‘Meet Aaron Pollock, the Australian singer who keeps the blues alive.’'There's a certain poetry in an Australian artist becoming one of the new standard-bearers of a distinctly North American musical tradition, but spend five minutes listening to Aaron Pollock play the blues and geography ceases to matter. What matters is his conviction, the howling voice of the Delta blues, and his refusal to follow trends at the expense of keeping traditional music alive. With a history of awards and released albums, Aaron Pollock is a blues phenomenon embarking on a long-awaited US tour. Beyond the blues genre, Pollock won the 2025 International Songwriting Competition in the folk category. This came after he was a finalist in the International Blues Challenge on Beale Street in Memphis when he was just a 22-year-old with a guitar. The American blues and roots music audience took notice, and noticed with enthusiasm.