Tom West / Inkling Trio

About Tom West / Inkling Trio

Tom West

Tom West is an Australian singer, guitarist & songwriter performing with a distinctive, androgynous vocal style, finger-picked guitars, stories intricately woven into music for immersive shows. 

Following a peculiar dream and riding a tide of coincidences, hundreds of folk shows and odd-jobs all over the USA in the years post-pandemic West found himself living in Chicago working on a new album of music with producer Ryan Freeland and some of that city's finest jazz musicians. 

From this unexpected location, far from the hills and surf worn coast of his native Fleurieu Peninsula in SA, he spent two years immersed in writing, recording & producing from a third story bedroom of a historic Chicago brownstone: absorbing the essence of that historic musical city and diving deeper into his compositions and experiences than ever before. 

2025 will see West return to the touring circuit with new music and a new look ensemble of musicians to set the stage for his upcoming new music and also celebrate the ten year release anniversary of his popular ‘Oncoming Clouds’ EP.

Inkling Trio

Inkling is a unique trio of violin, mandolin and cello playing joyful, quirky and adventurous folk music. Appearing at  Three Bridges Festival, The Q Gallery, Ern Malley bar and Urrbrae House in 2024, Wirrina Bluegrass and Roots Festival, the Wheatsheaf Hotel, Carrick Hill, Auburn Heritage Arts and numerous house concerts since 2021, Inkling is made up of three talented and versatile musicians (Allye Sinclair, cello, Dylan Woolcock, mandolin, Rob Wallace, violin).

Much of their music is original, composed by cellist Allye Sinclair, while some tunes are collected from Celtic, European or other improvisatory traditions. Inkling brings a lively, versatile and sophisticated palette of sounds to the strings that will make you want to move, smile and listen close.