Round Mountain Girls

“They just blew me away!” John Williamson

It’s been well over a decade since a congregation of part time musos got together in a shed on Round Mountain in the most northern part of NSW. Hundreds of shows on, and they’ve simply become one of the most engaging live acts in Australia. RMG have opened for America, Santana, Tim McGraw and Brad Paisley; toured the UK (twice) and made friends around the world. They excel in spreading the love wherever they go. John Williamson loved them so much, he insisted they record a song together. Kim Churchill, Felicity Urquhart and Jack Thompson (the actor!) have also been guests, either on stage, or in the studio.

If Mumford and Sons, The Pogues and Metallica had a three-way lovechild it would be a Round Mountain Girl. Coined in the press as the ‘finest purveyors of Celtabillypunkfolkrootsgrasscountry in the southern hemisphere’, they are capable of taking you to places you didn’t know existed. Fast and furious, tender and humourous, great playing, great songs. You’ll forget you’ve got a mortgage, forget your dog’s just died and ignore, for a moment that the ice caps are melting. 

For a band that got together with absolutely zero expectations other than a weekly jam, they have punched way above their collective weight but when you see them play live and witness the raw energy and joy they bring to an audience, it’s all too easy to understand why.