Colin Lillie Music

COLIN LILLIE is certainly one of a kind. This gypsy Scotsman has found a new life in Alice Springs in the Australian central desert where he has thrived as a songwriter. You don’t have to delve very deep into Colin’s lyrics or the heart of his voice to know his songs are driven by someone who has all of the shades of life experience to lean into. This rang true with his 2017 and 2019 awards for Best Live Voice at the National Live Music Awards.

In 2016 Colin released his debut album “Glass Homes” to critical acclaim and managed to take out the AU Review people’s choice Australian Artist Of The Year award. In 2020 he released the Mark Lizotte (DIESEL) produced “Petrichor” EP. August 2021 saw the release “Shades Of Love” Colin's second studio. This was recorded at Wild Mountain Studios with enigmatic producer Jamie Trevaskis (The Wilson Pickers) and together Colin and Jamie found a darker honesty in his performances than on any previous releases.
He released the EP THE.... produced by Australian Country star Catherine Britt - Colin Lillie.. The.. This featured the award winning artist Shane Nicholson, which he had two critically acclaimed songs released – The War, followed by The Road, a duet with Catherine. Britt.
Colin also enjoys co-writing he has been fortune to with the likes of Rohin Jones (The Middle East) Tyrone Noonan (George) & Lachlan Bryan (Lachlan Bryan and the Wildes) to name a few.

Pre 2020 Colin was well on the way to becoming one of Australia’s hardest touring artists supporting the likes of DIESEL, BUSBY MAROU, JAMES REYNE, and THE ANIMALS on their relentless tour schedules and making friends everywhere he went. Colin also performed five shows at the 2019 Woodford Folk Festival and made it to New Orleans in 2020 as part of the Folk Alliance International Festival. So its no surprise that 2022 saw him get right back into where supported Catherine on her Bush Pup tour traveling throughput regional Australia finishing with performances in April 2022 at his first Tamworth County Music Festival. This was followed once again being invited to perform at the prestigious Folk Alliance conference/showcase in Kansas City and then to the renowned Americana Fest conference to showcase in Nashvile.
The new year has not seen stop with a number of shows at this year Tamworth Country Music Festival with an electrifying performance at Americana in the Park in front of a crowd of over 5000 Aussie country fans.
This has seen Colin build his audience and head back into the studio with Catherine Britt once again to release a second EP later in the year. With a number of tour dates announced across Australia staring with a Small Halls tour of 16 shows in Western Australia. Colin will then embark on a National solo tour of Australia with dates in Hobart to Darwin. He is also very excited to be performing at this years Port Fairy festival and National Celtic Festival with the plan to head back to Nashvile to record his third full studio album in September.

Realising Colin’s increasing profile he was offered and has accepted a sponsorship from Takamine guitars.

And the world continues to discover Colin’s songs and singing – something that’s very evident from the number of uses of his songs recently in film and television. The track Hold On is included in Adam a Hollywood movie starring Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad). Human Kind Of Life is in the BBC television show Wakefield. The Broken Crown a song from Colin's EP The was featured in a Steve King short film which was released in 2022 and in 2023 he also has songs and music in a forthcoming documentary Yimi Junga which highlights the continual struggle of Aboriginal woman and children in remote Australia , Not too bad at all !

So as Colin hits the road again performing as much as possible he continues to write as well as work with people in recovery from drug and alcohol addictions. Colin visits rehab centres and uses his songs and life experience as a way to assist others.




“Colin Lillie has been gifted an incredible voice. It’s a voice that has seen him win countless accolades, including nominations for the National Live Music Awards’ ‘Live Voice Of The Year’.” - Scenestr