Author Archive for: jweditor
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‘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 to Australia and become a favourite of Australians young and old, both at […]
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.
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/. ‘Ever since I wrote my first song, ‘Old Man Emu’ I’ve been pigeon-holed as ‘country’. I’m looking forward to […]
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. You can watch John perform the song here:
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 book, Old Man Emu, to celebrate the song’s 50th birthday. Simon McLean’s amazing illustrations will have young […]
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 being one of their featured books for […]
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 to go. Cleaning up around the house is a priority, but with the heat and little rain in sight, the […]
Koalas
How are you folks? It’s heartening to know so many Aussies care about our koalas and have already donated to the Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie through their gofundme campaign. Some of this money will provide water stations through our bush for the animals. The bushfires are so widespread that we have already lost hundreds […]
Gumleaf
How y’going folks At last (in between interviews and media for the new album) I’m currently working out exactly how many songs I have written. It’s not simple as there are songs hidden on compilations that aren’t on the major CDs, as well as on LPs that were never CDs. There are eleven new songs […]
