Tobias Moldenhauer

Acoustic/Blues/Folk Band

A Guitarist-Singer-Songwriter of European background, Tobias recorded his solo demo in Germany 2005, before hitting the road to play music in both Hemispheres. He has performed in a variety of countries, including Germany, Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic, Samoa and Australia.

2011 saw the release of 'Live at the Red Shed', produced by Giuseppe Vizzone, (two Michael Knopf album he has worked on received ARIA awards). The release was toured interstate and featured on radio around Australia. Its opening track 'Haunted Forest' received the Abel Cottone Memorial price in 2010 and scored 6th place Instrumental Piece of the year 2011 in the nation-wide songwriting contests of the Australian Singer/Songwriter Association.

Tobias opened shows for musicians like Neil Murray and performed with the likes of Angus Diggs (Jeff Lang, Bob Brozman, Mia Dyson), Craig Sinclair and Mitch Becker.

Performances feature a number of instruments such as effect pedal driven acoustic guitar, bottleneck slide resonator guitar, Hawaiian lap steel guitar, and explore different genres, with their roots in the Blues. Melodic fingerpicking in open tunings coupled with soulful and haunting vocals, Tobias' material draws on a wide variety of influences, though strives to put an original footprint onto the sands of contemporary acoustic guitar music. For music samples, performance videos, bookings, ect visit
www.tobiasmoldenhauer.com