Pete Stone - A Man Ahead of his time...
So said the Sydney Morning Herald about Pete Stone's first album - now he is a man of his time, whose time has come. With Golden Frontier he creates an album as wide as the Western Australian landscape. What does that mean? It means the songs move with broad strokes, the melodies are textured, the emphasis is on the feeling. The results are astounding. This album, produced by John Kilbey, was recorded with just two microphones. It sounds crisp, classic, expansive. Pete's voice is smooth, expressive, detailed.
This is really a landmark Australian album – Stone explores deep inside the Australian psyche in a way that is revealing without ever being obtrusive – themes such as domestic violence, alcoholism, disappointment, drug addiction, isolation as well as love, intimacy and finding real contentment are all covered deftly, subtly and with an insight which is never didactic.
Pete Stone has created something of unique beauty and truth with Golden Frontier.
PETE STONE GIGS
Touring the East Costt of Australia - Oct 2007
Upcoming gigs:
March 17 @ Fremantle Arts Centre, 6pm. Tickets on the door, all day festival.
Review of 'Golden Frontier' album
Scene Magazine
"Hailed as a cross between Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, Pete Stone's Golden Frontier is as intimate as an album can get. Recorded with guitar, bass, violin, mandolin, harmonica and three voices in Stone's home in Western Australia, you couldn't ask for a more personal touch of Australian beauty - his sensitivity, caressing each note as if the entire Western Australian sky was listening."
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"Pete Stone knows his music history...this set of moody blues tackles such weighty issues as addiction and domestic unrest with all the whisky-fuelled insight of Don Walker" Sydney Morning Herald
Song of the Year
WAM (WA Music Industry Assoc.)
‘Drunkard’s wife’, taken from the album 'Golden Frontier', was awarded “Song of the Year” in the category of Love at the 2005 West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) Awards
Pete Stone - Golden Frontier
Review of 'Home' Album
The Australian
“…a gentle personal paean to love and learning to live with it…old fashioned ballads that showcase Stones deep resonant voice”
Review of 'Domino' EP
Xpress Magazine
‘Pete Stone is bound to follow in the footsteps of other Aussie greats…’
Review of 'Inside Upstairs' album
Juice Magazine
“Stone doesn’t try to do too much: he just writes simple, emotive lyrics, sings them to simple catchy melodies and records them with just enough sonic awareness. It’s a simple formula – one used by all the best singer songwriters from Bob Dylan to Ron Sexsmith…sure to be one of the best Australian releases of 2000".
Song of the Year (1)
WAM (West Australian Music Industry Assoc(
‘Melt Away', taken from the album 'Inside Upstairs' was awarded “Song of the Year” in the category of Country at the 2000 West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) Awards
Review of 'My Great Plan' album
The Age
“Pete Stone writes a good song…you can imagine Nick Cave tearing through ‘Big Fella’ or Willie Nelson having a ball with ‘Sing to Me’.”
Back catalogue available through petestone@iprimus.com.au
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