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Jeff Lang

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Jeff Lang (born 9 November 1969) is an Australian songwriter, singer and slide guitarist. A leading performer in the Australian roots music scene and purveyer of his self-described "disturbed folk" style, which incorporates primarily folk, blues and rock. The songwriting in his music is heavily influenced by the folk music of the Southern United States and British Isles but has distinctly Australian lyrical content whilst his guitar playing mixes folk, blues and rock styles with Indian and African modalities. He plays various types of guitar, both slide and standard, as well as banjo, mandolin, Chumbush and drums. In Addition to other awards Lang's 1996 album Native Dog Creek was named 'Best Australian Blues Album' in a Rhythms Magazine readers poll, as were his 2005 release You Have To Dig Deep To Bury Daddy and the 2006 album Dislocation Blues, a collaboration with the late Chris Whitley, while his 2002 collaboration with Bob Brozman won an ARIA award for Best Blues and Roots Music album. In 2012, Jeff was presented with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's National Folk Recording Award.

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Discography

  • Half Seas Over, 2008
  • Native Dog Creek, 1996
  • Prepare Me Well - A Jeff Lang Anthology 1994 - 2006, 2007
  • Dislocation Blues, 2006
  • A Crowd in Every Face
  • Whatever Makes You Happy, 2004
  • Everything Is Still
  • Rolling Through This World, 2002
  • Cedar Grove
  • Ravenswood
  • Disturbed Folk, Volume 2
  • You Have to Dig Deep to Bury Daddy, 2005
  • Prepare Me Well, 2006
  • Real Scars

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