Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher is a music all rounder – singer, multi instrumentalist, songwriter, performer, producer, composer, author.

He is best known as singer/songwriter with Karma County. Since 1995 the band have released six albums and toured around Australia and the world.

Brendan has produced over forty albums, more than half as an artist, including two ARIA award winners – the late, great Jimmy Little’s instant Australian classic Messenger (1999) and Karma County’s Into The Land Of Promise (2000). His distinctive guitar playing can be heard on recordings for artists like David Bowie, Jimmy Little and Kylie Minogue.

He is also the author of The Open Tuning Chord Book For Guitar favoured by guitarists from Peter Buck (REM) to Arlo Guthrie.

Brendan’s songs have appeared in feature films like Somersault, Clubland & The Boys Are Back and TV shows like Sea Change & City Homicide. He has composed for short films by Rachel Perkins and Warwick Thornton and documentaries for ABC and SBS TV. In 2009 he composed the score for Aussie feature film Subdivision.