Glen Moffatt
Encyclopedia
Glen Moffatt is a New Zealand country music singer-songwriter who relocated to Brisbane, Australia, in 2002.
Moffatt was born in Hastings and raised in Napier. He was a newspaper journalist before moving to Auckland at the end of 1991.
New Zealand music historian John Dix wrote of New Zealand music in the 1990s, "It wasn't all alt.rock, hip hop and hard rock in the '90s. Country rock survived with recording acts like the Coalrangers (from the wild West Coast), Glen Moffatt, Ritchie Pickett, the Renderers and the Waltons. The most successful were the Warratahs
, signed to Pagan."
Moffatt's 1995 debut album Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight was described by New Zealand Herald music critic Graham Reid as the "birth of a Kiwi classic". It was a finalist in country album of the year at the 1996 New Zealand recording industry awards. Moffatt was also a finalist in the rising star and songwriter of the year categories.
In 1998 he released follow-up A Place to Play, of which Reid wrote, "Moffatt has written his name large again and is, after two strong showings, a talent too big to ignore". In 2001, as Glen Moffatt Band, came his final New Zealand album If That's What You Want.
Moffatt moved to Queensland in 2002, forming a band called Glen Moffatt & the Tallboys, and in 2007 he began working with long-time Brisbane band The Smokin' Crawdads. He sung six tracks on the Smokin' Crawdads album Straight to the Pool Room, which featured Sydney violinist Ian Cooper
and was launched at the 2010 Tamworth country music festival.
SDL Music (Scoop de Loop) released the compilation Troubadours - NZ Singer/Songwriter Series: Vol 1 in 2009 containing eight songs each from Moffatt, Al Hunter
and Red McKelvie
.
Moffatt's songs have appeared on albums by Bill Chambers, Ritchie Pickett
and Dennis Marsh.
Moffatt was born in Hastings and raised in Napier. He was a newspaper journalist before moving to Auckland at the end of 1991.
New Zealand music historian John Dix wrote of New Zealand music in the 1990s, "It wasn't all alt.rock, hip hop and hard rock in the '90s. Country rock survived with recording acts like the Coalrangers (from the wild West Coast), Glen Moffatt, Ritchie Pickett, the Renderers and the Waltons. The most successful were the Warratahs
The Warratahs
The Warratahs are a band from Wellington, New Zealand.-Early line-ups :* Barry Saunders * Wayne Mason * Nik Brown * John Donahue * Marty Jorgensen * Clint Brown * Rob Clarkson...
, signed to Pagan."
Moffatt's 1995 debut album Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight was described by New Zealand Herald music critic Graham Reid as the "birth of a Kiwi classic". It was a finalist in country album of the year at the 1996 New Zealand recording industry awards. Moffatt was also a finalist in the rising star and songwriter of the year categories.
In 1998 he released follow-up A Place to Play, of which Reid wrote, "Moffatt has written his name large again and is, after two strong showings, a talent too big to ignore". In 2001, as Glen Moffatt Band, came his final New Zealand album If That's What You Want.
Moffatt moved to Queensland in 2002, forming a band called Glen Moffatt & the Tallboys, and in 2007 he began working with long-time Brisbane band The Smokin' Crawdads. He sung six tracks on the Smokin' Crawdads album Straight to the Pool Room, which featured Sydney violinist Ian Cooper
Ian Cooper (violinist)
Ian Cooper is an Australian Violinist. He was commissioned to compose the "Tin Symphony" for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney and is proficient in many musical styles including Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish & Country music...
and was launched at the 2010 Tamworth country music festival.
SDL Music (Scoop de Loop) released the compilation Troubadours - NZ Singer/Songwriter Series: Vol 1 in 2009 containing eight songs each from Moffatt, Al Hunter
Al Hunter (singer)
Al Hunter is a New Zealand country music singer-songwriter whose debut album, Neon Cowboy, released in 1987, "made country hip".Hunter was a soul singer in such Auckland bands of the late 1960s and '70s as Killing Floor, Cruise Lane, Chapeaux and the Hunter McCallum Band before embracing country...
and Red McKelvie
Red McKelvie
Red McKelvie is a New Zealand singer-songwriter-instrumentalist and session musician who has been described as "Australasia's greatest pop guitarist"....
.
Moffatt's songs have appeared on albums by Bill Chambers, Ritchie Pickett
Ritchie Pickett
Ritchie Pickett was a New Zealand country music singer-songwriter who was born in Morrinsville, in the province of Waikato...
and Dennis Marsh.
Discography
| Albums | |||||
| Date of Release | Title | Label | Charted | Certification | Catalog Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight | Sun Pacific | - | - | SP007 |
| 1998 | A Place to Play | Scoop de Loop | - | - | SCD8038 |
| 2001 | If That's What You Want | Scoop de Loop | - | - | SCD8040 |
| 2009 | Troubadours - NZ Singer/Songwriter Series: Vol 1 - Glen Moffatt, Al Hunter, Red McKelvie | SDL Music | - | - | SDL8044/2 |
| 2010 | Straight to the Pool Room - The Smokin' Crawdads with Ian Cooper Ian Cooper (violinist) Ian Cooper is an Australian Violinist. He was commissioned to compose the "Tin Symphony" for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney and is proficient in many musical styles including Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish & Country music... |
- | - | - | - |