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Daniel J Townsend is an AFMA-nominated songwriter and award-winning educator, poet, storyteller and creative facilitator, based in lutruwita/Tasmania.
The creator of the very popular Midland Highway: The Musical, Daniel's recent crowdfunding success means he is currently creating his next record. His most recent release is Broken Voices and The Eyes of Men, a combination of spoken-word performance and music, with still image videos from diverse artists. He co-wrote Songs From The Great Pause with fans during the first COVID lockdown. In 2019 he became 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. He was a finalist at the 2017 Australian Poetry Slam Championships and in 2016 his innovative Song Factory show sold out at the Darwin Fringe (NT), Junction Arts Festival (TAS) and Beyond Festival (ACT). |
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)
