C W Stoneking
C.W. Stoneking's recordings and live shows have attracted steadily escalating praise and attention from critics and audiences internationally. In 2007 he toured the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, England and Ireland, promoting the European release of King Hokum (on Voodoo Rhythm Records), as well as playing sold out headline shows across Australia, and a national tour supporting Paul Kelly.
C.W. Stoneking is a 34 years old, first generation Australian of American-descent. He was born in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory and spent his childhood growing up in Central Australia, Sydney and rural Victoria. He has played music from the age of 11. By 18, C.W. began performing the blues styles of the 1920s and 30s exclusively. He has travelled the world from Egypt to New Orleans (where he worked as a hoodoo doctor’s assistant) to Trinidad, where he learned about Calypso music. He has lived in isolated farmhouses working as a handyman, and been involved in and survived a shipwreck, spending time in Africa, and touring internationally as a recording artist, both as a solo performer and with his band, the Primitive Horn Orchestra.
C.W. Stoneking is a 34 years old, first generation Australian of American-descent. He was born in the top end of Australia's Northern Territory and spent his childhood growing up in Central Australia, Sydney and rural Victoria. He has played music from the age of 11. By 18, C.W. began performing the blues styles of the 1920s and 30s exclusively. He has travelled the world from Egypt to New Orleans (where he worked as a hoodoo doctor’s assistant) to Trinidad, where he learned about Calypso music. He has lived in isolated farmhouses working as a handyman, and been involved in and survived a shipwreck, spending time in Africa, and touring internationally as a recording artist, both as a solo performer and with his band, the Primitive Horn Orchestra.
