Jerrah Patston

Jerrah Patston is a musician from the Blue Mountains, and is noted for his unique, whimsical style. His new album is ‘Going Places’, and it released to bandcamp and the streams on the 5th of May.  

It is a brilliant song cycle encompassing destinations such as Oberon, the Nepean River, Old Bar and the netball courts in Lapstone – although Going Places is no simple travelogue. Jerrah’s lyrics touch on the comforts of home, experiences of disability in the workplace and imagining ideal locations.  

Jerrah released his debut album ‘Sounds Like Rain’ in 2020, and the first taste ‘Going Places’ arrived last year with the sunny pop of ‘The Wollongong Song’. The songs on ‘Going Places’ are set apart by inimitable observations of the everyday, beautiful harmonies and inventive percussion.  

He will be appearing at Winter Magic with long-time collaborator Tim Hay. 

Writing in Cyclic Defrost, music critic Luke Martin said “I have honestly never encountered a musician so thrilled to be performing and recording as Jerrah,” and ‘Going Places’ is full of that energy.  

Jerrah writes and records at Club Weld, a studio/skills and development program for neurodivergent musicians located at Arts & Cultural Exchange in Parramatta. He has recorded at the Opera House, appeared on 7:30, played live at festivals and provided music for the “one take romcom” ‘Head Over Wheels’, starring Dylan Alcott. Jerrah has also collaborated with the River City Voices symphonic choir, as documented in a recent episode of ABC TV’s Art Works.  

Discography:  

Going Places (album, 2023)  

Falling For You (single, 2023)  

The Wollongong Song (single, 2022)  

Sing Exactly Like That (live album, 2021)  

If Spring Could Sing (single, 2021)  

Sound Like Rain (album, 2020)  

The Jerrah EP (EP, 2019)