Brendan McMahon—
Brendan McMahon’s music, gives listeners a strong sense of the man behind the songs. An inveterate traveller and astute observer, possessed of an enquiring and open mind, are some of the personality traits that shine through.
Brendan is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter with more than 20 years’ experience. Not afraid to defy expectation, his music is eclectic, adventurous, and blessed with a limitless fluidity. Having visited more than fifty unique and varied countries, his travel experiences, specifically his observations of history, cultures, people, architecture, and nature, are at the root of his creativity and song writing.
Growing up in the small town of Kapunda near South Australia’s Barossa Valley he discovered his love of music at the tender age of 15 after being “awed and floored” seeing Jimi Hendrix play on television and being amazed and captivated by the sounds Jimi could pull from a guitar and by the iconic performer’s showmanship. Borrowing money from his mother (and paying it back at $2 a week) he promptly bought himself a $60 guitar and an amp rig from a mate.
Initially wanting to be a glam-rock superstar in the 80s and 90s (think Van Halen, Kiss, Def Leppard), Brendan later transitioned to the more storytelling driven tunes of songwriters such as Paul Kelly, Harry Manx, Richard Thompson and Garth Brooks, artists who continue to inspire him today.
With six chart topping tracks from his highly anticipated seventh solo album already released in 2023, New Country Morning, Time Rolls On, It’s Good to be Alive, Send in the Clowns, Higher, and the powerful and poignant I Hear Your Voice (The Soldier)' featuring the very talented Montana Sharp, it’s full steam ahead for 2024.