Matt Toms

Decades on Australia's east coast have shaped a guitarist who reads a room rather than working from a set list. Smooth cocktail tunes sit alongside pub classics, roots, reggae and surf songs, with the odd forgotten pop track pulled back into rotation depending on who is listening. A set might swing from Stevie Wonder to Spacey Jane in one turn, then from a Willie Nelson number into Cage the Elephant the next, threading old and new together rather than sticking to one era. Hendrix, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley and Bowie recur often enough to count as touchstones. Based in Hobart, the approach stays consistent wherever the gig lands: honest interpretation over note-for-note copying.