Nanci Griffith Tickets

Nanci Griffith - Australian Tour March 2010 

Grammy Award winner Nanci Griffith from Austin, Texas comes to Australia for the first time in March 2010.

Griffith began writing songs at the age of six in the late 1950's and her career has spanned a variety of musical genres. Predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly".

She has recorded 18 albums and in recent years she has toured with many artists including Buddy Holly's band, The Crickets, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Suzy Bogguss and Judy Collins. Griffith has recorded duets with other great artists, among them Emmylou Harris, Mary Black, Don McLean, Jimmy Buffett, Willie Nelson, Adam Duritz (singer of Counting Crows) and The Chieftains.

She has been described as one of the most important voices to come from America.

Never afraid to tackle difficult topics head on in her songs, her performance is always full of passion and deep honesty.

"Griffith is a songwriter, pure and simple...The detail, depth and simple intelligence of her compositions makes her an artist whose work will endure" - Rolling Stone