Tracey Bunn has spent over 30 years honing her craft, performing at venues and festivals across Australia, Ireland, UK, Europe and the US, both solo and with her former band the Toe Sucking Cowgirls. Her exuberant live shows have garnered praise around the world and her song-writing has drawn a swag of awards.
With a powerful voice and gutsy style, she grabs her audience, finds the remarkable in the ordinary, and swings from rollicking sing-a-longs to moody ballads and tender songs of yearning.
By the Wayside, her 2011 debut solo album, recorded in Nashville with fellow Aussies Anne McCue, Mark Moffat and Bones Hillman, is a distillation of songs that reflect on a failed relationship, the demise of her longtime band, the landscapes of her travels, enduring friendships and the solace of her home base in remote northern Australia. Garnering national airplay and 5-star reviews, her song Shutup and Let me Breathe was picked up by Aussie Blues legend Colleen Hewitt and released as the single off her album Black and White debuting at #1 on the 2015 Aria Jazz and Blues charts.
In 2023 Tracey donned her producer’s hat and setting aside her own storytelling prowess partnered with lyricist Peter Hayes to self-produce her latest album, ‘Another Broken Juliet’. Released August 2025.
“"James Bond meets Marty Robbins in a soundtrack for a Tarantino-esque Spaghetti Western with female leads” is how Bunn describes the title track of her first self-produced album Another Broken Juliet, setting the tone for an album steeped in heartbreak, murder, isolation and cinematic tension. Across 10 tracks written with lyricist Peter Hayes, Bunn pushes beyond the country-folk terrain she's best known for and into darker emotional territory without abandoning the warmth and musical character that have defined her work."
Nick Corr RYTHYMS MAGAZINE
“Tracey Bunn has delivered one hell of a beautifully crafted, soulful, textured and atmospheric collection of songs.”
Stuart Coupe
MUSIC COLLABORATIONS
: 2015 - TRACEY BUNN (& THE HANDSOME DEVILS) - 3 piece original Country/Roots DARWIN NT Australia
: 2007 - 2015 TRACEY BUNN (& THE BAREBACK RIDERS) – 2-5 piece Original Country/Folk/ Rock DARWIN NT Australia
: 2000 - 2006 TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS – 3-5 piece Original Country/Cajun/Celtic DARWIN NT Australia
: 1999 - 2000 HARISSA – 3 piece Original Zydeco/Bluegrass DARWIN NT Australia
: 1998 - 1999 BUNN & HAYES DUO – Original Country/Celtic/Folk Co CLARE IRELAND
: 1997 - 1998 BEEBOS GIRL – 6 piece Original Folk/Rock NEW ORLEANS USA
: 1994 - 1995 DOREEN – 5 piece all guitar Acoustic Alt Country Covers/Originals DARWIN NT Australia
: 1993 - 1994 FUNNEL OF LOVE – 4 piece all girl Original Folk/ Pop DARWIN NT Australia
: 1991-1992 RED HOT BASS CHAKRAS – 8 piece 70’s Disco Covers DARWIN NT Australia
: 1990-1992 PEKAS (Yothu Yindi, Horse Trank) – 5 piece Original Swamp Rock DARWIN NT Australia
DISCOGRAPHY
: ANOTHER BROKEN JULIET - Tracey Bunn 2025
10 tracks
Recorded at CDU and Shoot from the Lip Studios DARWIN NT Australia
Produced by Tracey Bunn
: BY THE WAYSIDE – Tracey Bunn 2011
10 tracks
Recorded 16 Ton and Flying Machine! Studios Nashville TN USA
Produced by Anne McCue
: RED DOOR DEMO – Tracey Bunn 2007
4 tracks
Recorded Planet Mars Studio COBARGO NSW Australia
Produced by Damon Davies and Tracey Bunn
: THIRTEEN THONGS – Toe Sucking Cowgirls 2005
13 tracks
Recorded Elevated Brains Studio HEPBURN SPRINGS Vic Australia
Produced by Richard Pleasance and TSC
: FLAMIN’ SHEILAS – Toe Sucking Cowgirls 2001
15 tracks
Recorded Bloody Dog Studios SYDNEY Australia
Produced by Marcus Holden, Michael Vidale and TSC
: TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS 2000 Self Titled EP
6 tracks
Recorded live at The Darwin Restaurant DARWIN NT Australia
Produced by Ray Cattermole and TSC
: TRACEY BUNN & PAUL HAYES 1998 Self Titled EP
6 tracks
Recorded Harmony Row Studio ENNIS Co Clare IRELAND
: PEKAS 1992 “Since You’ve Been Gone” Single
Recorded ABC Studios Ultimo SYDNEY Australia
NT Winner of JJJ Unearthed
FILM
: INTO THE HEART OF THE UNKNOWN 2000
German Mini Series filmed in Alice Springs
Produced by SATTELITE STUDIOS Sydney Australia
: TOE SUCKING COWGIRLS 2004 (unreleased)
Documentary of Cowgirls on the Road
Producer Deb Thorsen CINNIBAR Productions, ADELAIDE Australia