Glen Moffatt

Almost 20 years after his landmark album Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight, singer/songwriter Glen Moffatt releases his new album Superheroes & Scary Things in Australia and New Zealand in mid-2014. Featuring 13 songs by Moffatt and his co-writers, Superheroes & Scary Things was recorded in Australia and New Zealand with contributions from Bill Cham... bers, Michel Rose, Chet OConnell and Brendan Radford, among others. Godzone Country: The Very Best of New Zealand Country Music compilation. Moffatt has been resident in Brisbane since 2002, playing in bands all over Queensland and northern New South Wales but mostly raising his three children. With the youngest having turned five, the time was right to get back in the recording studio. Raised in the seaside Art Deco city of Napier, on the east coast of New Zealands North Island, Moffatt began writing songs at Quitting his job as a newspaper reporter, he moved to Auckland to pursue his musical ambitions and was soon singing in Red McKelvies Cajun band Mumbo Gumbo. He also began making his mark in the city with his own country band. years recording industry awards was a finalist in songwriter of the year, a title previously won by such luminary pop writers as Neil Finn, Dave Dobbyn and Martin Phillipps. Two more albums followed A Place To Play in 1998 and If Thats What You Want (as the Glen Moffatt Band) in 2001, both including co-writes with Ritchie Pickett and Arthur Baysting before Moffatt relocated to Brisbane. Along with fronting his own band the Tallboys, he was a Star Maker grand finalist in 2003 and was part of the Smokin Crawdads album Straight to the Pool Room. Earl P. Ball to Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh to Bill Chambers, James Blundell and the Topp Twins. His songs have been included on albums by Bill Chambers, Michael Muchow, Donna Dean, Ritchie Pickett, Kevin Greaves, DarrylRead More