One of the most successful artists to ever emerge from Australia’s country
scene, award-winning musician Colin Buchanan was born in Dublin in 1964 but
relocated to Melbourne with his family at the age of 6. In 1988, he moved to the
Australian outback with his wife and performed a series of rural jobs before
being discovered by country and bluegrass band The Flying Emus. After signing
with ABC Country, a division of EMI Records, he made his debut with the album
Galahs in the Gidgee (1991), for which he received great critical acclaim. Colin
Buchanan continued to document the strug...