Dave Reynolds could be most easily described as the 'quiet achiever' of Australian country music.

A mufti-talented guitarist, songwriter and entertainer, Dave has carved a niche over the last few years with his unique delivery that defies musical labels and boundaries in style and content. His swag of awards is testament to his versatility - three Country Singles of the Year, Best Country Album, Best Album of the Year (all categories) and a couple of Middle of the Road awards to round out the list.

In live performance, the key element to Dave Reynolds is his audience and he has an innate ability to sense and react to their moods - the man is an entertainer - and the two-way communication is evident from the first song.

While most artists head for the bright lights and the city clubs, much of the typical Reynolds' week is spent often travelling hundreds of kilometres to entertain in smaller centres and towns. There's more than a touch of empathy with the bush and its folk from a man who spends his time away from music on his cattle property near Caboolture in South-East Queensland.

His style sits comfortably with the current crop of contemporary artists, but, for a man who can push out modem country music with the best of them, there's many an occasion he has sat on the verandah of a country pub musically reminiscing on our great pioneers of the past, such as Shorty Ranger and Smoky Dawson (for example).

And now that deep love and respect for Australia, its people and places, has emphatically surfaced with the imminent release, of his Songs Of Australia…a swag of Aussie songs. On this ambitious project, Dave has thrown a rope around 20 great Aussie songs ranging from classics to some great new originals, thrown them to the ground and tagged them onto one great album. There's fun, nostalgia, stories of the bush and, in the case of 21 Guns and Such Is Life, powerful new songs that will become fixtures in our musical heritage.

In some respects, Dave Reynolds is a Country Music enigma, but that's what sets him apart from many of his peers and certainly has won him a legion of fans throughout Australia. His undeniable talent and releases like Songs Of Australia will ensure that the name Dave Reynolds is firmly stamped on Australian country music for many years to come. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.