Say It With Guitars
Say It With Guitars, Pete Cornelius's podcast, is built for listeners who take the craft of guitar playing seriously. Episode 4.9, released on 26 September 2025, brought Brett Wood into that conversation for a 51-minute exchange. Cornelius introduced Wood to his audience as a Melbourne musician with more than three decades of playing behind him, now stepping forward with his own solo recordings.
Brett Wood and Chris Whipper Layton
The joint interview between Brett Wood and Chris "Whipper" Layton, published by Australian Musician Magazine, was also filmed. The full video runs to forty-three minutes and twenty seconds and is available on the Australian Musician YouTube channel.
On Your Markus
The interview covers the full shape of Wood's career. From his earliest years learning guitar as a teenager, through close to twenty years as Pete Murray's trusted touring guitarist, through his time with Electric Mary, and into the solo recordings he is now bringing to audiences for the first time.
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.
INVIGORATING NEW SINGLE ‘EYES’
Volume Media covered the release of Eyes on 15 July 2025, and the piece gave Wood's biography the kind of specific attention that press coverage of a debut artist rarely makes room for. The detail matters. It traces the line from a particular moment: a first guitar, a family holiday, to the music Wood is releasing now.
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.
Real Piece of Work: Brett Wood's Debut Single Arrives on YouTube
A debut single is a declaration. After more than two decades spent making other artists sound extraordinary, Brett Wood stepped in front of his own microphone, pressed record with the drummer who played behind Stevie Ray Vaughan, and released Real Piece of Work into the world. The video posted to YouTube is both an introduction and a statement… this is who Brett Wood is when the music belongs entirely to him.
Bumping Into That Sound
Bumping Into That Sound released an episode with Brett Wood on 1 May 2025. The episode title announces its subject directly: "Guitarist Brett Wood. From Pete Murray and Electric Mary to heading out on his own." The description that accompanies it is equally precise: "Whether it's blues, rock, or something in between, Brett Wood delivers a signature style that's both powerful and heartfelt."
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 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.