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Email RoostarThis track 'Trouble' was lifted off Roostar's soon to be release album 'Out of the woods'.
Camera - Jim Coad | Edit - Caspar Mazzotti | Costume and Rabbit Wrangler - Judith Lanigan
Written and Directed by Ryan Sweeney. Thanks to our extras Sha, David, Iona and Dylan,
Reece from the Video shop and IGA Castlemaine for not freaking out.
About Roostar
Roostar is the brainchild of Ryan Sweeney, a singer-songwriter who blends folk, rock and blues with gentle, husky vocals to create something deceptively simple – songs that will lift you up and break your heart.
Born and raised in South Africa, Ryan saw the end of segregation play out during his teen years. By 22 he had moved to London and soon formed the band Hubbard, landing on the bill at ‘100 club', 'The Garage', ‘Mean Fiddler', 'Precious Days' and 'Glastonbury' (backstage) .
After Hubbard split, Ryan continued on as a solo artist under the name 'roostar', recording an album and an EP. In 2002 he was asked to join the likes of Midnight Oil, Mick Thomas, Spiderbait and Magicdirt at a one day (fierce festival) festival in London. With the need for new horizons, Ryan relocated to Australia in 2003. Starting out in Melbourne he formed duo with drummer, James Rusbridge, performing at venues like The Espy, The Corner hotel, as well as doing some regional tours.
In recent years, Ryan has been living in the regional town of Castlemaine where began to collaborate with guitarist/percussionist Darren Bujeya.
The pair recorded the acoustic album 'A History of Forgetting' which has been release on Roostar’s independent label 'Three Mountain Records'. A full band album is in the making with drummer Dave Rogerson now behind the kit and Andy Steward on bass and will be available later this year.
