Ricky Pann is a songwriting musician who has spent his artistic life collecting stories and surrounded by great musicians.
Fresh from winning the Fretfest songwriting competition at Tamworth Country Music Festival 2024, Ricky mixes bluegrass and folk music with meaningful pop songs delivered passionately by some of Australia's foremost acoustic players.
“The Folkenators” is a fluid band of incredibly gifted musicians in my extensive musical orbit, with whom I have worked and played for over forty years.
“life is most certainly stranger than fiction.”
All of Ricky’s songs are based on life experiences.
“Songwriting is an obsession that’s way cheaper than therapy.”
Ricky is a walking encyclopedia of musicology. His influences are deeply rooted in music of the past and the future.
“Music is like food where a fusion of ingredients, culture, necessity and improvisation can collide to define a new taste”
Progressive, eclectic, acoustic, and electric music spans many decades and genres. Great songs and instrumentals by great and obscure artists define a time and place in history.
“I’ve had an obsession with music since childhood, and I deeply love anything on the cutting edge that pushes musical boundaries.”
Ricky’s long-term collaborator is Paul Abrahams (Reels, Wendy Mathews, Peter Blakley, Crow Mountain). They work in the Acoustic and Electric space with the Folkenators and Atmospherica.band