Guitars are good. Cruisy pop feels good. Relaxed vocals sound good. Introducing one of our Riversong Music Family Artists, singer songwriter guitarist, Nicholas James who's debut single 'About to Fall' is available now to stream on Spotify, Apple Music…

RELEASED OCTOBER 2020 

“Rest in Peace was written for the Men From Earth project. It started with a Bo Diddly groove and pretty much wrote itself from the git go.” Scott Bird 

Rest in Peace was recorded live…

A DANCE IN THE YOUNG GRASS ON THE EDGE OF TAKAYNA

Fallen Angel is the third single from Melissa Black’s ‘The Eden Project’ EP and the third film offering from this Riversong Music family artist. The visual footage…

IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETIES. IT WAS KING CROSS, INTENSE TOURING AND A ROAD THAT STRETCHED ON TO AN ENDLESS HORIZON!

Dark Hollow is a collection of songs Pale Riders recorded in the early nineties with Russell…

FOUR PRODUCERS, FOUR STUDIOS, FOUR VERY DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE RECORDING PROCESS.

This is an eclectic bunch of stand alone songs that were recorded with some of the producers Pale Riders worked with over the years. They are…

YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW WHEN THE END WILL COME BUT IT'S ALWAYS A SURPRISE!

“Well this was the end my friends. The last recordings of Pale Riders which were done in a shed at Manno’s place when he was living…

Early in 1994 Pale Riders went into Damien Gerard Studios with Dave Steel in the producer’s chair and Russell Pilling riding shotgun at the desk and tape machine to track what would eventually become the self-titled album, also known…

Eden is the second environmental art release from Melissa Black and is a continuation of the journey which began with 'Merging with takayna'.

Eden was filmed entirely on location at 'West Point' on the northwest tip of Tasmania's wild…

Canon Australia and SUNSTUDIOS present it's only rock'n'roll but I like it... an exhibition featuring the work of award-winning photographer Wendy McDougall. In recognition of a 40 year career spent photographing iconic Australian and International musicians, Wendy was the recipient…

The Bob Brown Foundation exhibits a new collection of over 60 artworks produced by 35 artists showing impressions of the threatened yet wild landscape of takayna / Tarkine at the Australian Catholic University Gallery on Friday the 14th of December…

Eden, heart, home, family. The balance of light and dark, the decision to feed the calm, nurturing white wolf or the raging wild black wolf. A tight rope walk which has led me to the wild west coast of Tasmania…

The recent inaugural Australian Women in Music awards was a welcomed celebration of the role women play in the music industry and inspired me to reflect and share a little of my story. My career in music started in 1988…

We have now left the ancient belly of the rainforest and I am standing on the remote takayna coastline. It is wild, it is rugged and it is again, breathtaking. The cloistered confines of the forest cathedral have been replaced…

We are standing in an ancient rain forest which is a remnant of the super continent, Gondwanaland. Australia’s largest temperate rainforest, an unbroken connection with the pre-historic world, a gift from a bygone age. We are standing in takayna, the…

RAINBOW | Self doubt is an uncomfortable beast and vulnerability rides in to weigh you down when that beast raises its ugly head. It is something that I needed to recognise and confront, to take away its power and simply…

Ancient rainforests and tall trees in the Frankland River forests, in the north west of Tasmania's Tarkine, are still standing thanks to two years of frontline action. More than 250 citizens joined the Bob Brown Foundation vigil camp from February…

Our latest short film 'The Welcome', was completed at this years Tarkine in Motion, Australia's largest environmental arts project. It is all about our friend the singing river, which welcomes us into the wild places - in this case, the…

UPDATE 7/12/17 - AUSTRALIA ACHIEVES MARRIAGE EQUALITY!

In Australia right now we are being asked to vote in a postal survey. The question is 'Should the law be changed to allow same sex couples to marry?' Yes or No…

Over the Easter weekend, Scott and Trudi Bird took part in Tarkine in Motion 2017, organised by the Bob Brown Foundation. They were based at the Frankland River camp and were fortunate to spend time with campaign manager Jenny Weber…

This video for 'The Crossing' the second single off the 'Wildwood Echoes' album, is extra special for us at Riversong as it was filmed entirely at our property, The Valley Wilderness Retreat, in Tasmania, Australia. Our spiritual home.

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