Dan Sultan

Daniel Leo Sultan is an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, actor and author.

In 2017, Sultan's record Killer was nominated for three ARIA awards: Best Male Artist, Best Rock Album, and Best Independent Release.

[2] His mother's friend gave him an "old, clapped-out electric guitar" and, when living in Fitzroy, he began singing at local pubs.

[3] In 2000 he met Scott Wilson, a guitarist, at a Williamstown pub's karaoke night and the pair began writing tracks together.

[5] It was produced by Scott Wilson at Flowerpress Studios, Newport, and True Form Services, Spotswood.

[6] Other performers on the album were Lazare Agnekis, Neil Gray, Elijah Maiyah, Lochile McKlean and Ben Wicks.

[3] At the 2007 Deadly Awards, Sultan won the Single Release of the Year for "Your Love Is Like a Song",[7] which was co-written with Wilson.

[5] He performed his self-written track, "Roslyn",[5] at the National Sorry Day concert in May 2007, which describes his mother, a member of the stolen generation, removed from her family when she was six or seven.

[18] In February 2014 Sultan supported Bruce Springsteen's Melbourne and Hunter Valley gigs on his Australian tour.

On 28 July 2017, Sultan's released his fourth studio album Killer, which was produced by Jan Skubiszewski.

[21] In June 2018, Sultan postponed the balance of a national tour after criticism of a live performance and issues with alcohol abuse.

Sultan made his screen debut in the 2009 feature film Bran Nue Dae,[27] alongside Geoffrey Rush, Missy Higgins and Jessica Mauboy.

[1] On 28 February 2020, Sultan was charged with indecent assault by Victoria Police over a September 2008 incident in Melbourne.

The National Indigenous Music Awards recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from throughout Australia.

Dan Sultan performing in Melbourne 2024 at Sidney Myer Music Bowl