Glen Moffatt is a New Zealand country music singer-songwriter who relocated to Brisbane, Australia, in 2002.
Moffatt was born in Hastings and raised in Napier. He was a newspaper journalist before moving to Auckland at the end of 1991.
New Zealand music historian John Dix wrote of New Zealand music in the 1990s, "It wasn't all alt.rock, hip hop and hard rock in the '90s. Country rock survived with recording acts like the Coalrangers (from the wild West Coast), Glen Moffatt, Ritchie Pickett,
the Renderers and the Waltons. The most successful were
the Warratahs
The Warratahs are a band from Wellington, New Zealand.
Band members Early line-ups
* Barry Saunders (vocals/guitar)
* Wayne Mason (keyboards/vocals)
* Nik Brown (fiddle)
* John Donahue (bass)
* Marty Jorgensen (drums)
* Clinton Brown ( ...
, signed to Pagan."
Moffatt's 1995 debut album ''Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight'' was described by ''
New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers ...
'' music critic
Graham Reid as the "birth of a Kiwi classic". It was a finalist in country album of the year at the 1996
New Zealand recording industry awards. Moffatt was also a finalist in the rising star and songwriter of the year categories.
In 1998 he released follow-up ''A Place to Play'', of which Reid wrote, "Moffatt has written his name large again and is, after two strong showings, a talent too big to ignore".
[Graham Reid]
"Elsewhere – Firing on all four in history of hip-hop"
''The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspaper ...
'', 19 December 1998 In 2001, as Glen Moffatt Band, came his final New Zealand album ''If That's What You Want''.
Moffatt moved to Queensland in 2002, forming a band called Glen Moffatt & the Tallboys, and in 2007 he began working with long-time Brisbane band The Smokin' Crawdads. He sang six tracks on the Smokin' Crawdads album ''Straight to the Pool Room'', which featured Sydney violinist
Ian Cooper and was launched at the 2010 Tamworth country music festival.
SDL Music (Scoop de Loop) released the compilation ''Troubadours – NZ Singer-Songwriter Series: Vol 1'' in 2009 containing eight songs each from Moffatt,
Al Hunter and
Red McKelvie
Red McKelvie was a New Zealand singer-songwriter-instrumentalist and session musician who has been described as "Australasia's greatest pop guitarist".
He has appeared on albums by Richard Clapton (including the Australian hit "Girls on the Ave ...
.
Recorded in New Zealand and Australia over 18 months, Moffatt's ''Superheroes & Scary Things'' album was released in July 2014. During the same month, Sony Music NZ included his song "Somewhere in New Zealand Tonight" on their ''Godzone Country: The Very Best of New Zealand Country Music'' CD release.
Moffatt's songs have appeared on albums by Bill Chambers,
Ritchie Pickett and
Dennis Marsh.
Discography
References
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1971 births
Living people
New Zealand male songwriters