Paul Ricketts
Paul received his first golden guitar nomination in late 2024, as a co-writer on Dean Perrett’s song “It’s a big thing in a small town”. And has recently graduated from the CMAA Academy of Country Music.
Being the 2024 inaugural recipient of the Thornton Young Award has given Paul many great opportunities. Paul performed on the main stage of the Gympie Music Muster in 2024 with Slim Dusty’s Travelling Country Band, as well as the Toyota Stage at the Tamworth Country Music Festival as a guest artist on the Back to the Bush Spectacular. He got the opportunity to perform at one of Chad Morgan’s shows, as well as some Dean Perrett shows. Also performing at festivals with the likes of Jeff Brown, Lindsay Waddington, Brian Letton, and others.
Songwriting has become a passion of Paul’s and he’s written with some well known songwriters, such as Angus Gill, Allan Caswell, Lindsay Waddington, Dean Perrett, Matt Scullion, Bobby Ricks and more.
The best way to describe Paul’s music is to call it Australian Balladry. He keeps it country and keeps it Australian. He lives on the family farm in SE Queensland and writes about what he knows best, being a proud working class Australian.
Paul’s material is in the Tradition Country vein, his sound is very modern, it has groove, and is well produced, but most of all, it’s authentically Australian. Paul has released four singles in the last 12 months, and is well on the way to getting his debut album out there!