Blog: WQHS-The Blog

CW Stoneking is an incredibly interesting man with an even more interesting sound. As a young Caucasian boy growing up with American parents, first in Australia’s Northern Territories’ Aboriginal colony and then in the inner-city suburbs of Sydney, one can only imagine the diverse range of musical influences that Stoneking encountered during his formative years. And yet, flying in the face of expectation and frankly, any discernible kind of logical musical development, the sound of CW Stoneking is as authentically bluesy as that of any talented pre-war Deep South native with a banjo and a broken heart.  [...]