A Quiet Masterclass
Aleighsha Glew reviewed Brett Wood's support set at the Astor Theatre, Perth, on 31 July 2025 for Xpress Magazine. Perth was a late stop on an extended national run, and Wood, a guitarist with nineteen years of professional experience behind him alongside Pete Murray - arrived with his own set fully formed.
Eyes on the Music: Aus Music Scene
Aus Music Scene published a Q&A with Brett Wood on 29 July 2025, timed to the release of his single Eyes and a point deep into a 60-date national tour with Pete Murray. Wood answered questions about the song, his creative process, and the career that brought him to this moment.
Brett Wood at the Enmore Theatre
Music Festivals Australia reviewed Brett Wood's support set at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney, on 18 July 2025. The Enmore is a landmark room that has hosted some of the great names in Australian and international music, and Wood walked onto its stage as a solo artist stepping out from close to twenty years as one of Australia's most trusted touring guitarists.
Brett Wood at the Pilbeam Theatre
The Livewire's Brad Fry was at the Pilbeam Theatre in Rockhampton on 19 June 2025 for Brett Wood's support set on the Pete Murray tour. Rockhampton is a long way from Melbourne, and Wood arrived having already played dozens of shows on one of the most substantial national tours of his career, this time as the artist at the front of the stage.
Brett Wood Live at Bird's Basement
In September 2024, Bird's Basement published a live performance video of Brett Wood on their YouTube channel. The recording runs to nine minutes and five seconds, captured at Bird's Basement in Melbourne, one of Australia's most respected rooms for jazz and blues and a venue that has hosted some of the finest players in the world.
BRETT WOOD - TUFF WAY - ACOUSTIC
In May 2024, Brett Wood dropped into the studio at A Very Melbourne Podcast for an in-studio acoustic session with hosts Robbo and Davo. The session produced three separate performance recordings, all published the same day. Tough Way is one of them, a three-minute-forty-nine-second live recording that sits firmly in the blues tradition Wood has been drawing from since he first picked up a guitar as a teenager.
Brett Wood live at the Gershwin Room
Andrew Slaidins reviewed Brett Wood at the Gershwin Room, Espy Hotel, Melbourne, on 26 April 2024, a forty-five-minute set with Wood's three-piece band. The Espy is a room with history, and Wood arrived with enough of his own to match it.
Slaidins reached for a vivid description of what he heard: a cocktail of Ian Moss and Stevie Ray Vaughan with a splash of Hendrix magic and something that belongs entirely to Wood himself.
Byron Bay Sunday Session with Pete Murray
The Byron Sunday Session is a relaxed format, music performed and recorded in a specific place at a specific time, with the intent of capturing something honest rather than something produced. The Fall Apart is a document of the Wood and Murray partnership in its working form: a guitarist who spent close to twenty years as the trusted right hand of one of Australia's most enduring artists, part of a career that began when Wood first picked up a guitar at thirteen years old.