Winter Mcquinn
Songwriter Winter McQuinn explores country and folk, imbued by psychedelia with a contemporary edge. Catch him when he plays Sneaky Pete's Edinburgh on Friday 17th April!
About Winter Mcquinn
| 17th April 2026 | |
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Sneaky Petes 73 Cowgate, Edinburgh Old Town EH1 1JW |
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£14.80 Find Tickets |
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Naarm/Melbourne songwriter, Winter McQuinn explores country and folk, imbued by psychedelia with a contemporary edge.
UK’s Shindig Magazine best-described McQuinn’s music as “pollinated with dashes of 21st Century environmentalism and political awareness. ” His music ripples with free-ness similar to revered 1960s/70s artists such as Nick Drake and Syd Barrett, and contemporary artists such as Kate Bollinger, Tex Crick and Alex Izenberg. McQuinn’s 2021 debut album ‘A Rabble Of Bees’ marked the beginning of his solo wanderings into psychedelic outsider pop. His 2024 sophomore album ‘Move To The Trees’ (featured in Rolling Stone AU and KEXP’s ‘Best Of’ lists for 2024), saw McQuinn honing his craft with a series of anthems for the future, settled in post-psych folk and 70s soft rock energy.
The end of 2024 saw McQuinn release a co-written EP ‘Recently I’ve Been Missing The Colour Green’ with Acacia Pip (Pinch Points) which was described as “collection of 6 pastoral, slacker folk gems” by Shindig Magazine (UK), and lead to tours in Australia, Europe and the UK. McQuinn has also begun releasing music with a new duo project Beefheart and McQuinn with UK Artist Moby Beefheart (aka William Murray from outfit FUR). Most recently, following stellar singles “Walkin’ Through That Door”, “Always Looking” and “Growing Old”
McQuinn shared his third and most ambitious album yet, Where Are We Now?, out now via Third Eye Stimuli Records (AU) and Born Losers Records (North America). The album has since received acclaim in Rolling Stone, Stereogum, 3RRR and many others, also reaching #16 on the AIR Charts and added to rotation on Double J and saw McQuinn support notable artists including Sylvie (US), Kacy & Clayton (CAN), Sonny & The Sunsets (US), Leah Senior, Bures Band, Nice Biscuit, Joe Ghatt (NZ). This album was described as his “most sophisticated record yet” and features collaborations with Dylan Young (Way Dynamic), Hot Apple Band, Feign Jima and many more.
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