Origin Gympie, Australia Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter | Name Darren Hanlon Music director Bunny New Girl | |
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Instruments Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric guitar, Banjo, Ukulele Role Singer-songwriter ยท darrenhanlon.com Albums Where Did You Come From?, I Will Love You at All Genres Folk rock, Folk music, Folk punk Record labels Yep Roc Records, Candle Records Similar Sarah Blasko, Rose Melberg, Peter Fenton | ||
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Darren Hanlon is an Australian singer/songwriter who plays urban folk music.
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Career
Darren Hanlon has released five solo albums, three EPs and eight singles on Candle Records and Flippin Yeah industries, as well as several compilation tracks. After the dissolving of Candle Records he has started his own pseudo-label called Flippin Yeah Industries in 2008.
Before becoming a solo artist in 1999, he was a member of the Simpletons, and contributed backing guitar and keyboards for the Lucksmiths, the Dearhunters, and Mick Thomas.
Hanlon is known for his engagement with his audiences, through his down-to-earth storytelling at live gigs. He has toured with Billy Bragg, David Dondero, Tim Kasher, Violent Femmes, The Magnetic Fields, and Courtney Barnett.
In 2015 Hanlon released his latest offering 'Where Did You Come From?' Songs were recorded in New Orleans, Memphis, Muscle Shoals, Nashville and Clarksdale, with an array of musicians he met along the way, from instrumentalists of popular music Spooner Oldham, David Hood, Howard Grimes, to unknown buskers and street musicians.