Art Cooper

Two years working in shearing sheds across western Queensland shaped the material this Brisbane solo musician now plays, spending days on the stands and nights performing in outback pubs. That time picking up characters, landscapes and dry outback humour has fed directly into his songwriting, giving the act a distinctly Australian voice rather than a borrowed one. Cooper is a singer-songwriter working the live music circuit as a rising solo act, building his following through original material rather than covers. The outback setting is the backbone of the sound, not a marketing line laid over generic material.