MUSIC​

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"The slowly developing, intimately held tracks, which are neither folk, nor country, but maybe a Cohen/Cave-inspired interpretation of both, are meant for the small, dark, alone spaces of your life. Being also a visual artist,  there is no surprise that his songs are often described as possessing a distinct visual richness and depth where each song can be like cinematic vignettes."

★★★★ - Sydney Morning Herald

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​"Deeply emotive, whether in the carefully crafted lyrics, the music itself, or his deep lamenting singular voice, emotion drips from everywhere, it trickles down walls and pools on the floor. It aches and hurts...and it’s beautiful."

★★★★ - Rythmns Magazine

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"His songs are visually rich possessing a novelistic quality that is dark and warm. The music of M.E. Baird cajoles and challenges. Images flow and tunes beguile. A treat."

★★★★ - The Music Collective

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"Baird speaks of lost loves and scarred hearts, and while he paints life in a harsh light, he still finds something to hold onto, be it a memory or dream not yet faded. This dark folk at its finest, sad, bitter, and beautiful."

★★★★ - The Brag Magazine, Sydney

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​"There is a haunting quality to M.E. Baird’s music, a type of dark folk and blues noir that permeates the songs.  Baird knows how to balance the beauty successfully and the despair."

★★★★  - The Music (Australia)

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"M.E. Baird's live performances are nothing short of compelling with his deep lamenting vocal style and singular stage presence."

 Holden Hill Music

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MUSIC BACKGROUND

M.E. Baird began his musical career in Melbourne in the late 1980s as part of the inner city Melbourne post-punk, rock and folk scene before leaving Australia for the UK and Europe in 1998.  He returned home and relocated to Sydney in 2000 to pursue an academic career in art and design.   His music career would go on the back burner until 2004 when he returned to Melbourne and began writing songs and recording again with the release of four critically acclaimed solo albums including numerous recordings with other bands.  His only venture into the mainstream would come under the assumed musical nome de plume of  'Lionel Lee', a binge-drinking, substance-fueled bar-brawling wanderer with his band of ravaged vagrants known as the Lionel Lee Three and later Lionel Lee's Curse.  Sadly, Lionel's time would come to an abrupt and tragic end. But that is a whole other story.  Early in his career, M.E. Baird also had the great fortune to share the stage with some of his favourite and influential Australian musicians, most notably, Roland S Howard, Spencer P Jones, Chris Wilson, Ed Kuepper and Sarah Carrol.