Genre: Folk, Indie
Hometown: Australia

Steve Kilbey, band singer, songwriter, bassist, painter, writer, poet, actor, sage, dispenser of arcane wisdom is one of Australia’s most loved artists. A songwriter of many musical tongues, from the sprawling guitar thunderstorms of The Church, to the opiated dronescapes and psychedelic vision of his solo recordings and paintings.

The popular song "Under the Milky Way" won the "Best Single of the Year" award at the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards event in 1989. For his work with The Church, Kilbey then accepted, together with his bandmates, an induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Steve got his first bass guitar at age 16, joined a band at 18 and went on to form a number of different groups before forming The Church in 1980. He has gone on to release many solo albums and collaborations with recording artists from around the globe.

"Kilbey's solo recordings are challenging and evocative. . . joyous and dreamy to saturnine and sardonic"
–Ian McFarlane.