Welcome To Rory Faithfield's Website
The Australian singer-songwriter with Celtic songlines in his head and grains of sand between his toes…
LATEST NEWS - August 2026
Currently working on a set of new songs for his forthcoming fifth album, 'Southern Cross, Northern Skies' whilst preparing for a relocation back to Australia after many years in Ireland.
Latest songs include: 'Rebel Songs' and 'The Bloody Hookline', (Live Video Clips Below)
performed recently opening for Declan O'Rourke around Ireland.
I'm currently recording two versions of my forthcoming 10-song 6th album, titled Blue Shadows & Golden Light, and will be releasing the solo acoustic version first, towards the end of this year, 2026, in the lead-up to the release of a more produced full-band record in 2027.
To differentiate, the solo acoustic record will be the ‘Monochromatic Edition’ of ‘Blue Shadows & Golden’, and I have a couple of streaming-only promotional singles out on the 2nd of September and the 7th of October, on all platforms. The first song up will be ‘Your Eyes Adjust to the Dark’, followed by ‘Rolling Waves of Blue’, with the full 10-song acoustic album available on the 2nd December 2026.
This is a pre-release Soundcloud private listen link to the acoustic version of “Your Eyes Adjust to the Dark”
With recent footage of yours truly hard to find, this is a recent live performance video at Maldon Folk Festival last year, 2025: Rory Faithfield & Mandy Connell - Harbour - The story was, I was invited out of my hiatus last year, to play at the 50th Anniversary Maldon Folk Festival, and I'm grateful that Kylie of the Sweet Sorrows was good enough to video this rendition of one my all time favourite songs, written by Kavisha Mazzella, “Harbour”, with Mandy Connell who overheard me tinkering with it in the Green Room and suggested we do it together.
Finally, for now, this is the Youtube promo video for “Indian Ocean Blue”, from 2016, where I last left off, before my unplanned hiatus—Turns out there was a bigger ocean to cross than I realised.
It’s been a while, so please join my Mailing List for updates 👉
Meanwhile, I’m also updating this website, which still has some rather out-of-date info further below.
More coming soon…
PREVIOUS NEWS
There are some clips below from the John Boyle O'Reilly Association show (pictured above) at The Cube Theatre (Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre - AKA: BREC - Western Australia) on Saturday 24 March 2018. Naturally enough, I played: Big Blue Western Skies (More Youtube Clips here):
I’m a big believer in the power making sense of who we are now with the stories of where we come from. This is an Irish-Australian story song that I’ve been singing my own version of for many years: 'Back Home in Derry'
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I'm still promoting my fifth studio album, 'Southern Cross, Northern Skies', that was recorded with Noah Shilkin at Sonic Lolly Recording Studios in Margaret River, Western Australia. For some back story (and video clips) on how and where the songs came from, see my latest Journal entry.
'Southern Cross, Northern Skies' - Now available on iTunes.
Signed CD Albums - Now available from the Shop
Latest songs include: 'Different Now', 'Closer To Blue Than Green', 'Indian Ocean Blue', 'Sweet Summer Wine' and 'All The Pretty Stars' available to listen here on the music player (Rory Faithfield - Playlist) and the 'Sounds' page.
Watch the latest promo clip for 'Indian Ocean Blue' on YouTube here:
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PREVIOUS NEWS
Slide Show Music Video for 'Big Blue Western Skies', from the 2010 album 'Songs For Sooner' inspired by the end of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland and was heard regularly on Gerry Anderson's BBC Radio Ulster Show. Featuring images of the West Australian coast and the Indian Ocean.
