Daniel J Townsend is an AFMA-nominated songwriter and award-winning educator, poet, storyteller and creative facilitator, based in lutruwita/Tasmania.
His new single, A Fire on a Hill, is from his forthcoming album The Eye Begins to See. Produced by Luke Plumb, the record was crowdfunded. The debut single, Soon I Will Sing You a Song reached #4 on the AMRAP Metro Charts. His 2021 release, Broken Voices and The Eyes of Men, was a combination of spoken-word performance and music, with still image videos from diverse artists. The creator of the very popular Midland Highway: The Musical, Townsend is also the first songwriter in the world to release an album as a podcast with A Tale of Two Cities, a project inspired by the sixth-generation Tasmanian's adventures in Australia's Northern Territory. His 2016 record, World Until Yesterday, was praised as "new and notable" by music platform NoiseTrade, and his 2014 debut Iscariot was described by Inside Sleeve as "incredible". He has published three books, including Faxes to a Young Songwriter and a poetry anthology, An Uncertain Shore. Daniel J Townsend has performed at The National Folk Festival, Nannup Music Festival (WA), Fleurieu Folk Festival (SA), Tablelands Folk Festival (QLD), Majors Creek Music Festival (NSW) and Cygnet Folk Festival (TAS), in pubs and clubs and countless house concerts acorss Australia. |
Discography
Broken Voices and The Eyes Of Men (2021)
Midand Highway: The Musical (2020)
Songs From The Great Pause (2020)
A Tale of Two Cities - the podcast (2019)
A Tale of Two Cities - the album (2018)
World Until Yesterday (2016)
Iscariot (2014)
Broken Voices and The Eyes Of Men (2021)
Midand Highway: The Musical (2020)
Songs From The Great Pause (2020)
A Tale of Two Cities - the podcast (2019)
A Tale of Two Cities - the album (2018)
World Until Yesterday (2016)
Iscariot (2014)
The Written Word
An Uncertain Shore (2021)
Faxes to a Young Songwriter (2020)
A Tale of Two Cities: Selected Stories from the Podcast (2019)
An Uncertain Shore (2021)
Faxes to a Young Songwriter (2020)
A Tale of Two Cities: Selected Stories from the Podcast (2019)