Pete Hawkes

[5] In the mid-1990s he recorded his debut album, Secrets Vows and Lies, with English folk violinist Dave Swarbrick playing on a few tracks.

He briefly reconnected with Dave Swarbrick in Coventry and supported him and Martin Carthy and in Scarborough, North Yorkshire with violinist Sue Aston.

[3] After returning to Australia, Hawkes released Unspoken Riddles, Melancholy Cello (inspired by Russian music), and Double Diversity.

In 2009 he released The Lost Souls Entwined, a gothic rock album[8] recorded with electric guitarist Phil Emmanuel.

[2][3] Music journalist Bruce Elder has compared his folk-blues style to Nick Drake and John Martyn.

[19] In 2017, Hawkes won the Festival of Original Music Award (FOOM) from the Song Writers, Composers & Lyricists Association (SCALA).