Songwriter

NAT TRIMARCHI

Music Releases

‘All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.’

-Louis Armstrong

Latest EP

PERDIKA

In ancient Greek mythology when Daedalus threw his nephew, Perdix, off the sacred hill of Athena the first partridge appeared. Remembering his fall, and out of an abundance of caution, this bird does not build its nest in the trees nor take lofty flights, and generally avoids high places. (Perdika is a small fishing village on the island of Aegina, and means 'partridge').

In Jeremiah 17 : 11, (King James Bible) it says: "As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool."

Price: $11.99 (includes bonus track* and all song lyrics)

Bianco
Slaughter Yard Creek
Three Saints
Who Could Hold Onto His Dreams
Numberless
Hey Rain*

Featuring Jamie Clark (guitar, banjo, keys), John Parker (drums), Andrew Johnson (bass), Peter Walters (bass), Peta Wilson (piano), Kristina Olsen (concertina, dobro), Mike Rivett (sax), Leah Cotterell and Clara Satske (backing vocals), Nat Trimarchi (vocals, piano). Special thanks to Jamie Clark (arrangements) and Nigel Pegrum (Pegasus Studios). Cover photo and design: Nat Trimarchi. All songs by Nat Trimarchi except * by Bill Scott, recorded by permission.

Earlier Releases...

Land of the Low Flying Cloud

This EP selection is a re-issue of songs originally recorded for the album Strange Country (CD-R, released 2004), re-packaged here for download. And specially selected for their thematic reminder of the cloud that regularly hangs about a metre above the rainforest and cane in the misty 'deep north' of Far North Queensland... and that metaphorical 'low flying cloud' that can often descend upon the zeitgeist.

Price: $9.99

Big Saturday Night
24 Carat Blues
Whip Bird
Ignorant Cane
True Love

Featuring Jamie Clark (guitars), Gary Ward (bass), Steven Timms (drums), Dale Rabic (Hammond organ), Andy Vogel (accordion, harmonica), Nat Trimarchi (acoustic guitar, vocals), John Rodgers (piano), Leah Cotterell and Pearly Black (backing vocals). Cover photo and design: Nat Trimarchi. All songs by Nat Trimarchi (recorded at Foxhole Studios Brisbane and first released in 2004, © Rainwater Productions).

The Weight of Water

Of course, you can’t really measure anything precisely (it’s an illusion, ask any physicist). But this doesn’t mean there isn’t any order, or any natural ‘laws’ that bind all our experience of relations as humans together. Far from it. That’s how we all understand the weight of water: we are all of us mostly made of water. That’s the ‘matter’ that connects us. But that ‘matter’ is immeasurable because it is always in a continuous state. All Archimedes deduced was a relativity. One that’s mathematically useful for keeping boats afloat. But how useful for keeping hearts and minds afloat? How useful for finding your 'true north'? That’s the question…

Price: $10.99 (includes bonus sleeve notes and lyrics)

The Devil's Pool
The Other Man
The Weight of Water
True North
Home

Featuring some great guitar work from Jamie Clark; lovely bv's from Leah Cotterell, Pearly Black, Nikki Doll and Libby Brockenshire; and spectacular playing all round by a range of great Brisbane and Cairns-based musicians (details provided on each track). Special thanks to Jamie Clark (arrangements) and his fellow band members from The Company. And to Nigel Pegrum at Pegasus Studios (Cairns). Cover photo and design: Nat Trimarchi.

Josephine

"Josephine is the name of our songstress. Those who have never heard her sing simply haven't experienced the power of song. Everyone who hears her is pulled out of him or herself, transported..." So begins Franz Kafka's Josephine the Songstress.

It's no surprise that we universally think of things like Country, and Nature itself, as a woman. Country sings to us, and so does Nature, much as a mother does... you just have to listen. This EP includes a re-issue of a few songs originally from the album Strange Country (which had a very limited distribution and airing). Re-packaged here, this downloadable selection references a special relationship with places near Babinda in Far North Queensland (Australia). Places that have been both the birthplace and final resting place of many a stranger...

Price: $10.99 (includes bonus sleeve notes and lyrics)

Josephine
Strange Country
Ballad of Stone and Water
Rosello and Rosalea
Man Without a Country

Featuring more spectacular playing from Jamie Clark (guitars), and drumming from Steven 'Cooj' Timms. As well as the wonderful backing vocals of Leah Cotterell, Pearly Black, and Nikki Doll. Cover photo and design: Nat Trimarchi. All songs by Nat Trimarchi.

SPECIAL Re-issue... Strange Country ALBUM (LIMITED EDITION CD)

Recorded at Foxhole Studios in Brisbane and issued for limited release in 2004, this debut album had a short lifespan in public and is now being re-released as a CD only.

Featuring Jamie Clark (guitars), Gary Ward (bass), Steven Timms (drums), Dale Rabic (Hammond organ), Andy Vogel (accordion, harmonica), Nat Trimarchi (acoustic guitar, vocals), John Rodgers (piano), Leah Cotterell and Pearly Black (backing vocals). Artwork: Gavan Fenelon and Nat Trimarchi. All songs by Nat Trimarchi.

Price: $19.99 + postage