LIZ STRINGER

BIO

Liz Stringer is one of Australia’s most admired and versatile songwriters and instrumentalists. With a career spanning six studio albums and a slew of honours including Port Fairy Folk Festival's 2023 Artist of the Year and the Woodford Folk Festival 'Emerging Legend of Australian Song' in 2020, Stringer is a venerated guitarist and vocalist, her notoriously powerful live performances and melodically rich, story-based songs earning her a unique place among the most important Australian songwriters of the modern era.

In Summer 2023, Stringer worked with Grammy nominated/Ivor Novello Award winning producer/engineer Beni Giles (Lianne La Havas,) at Iguana Studios in Brixton, London, to complete her most accomplished offering yet. The Second High sees Stringer branch into a wider range of her musical influences, using jazz, soul and funk as a canvas on which to squarely centre songs which draw on themes of self-actualisation, social inequity and the dogged pursuit of truth and authenticity.

Liz Stringer’s sixth studio album, First Time Really Feeling, was recorded at Toronto’s Union Sound Company, produced and engineered by Chris Stringer (Timber Timbre). Released in April 2021 through Courtney Barnett's Milk! Records, the album debuted at #14 on the ARIA Charts in Australia, and earned the 2022 AIR Award for Best Blues and Roots Album and a place on the shortlist for APRA's Song of the Year 2022 (Dangerous).

Stringer counts seminal artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Midnight Oil (with whom she toured the world as backing vocalist and occasional instrumentalist between 2020 and 2022) as fans, Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil) describing her musicality as 'a total joy'. Beloved equally for her rock stylings, knee-buckling ballads and a world-class lyrical and story-telling prowess that sees her write affectingly from a staggering range of perspectives, Liz Stringer is carving a fiercely autonomous creative path while maintaining a deep sense of connection with her devoted and ever-growing audience.

ALBUM ‘FIRST TIME REALLY FEELING’ OUT NOW

PRAISE

"Filled with folk-inflected rock narratives and anthemic balladry, 'First Time Really Feeling' is an extraordinary record from a singular artist." - Triple R

"Having carved out fanbases across the world, including Australia, Canada and parts of Europe, it is no doubt that First Time Really Feeling will see Stringer widen her recognition and commercial success, both of which she so deeply deserves." - PBS

“Joining us on our 2022 Resist world tour: Liz Stringer, capturing new devotees with her solo set of honest, heartfelt originals, then blowing the roof off, night after night, belting out gutsy Midnight Oil harmonies. Liz Stringer - inspirational, professional, a total joy.” - Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil

“Never before across her body of work, however, has she forged an album that feels as lived-in and as close to home as this. ‘First Time Really Feeling’ is a reflection on changing perspectives, newfound sobriety and all the roads travelled to get to where she is right now.” - NME, ★★★★

“Deeply honest and expertly written, it's a reminder of Stringer's immense talent” - Double J

"Stringer makes music that moves you. Emotional. Powerful. Direct. Her songs hit you right in the gut." - STACK

“I am a big fan of Liz Stringer – and you can tell her that!” – Bonnie Raitt