaide)
ABC Radio (Jules Schiller)
KKFI Radio (Kansas City, USA)
Radio Adelaide
Coast FM (Adelaide)
5 Triple Z (Adelaide)
Hobart FM
Cairns FM
2SER (Sydney)
Valley FM (Canberra)

Sponsorships and Awards

Ambassador for Tasman Guitars - https://www.tasmanguitars.com/artists/nick-vulture

Finalist - Folk Alliance Australia, People's Choice Award 2022

Nominee SA Music Awards 'People's Choice Awards' (Folk) 2022

Number 6, Three D Radio Annual Top 101, 2022 (Dust Off The Trails)

Media and Reviews

Mixdown Magazine Article (20/10/2022) - https://mixdownmag.com.au/features/nick-vulture-dusting-off-lockdown-but-seldom-his-trusty-tasman/

Nick Vulture's single Complicated gives us a small taste of things to come from the album that he is releasing later this month. Recorded at Mixmasters Studios and mastered by Warren Sokol (Conor Oberst), 'Complicated' has beautiful layers of acoustics, strings and harmonies that are quite distinctive in nature. We love this one. Click the link to find out more about Nick Vulture as he's onto big things, you won't want to miss anything! Oh, and don't forget to check him out on our Weekly Acoustic Top 10 Spotify Playlist! Great work Nick! 'Weekly Top 10 Acoustic' 08/04/2022 - Complicated, Number 1 TPJL News.

‘With just one guitar, Australian Nick Vulture managed to release one of the most beautiful songs ever released so far’. Roadie Music (Portugal) 31/03/2022. https://roadie-music.com/nao-perca-complicated-single-lancado-por-nick-vulture/

'Songs of fragile beauty that hit straight at the heart. Sadness tinged lyrics laid bare by gentle delivery and stripped back music make it impossible not to be drawn in.' Matt Swayne (The Midnight Mares, Brillig)

'Nick Vulture’s songs are at once intimate and universal; the world they create is new but familiar and everyone is invited in. Nick’s delivery of his own words is perfect for them and sounds very much like the truth. This truth is confessional, reflective, introspective, loving and ultimately redemptive. I would encourage you to experience this significant Australian song writing voice'. Graham Brown (Graham Brown Music)

'Nick's music sends an arrow straight through my heart'. Wendy Matthews (Che Remedy)