Magpie Diaries

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Magpie Diaries tell a story via some kind of smooth soul country, inspired by analogue folk rock sounds of the 60s and 70s. At the centre of the creation is the heart and mind of singer-songwriter and Dashville founder Matt “Magpie” Johnston. 
 In 2004 after a huge solo adventure around the world, Magpie eventually made it home to embrace the lightening bolt idea to host a music festival on the family bush property. Much to the surprise of many, in 2005 the first Gum Ball music festival was held, with Magpie on stage alongside his brother Dan in their teenage rock n blues outfit of the time, Johnny Real & The Lovemakers. Over the years, just as the audiences have evolved, so has Magpie and his musical vocation. In 2008, after a few years on the festival grind, Magpie Diaries was born as a small songwriting project created by Magpie to help with the grieving of a close friend. This solo song writing project would soon become a band and eventually would go onto release music in 2015 (The Introduction EP) and 2018 (Sanctuary LP). In 2024, Magpie Diaries is very much a dedicated vocation and a release mechanism for a captive powerful heart. The band featuring wife Jessica on drums/vocals and Todd Johnston on bass/vocals, which is considered the core sound of the band. 'Constantly growing and learning more about the world, changes the way you see the world. It changes the way you see music and art as both a release mechanism and a weapon for teaching and learning. '

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