"The best kept secret of the Dandenongs" - Washington Irving
Folk singer-songwriter Benoit will be returning to his favourite venue to release and perform his newest album, “Mountain”, for folkies and music lovers of Melbourne’s Eastern hills.
Marking Benoit’s third album release, “Mountain” includes songs of uncertainty, disenchantment and loss that seek to illuminate these experiences as necessary landscapes to traverse. Not understood as a wall to knock down or a lion to flee from, but as a friend that points to the soft golden autumn leaves falling on the dew capped grass.
Benoit will be joined by a number of local heroes of the hills to help perform the songs of “Mountain”, including John Schmidli, Tina Nabb, Ben Langdon (Grand Baxter), Zack Grace and Ol’ Shep (if the stars align).
This event marks two years since the release of Benoit’s second album, “Valley”. It will surely be a night not to miss.
Listeners will also have the privilege of hearing the up-and-coming Eastern Melbourne singer-songwriter Nathan Goodwin perform. Nathan Goodwin, inspired by the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, and Paul McCartney blends folk, indie, and 60s styles in his original music.