Scott Darlow

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Scott Darlow is an Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist,

Biography

Darlow was born in Melbourne, Australia to

Following on from high school, Darlow began a teaching degree at RMIT. During this time, he also worked in bars and pubs, including a two-year stint at Melbourne Hilton on the Park. Upon completion of his university studies, Darlow worked at three high schools and one primary school, teaching music. After two and a half years of full-time teaching, he resigned to focus on writing music, recording and touring.[1]

Music career

Darlow started playing the

This was followed in 2005 by a live acoustic album called Underground, also released under The Darlow Show moniker. In 2008, Darlow released a third album called The Whole Earth Sings, this time under his own name. Total combined sales of physical copies of these albums exceeded 23,000.^[citation needed]

In January 2016, Darlow released the first single from his fifth album, "Solid Rock", a cover of the Goanna hit from 1982. Darlow enlisted the help of the song's author and original singer, Shane Howard, on vocals and recorded it as a duet. "Solid Rock" was added to radio stations all over Australia and New Zealand and was the most-played rock song on Australian radio in February 2016. Similarly, the music video for the single went viral after radio station Triple M shared the video via Facebook, garnering over 200,000 viewers.^[2]

Darlow released their second single from the album, "Down Like Flies", in late May 2016. This second single got solid radio play around Australia, with the supporting music video featuring well known Australian actor Matt Hetherington, TV personality Melissa Hetherington, TV and radio personality and author, Jane Gazzo as well as Darlow's son Emmanuel. January 2018 saw radio success for Darlow, in the form of his most recent release, a remake of an older production "Sorry", an apologetic song that protests white settlement in Australia and the mistreatment of Aboriginal people in the following centuries.

In 2018, Darlow enlisted the help of fellow Australian musicians Sarah McLeod, Adam Brand, Jack Jones and Todd Hunter to re-record the Dragon song "Rain" with all net proceeds from the sale to go towards the Buy-a-bale program in support of Australian farmers suffering from the Australian drought.^[3] He also visited many schools including SMIC.

Discography

Albums

References