Biography
Jevan Cole
Jevan Cole is a songwriter, composer, interpreter of folk music and multi-instrumentalist from Brisbane, Australia.
His musical output has always veered towards the dark corners of the human psyche. As well as drawing from the deep well of traditional folk music and lore, his compositions are influenced and informed by mythic literature, esoterica and ecological soundscapes. His songs blend the earthy with the esoteric, the dirt with space, the logic with the soul. He is also a father, partner, gardener, field ecologist and environmentalist.
Cole's musical journey began with Brisbane psych-rock band, “Baton Rouge” in the mid 1980s. He then went on to found seminal Australian weird/wyrd-folk band, “One Straw”, release a solo album of fingerstyle acoustic guitar instrumentals and create several collaborative albums to critical (if not commercial) acclaim with Seamus Kirkpatrick (voice, clarinet, wooden flute) and Jan van Dijk (fiddle). Along the way, he has performed with some of Australia’s eminent folk, rock and jazz musicians in “The Toothfaeries”, “The Charlie Moorland Trio”, and “Ragged” (amongst others).
Meadow Argus is the studio based musical project through which Jevan explores the rich, deep and underlying connections between traditional folk musics, psychedelia, folklore, mythology and environmentalism.
His musical output has always veered towards the dark corners of the human psyche. As well as drawing from the deep well of traditional folk music and lore, his compositions are influenced and informed by mythic literature, esoterica and ecological soundscapes. His songs blend the earthy with the esoteric, the dirt with space, the logic with the soul. He is also a father, partner, gardener, field ecologist and environmentalist.
Cole's musical journey began with Brisbane psych-rock band, “Baton Rouge” in the mid 1980s. He then went on to found seminal Australian weird/wyrd-folk band, “One Straw”, release a solo album of fingerstyle acoustic guitar instrumentals and create several collaborative albums to critical (if not commercial) acclaim with Seamus Kirkpatrick (voice, clarinet, wooden flute) and Jan van Dijk (fiddle). Along the way, he has performed with some of Australia’s eminent folk, rock and jazz musicians in “The Toothfaeries”, “The Charlie Moorland Trio”, and “Ragged” (amongst others).
Meadow Argus is the studio based musical project through which Jevan explores the rich, deep and underlying connections between traditional folk musics, psychedelia, folklore, mythology and environmentalism.