Artist:Sam West

He may have sand between his toes and a healthy beach tan at his back, but Queensland’s Sam West has his head well and truly in the game. The down-to-earth roots talent and homegrown Hervey Bay lad is the perfect blend of laid-back and hard-working. Which is just as well, with Sam’s phenomenal second studio album Circles due to land on the 9th of January. Gigging tirelessly beneath the endless blue and brilliant stars of the Queensland sky, Sam has earned a special place in the local roots scene – and beyond. He’s appeared on Australia’s Got Talent, scooped two silver medals for Australia at the 2011 World Championships of Performing Arts in LA, and picked up an endorsement from Cole Clark Guitars along the way. Sam’s achievements to date have taken him as far afield as Australia’s red centre, Nashville, and Chicago. That said, Sam West is living proof that you can take the boy out of Queensland but you can’t take Queensland out of the boy: the singer was forced to postpone a ...