Allan Caswell is Australia’s most recorded songwriter with over 900 of his songs being released around the world by artists of the calibre of Cilla Black, Patti Page, The Irish Rovers, The Living End, Slim Dusty, Barry Humphries, Ricki May, James Blundell, McAlister Kemp, Graeme Connors, The Wolfe Brothers, Anne Kirkpatrick, Chad Morgan, Lynne Hamilton, Beccy Cole, The Wolfe Brothers and Ella Hooper among dozens of others.
In 1979 Caswell wrote the theme for the Australian television series “Prisoner” (Cell Block H in England). “On The Inside” was a Number 1 hit in Australia and New Zealand in 1979 and later reached Number 3 in the UK and the Patti Page version made the country charts in the USA. After the success of “On The Inside” he went fulltime and has made a living writing and performing ever since.
Caswell has won 8 Golden Guitars from 45 finalist nominations. He has also been awarded 15 songwriting Awards from the Tamworth Songwriters Association, including The Songmaker Award. He has won 9 Awards at the Independent Country Music Awards (Southern Stars) including Album Of The Year for three of his albums. He is the go-to co-writer for many of Australia’s top artists.
Allan Caswell is now easily Australia’s most recorded songwriter, in any genre, with, at last count, 926 recordings of his songs released worldwide.
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Ben Walker is one of the great emerging singer/songwriters. British born, but settled now on Sydney’s Northern Beaches with his young family, Ben’s unique brand of reflective country folk challenges and soothes in equal measure. A talented storyteller, Ben’s songs draw from his keen sense of observation, his experience living in the UK, Europe and now Australia and the love he has for his family and the outdoors.
Ben’s pathway into music is a captivating story involving mini cars, broken cellos, time as a roadie and sound engineer when at university and a long period in a stifling corporate world where music was a distant memory. Ben’s eventual release of 3 songs in 2020 built a platform that has led to festival appearances, co-writing opportunities and wide-ranging radio play.
Ben’s recent song “I Won’t Forget”, a beautiful collaboration with Allan Caswell, Beth Lucas and Stephen Dobson – was listed as a semi-finalist in the 2022 International Song Writing Competition (Folk Category) and went to Number 1 in the Australian Country Radio Chart.
Performing solo, Ben’s live shows offer a disarmingly honest, captivating melodic experience that takes the audience on a story and thought based journey. A popular fixture at the Tamworth Country Music festival, Ben will perform later in the year at a number of festivals in Queensland, with performances also lined up in Sydney and Melbourne, alongside plans to get closer to his fanbase through a house concert tour.
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Allan Caswell
"At last count, Caswell has had well over 900 songs published and over 500 recordings of his songs released world wide by artists of the calibre of Cilla Black, The Irish Rovers, Patti Page, Slim Dusty, James Blundell and The Living End. (Say no more!). Allan ticks all the boxes . . . it’s like a good book as they say, you can’t put it down. From the opening title track, I found myself humming along to the choruses on just about all of the songs after a couple of listens. Now, that’s the sign of a great writer. Very thought provoking lyrics too where you can actually place yourself “in the song”.
Ben Walker
“Ben’s music holds a truth in it that connects and resonates with people, whatever seems to be going on in their lives. His lyrics are modern day poetry put to music.” - Rachal, Professional Vocalist
