The Black Sorrows continues to be one of Australia’s most successful touring bands and 2015 is shaping up to be a good year, following a busy 2014. After two powerful performances at Bluesfest over Easter last year, the band flew to Norway to play at the legendary Rockerfeller Music Hall in Oslo and then by special invitation at the Nidaros Blues in Trondheim.

Membership in The Black Sorrows has always been loose and fluid with Joe Camilleri being the only constant. The Sorrows ‘elastic line-up’ has been home to more than 40 talented Australian musicians at different times and acted as a launch pad for the careers of some of Australia’s most successful musicians. In keeping with Joe’s penchant for continually moving forward, the newest version of The Black Sorrows is a formidable one – Claude Carranza (guitar/vocals), Mark Gray (bass/vocals), John McAll (keyboards/vocals) and Angus Burchall (drums).

Writer of milestone Australian songs such as ‘So Young’, ‘Hit And Run’, ‘Shape I’m In’, ‘Hold On To Me’, ‘Harley and Rose’, ‘Chained To The Wheel’, ‘Never Let Me Go’ and ‘The Chosen Ones’, Joe has dedicated his life to making music. Leader of two of Australia’s most successful bands, Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons and The Black Sorrows, Joe’s music has become part of Australian music culture. Joe was inducted along with other members of the Falcons, into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2007. Over the years other greats have admired his songwriting, with Elvis Costello and John Denver recording cover versions of Joe’s music.

Since 1984, The Black Sorrows has toured Australia more times than anyone can remember, played sell-out shows across Europe, won the ARIA for Best Band and sold more than two-million albums worldwide. Joe Camilleri has shown fans and critics alike that he is a performer with an undeniable energy and love of it all.