Since releasing her career defining album DEAR JOHN in 2022, Sam Buckingham has built a cult like following on the Australian live circuit.
She’s lapped the country six times on sold out headline tours and jumped on tour with some of the countries biggest names like Paul Kelly, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Whitlam’s and Ben Lee. She’s also played at Woodford, Wild Village and Queenscliff Music Festivals and toured with the Festival of Small Halls.
March 2026 saw the release of Sam’s new album “Beautiful Machine”, a cross-Pacific collaboration with Australian-born Nashville-based producer Clare “LOLLIES” Reynolds.
Sam says the songs for Beautiful Machine were written on hikes, beach walks, lying on the couch in her underwear and on long drives to see her family (while someone else was driving, of course). They mark a new chapter in her songwriting career, and in her life.
Influenced by the lyrical honesty of Jensen McRae, Brandi Carlisle & Ani DiFranco, the anthemic energy of Maggie Rogers, and the rhythmic flow of artists like LaRussell and Connor Price, Sam’s unique sensibility for marrying poetry with pop shines as she effortlessly weaves her personal truth into the fabric of the global zeitgeist.
The 2026 Beautiful Machine tour has seen Sam reach every corner of the country, and tour for the first time in New Zealand. Now, she’s closing out the year at Wild Village Festival - treating you to intimate acoustic versions of crowd favourites from her previous releases - DEAR JOHN, Cyclone and Quiet Revolution - and using Ableton Push to live loop, sample, and bring these stunning new songs to life.
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