Both highly respected solo artists and songwriters in their own right, Steve Grady and Josh Rennie-Hynes formed The Ahern Brothers after an impromptu trip to the United States in late 2016.

After spending a few days in San Francisco, they packed the car and set off. For the next three weeks they travelled throughout Northern California and Oregon taking in national parks, small towns, cities and stories along the way, documenting the experience by writing an album’s worth of songs.

Upon returning to Australia, they locked in studio time with renowned Melbourne engineer and producer, Roger Bergodaz, in his newly built Union St Studio. The album was tracked completely live over two days in mid-December of 2016. There was an emphasis placed on capturing the spirit and true performance of each song, with strictly no overdubs.

The duo released their debut album on June 23 to an incredible response, including four stars from Rolling Stone Magazine & The Courier Mail.

“THE DUO’S VOCAL HARMONIES AND CAREWORN ACOUSTIC GUITARS SHIVER WITH TIMELESS FOLK FEELING...A MESMERISING CONTEMPORARY FOLK RECORDING: RESTRAINED, PITHY, AND PURE.”
- Rolling Stone

“THIS IS AN ALBUM OF SONG AND SOUNDS TO BE SAVOURED AND CHERISHED.”
- Rhythms Magazine

‘BEGUILING AND HEARTFELT, THE AHERN BROTHERS IS AN UNEXPECTED DELIGHT FROM SEASONED BRISBANE SINGER-SONGWRITERS JOSH RENNIE-HYNES AND STEVE GRADY’
- The Courier Mail

They are currently on their biggest tour to date, supporting Australian music icons Tex, Don & Charlie on their massive national tour.