Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and
Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he's a
guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influences such as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and
Rickie Lee Jones.
Nigel has played some of the world's most prestigious music festivals, including Hardly
Strictly Bluegrass, MerleFest, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Adelaide Guitar Festival (AUS),
30A Songwriters Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion and the Cambridge Folk Festival
(UK). In 2025, he won the Telluride Blues Challenge at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival.