Updates & Stories
Read recent newsletter issues from Shirwell Bancan — news, releases, and stories from 45 years of original music. Each issue opens as a full article page with multiple paragraphs of original text.
Each issue below opens as a full article with multiple paragraphs of original reporting — studio news, release notes, tour updates, and community stories from Shirwell Bancan and Shirwell Entertainment. Photography accompanies the text; nothing here is syndicated from third-party feeds or auto-generated summaries.
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May 22, 2024
New music and live updates
Shirwell Bancan shares news from the studio, upcoming performances, and highlights from the official Shirwell music catalogue.
May 23, 2024
Black Horse and vinyl release
Details on the Black Horse limited-edition vinyl, album artwork, and how to explore physical releases alongside streaming on Shirwell Music.
May 24, 2024
Flowers, community, and the road
Notes from Shirwell on Nati Roses, local rose bunches around Sydney, and stories from decades on tour.
May 25, 2024
Studio diary — mixing and mastering
Behind the scenes on vocal stacks, live drums, and why Shirwell still prints lyric sheets before every session.
May 26, 2024
Listening guide — where to start
A curated path through 45 years of originals for first-time listeners and returning fans.
May 22, 2024
Shirwell Bancan shares news from the studio, upcoming performances, and highlights from the official Shirwell music catalogue.
This week in the Shirwell studio we finished mixing two tracks that will appear on the streaming player and on the Black Horse physical release. One is a refreshed vocal take on a song fans first heard decades ago; the other is a brand-new arrangement built around live drums and a full backing choir.
Read full issue →May 23, 2024
Details on the Black Horse limited-edition vinyl, album artwork, and how to explore physical releases alongside streaming on Shirwell Music.
Black Horse is the title of Shirwell Bancan’s curated anthology album — The Greatest Songs He Wrote in 45 Years. The name comes from the stage photograph that wraps the vinyl jacket: Shirwell on a rearing black horse, guitar lifted against gold curtains, capturing the showmanship that defines his live act.
Read full issue →May 24, 2024
Notes from Shirwell on Nati Roses, local rose bunches around Sydney, and stories from decades on tour.
Music tours and flower seasons overlap more than you might expect. Shirwell Bancan has long worked with Nati Roses — a Sydney-area grower — to supply roses for weddings, memorials, and backstage thank-you bunches. The Flowers section of this site explains varietals, pricing guidance, and how Premium members access bundled offers when tours pass through New South Wales.
Read full issue →May 25, 2024
Behind the scenes on vocal stacks, live drums, and why Shirwell still prints lyric sheets before every session.
A good week in the studio starts with lyrics on paper. Shirwell Bancan still prints sheets before every session — not because the technology demands it, but because the physical page slows the voice down enough to hear whether a line earns its rhyme. This issue walks through two masters nearing release: one is a refreshed vocal on a catalogue favourite; the other is a new arrangement built around live drums and a choir overdub recorded in a single afternoon.
Read full issue →May 26, 2024
A curated path through 45 years of originals for first-time listeners and returning fans.
People ask where to start with Shirwell Bancan because the catalogue spans decades, not because the music is scattered across unrelated projects. Everything on this site is published by Shirwell Entertainment — one songwriter, one team, one official player. This issue is a listening guide you can follow in an afternoon.
Read full issue →The Shirwell newsletter covers new songs, vinyl and CD releases, live appearances, and community news. Each issue is published by Shirwell Entertainment, marked as open-access NewsArticle content for Google Reader Revenue Manager, and reflects original work — not syndicated or auto-generated material.
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