On the road

‘True Blue’

John is thrilled with the announcement today that his iconic song, 'True Blue' has been inducted into the Sounds of Australia of the National Film and Sound Archives. What a great tribute to this song that has made such a significant contribution…

Woodchip

We've been awaiting the release of the next new lyric video, this time of 'Rip Rip Woodchip'. Be one of the first to watch it when it's released at 9am AEST on Friday 30th October. Join the countdown for its release. https://yout…

Bluesfest

After the disappointments and challenges facing the music industry and many others across Australia, John is excited by the announcement today. He's scheduled to perform on Monday 5th April. For more info and tickets go to:https://www.bluesfest.com.au/tickets/.…

New Song

John's new song sums up Australia today. He sings of his sadness at seeing this beautiful country divided by lines on a map, of families not being able to see each other and the loss of freedom we are experiencing in these challenging times.…

News 9/20

Gumleaf Notes August 2020How y'going folksWell, things continue with COVID and I really feel for our Victorians. What a difficult time for them. On a positive note, I hope, I'm so excited about the upcoming release of my third picture…

Books

It's been a tough year for so many, to put it mildly so we thought it was time to put some positive things in the mix. John has done a video reading of my picture book 'My Dad Snores' for Penguin Books. We're pretty excited about the book…

Old Man Emu

50 years

“JW 50 - WINDING BACK 1970-2020” CONTAINS NEW TRACK “THOSE FIFTY YEARS”, SET FOR RELEASE MID 2020 PRE-ORDER NOW When John Williamson wandered into Richmond’s GTV9 studios in 1970 with a guitar under his arm, little did the Mallee…

Gumleaf ’19

  How y’going folks Merry Christmas! December again already. What to buy for the grandkids this year? I’m at Willoshed, still worrying about bushfires, especially at the cottage. I now have a fire-fighting trailer ready…