Michael Waugh

Michael Waugh is a revered songwriter, a compelling live performer and an extraordinary storyteller. Among his admirers are Josh Cunningham from The Waifs, iconic singer-songwriter Eric Bogle and alt. country luminaries Shane Nicholson and Fanny Lumsden. Michael has been the recipient of many awards including Folk and Roots album of the Year (Music Victoria Awards), Songs of Peace and Tolerance award (Pt. Fairy Folk Festival) and Heritage Song of the Year (Golden Guitar Awards). His forthcoming album ‘Beauty & Truth’ paints vivid, joyous, funny and loving pictures of growing up queer in rural Australia. Fix Me is the third offering from the forthcoming album. “I saw a picture of a man holding a sign that said “You can’t fix me, I’m not broken” and it made me remember what it was like growing up gay in country Victoria and that sense that there was something inherently wrong with me. The way that I walked, the way that I spoke – all of it put me in danger. But seeing that sign made me realise that there was nothing wrong with me to begin with. I wasn’t broken. There was nothing to fix.”