Sue Ray

Sue Ray is an Australian Indigenous multi-award-winning singer/songwriter that captivates audiences with her smoky rich voice and high energy performances. Her sound is described as a smooth crossover of classic country, blues and roots with comparisons to Bonnie Raitt, Chris Stapleton and Lucinda Williams. Sue has called Brisbane, London and Nashville home and came back to Queensland, Australia to record an album with her band 'Barstool Showdown'. Sue Ray has performed at many national and international festivals including The Woodford Folk Festival, The Americana Music Conference in Nashville TN, Groundwater Country Music Festival, Blue Mountains Blues & Roots Festival Katoomba, AWME World Music Conference and at the 2019 Gympie Muster. Sue has released critically acclaimed albums: Best Beware in 2008, Red Roses in 2011 produced by Aria award winner Magoo, Live At The Junk Bar in 2017 recorded and co-produced by renowned engineer Jamie Trevaskis followed by an EP titled I Would Never Do That recorded live in Nashville by Pal Sheldon at Artec Sound Vision Productions. In 2021, Sue released three singles "All The Lonely Ones", "Demons Will Win" and "Take Me Away" which won the 2022 Queensland Music Awards 'Blues & Roots' award and appeared in an advertising campaign for Queensland Tourism. Sue was also nominated for “Most Promising New Talent” in the 2013 Deadly awards and “Female Artist Of The Year” in the QLD Music Awards that same year.