English
The great Australian singer and musician Pete Murray will perform a concert at Paradiso in Amsterdam on the 10th of April. This concert will be a reunion with his fans that have always brought him to very good positions in the music charts. The singer will promote his new album Blue Sky Blue during this event.
Pete Murray was born in Australia in 1969. During his childhood and adolescence was a sportsman who practiced rugby, athletics and swimming with no interest in music. Only when he was 22, he began learning to play guitar. His compulsive nature led him to study guitar and singing with determination, he started to perform at barbecues and private parties. However, his intention was to study medicine in college, so he put his studies first.
Due to his great talent, his relatives insisted him to try to play professionally; he began to do so in bars and small festivals. He toured around Australia with the flutist Col Mc Intyre, they became friends founded a band with keyboardist Ben Mc Carthy, who still works with him.
In 2002, he released his first independent album called The Game and settled in Melbourne to take his musical career to the next level. The following year he signed a contract with Sony BMG Australia and began a meteoric career.
His career began with such success that the first album Feeler, launched in 2003, made it to the top of sales of the moment. His second album See The Sun achieved the same success as his first and remained on the charts for weeks. His name became a sign of success for Sony and one of its most important artists, as all his singles and albums had the same recognition, both in sales and popularity.
The first two albums reached the top spot in the rankings of preferences in Australia, being nominated for the ARIAS (Australia Recording Industry Association) Music Awards for his album Feeler, getting his first platinum award. These recognitions have been repeated in most of the discs.
In 2008 he released his third album called Summer at Eureka, selling over a million copies and breaking his own record sales, while positioning him among Australia´s most important songwriters. These bestselling achievements by Murray led him to internationalize his career.
2011 was a busy year while working in the release of his fourth album. This album was special, since it was made at a difficult time, he had just completed his legal separation, and nevertheless, he kept being optimistic. Murray chooses to let flow the emotions and reason focuses on the good intentions that make this album an interesting job.
Among the major influences that have guided the careers of Murray are: the English singer-songwriter and musician Nick Drake, the Canadian musician and songwriter Neil Young and the great musician, poet and American singer Bob Dylan.
For more information: http://www.paradiso.nl/web/Agenda-Item/Pete-Murray-with-special-guest-Lior.htm
