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Short version
Country-folk artist Dennis Comino talks about his new album, Youth, as well as his time at the CMAA Junior Academy and his live performances both here and overseas. Youth is out now.
Long version
Country-folk artist Dennis Comino has been a fixture in Australia’s country music scene for a while, which doesn’t mean he’s old … In fact, the Brisbane singer-songwriter is at university, and balancing studies with music.
In this new interview he talks about his single ‘Dancing on a Faultline’, which came out just ahead of his debut album, Youth, which has now been released, and indeed we chatted about the album since it was imminent at the time of the conversation.
Comino has been a musician from a young age, although he didn’t start on the instrument he picked first: trumpet. You’ll have to watch/listen to the interview to find out why!
He learnt to play guitar instead, and four months later decided he would busk at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in that time learning enough songs to sustain his performances because, as he says, he likes a deadline.
During the pandemic he attended the CMAA Junior Academy of Country Music, and has maintained the connections he made there – as so many artists do – and has since continued writing and recording. He also performs regularly, in and around Brisbane as well as at the Gympie Music Muster, Woodford Folk Festival and Tamworth, as well as Nashville, Tennessee. At the time we spoke, he was due to play a late set that very night in one of the thriving country music venues in Brisbane.
Listen to Youth on Apple Music
Listen to ‘Dancing on a Fault Line’ on YouTube
