Performing Artists
Ashley Naylor’s Spaceship (trio)
Ash Naylor’s musical career commenced in 1987 at the age of seventeen, when he played guitar for indie rock band The Swarm. In 1994 he formed EVEN with Matthew Cotter, whom he had played with in The Swarm, and bass player Wally Kempton of The Meanies. In addition to his work in EVEN, Ashley has been involved as Musical Director for the recent Bob Dylan Night series and the ARIA award-winning Triple J Tribute to Paul Kelly ‘Before Too Long’.…
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Ash Naylor’s musical career commenced in 1987 at the age of seventeen, when he played guitar for indie rock band The Swarm.
In 1994 he formed EVEN with Matthew Cotter, whom he had played with in The Swarm, and bass player Wally Kempton of The Meanies.
In addition to his work in EVEN, Ashley has been involved as Musical Director for the recent Bob Dylan Night series and the ARIA award-winning Triple J Tribute to Paul Kelly ‘Before Too Long’. He has performed alongside Tex Perkins in the Johnny Cash musical ‘Man In Black’ and Claire Bowditch in ‘Tales from the Life of Eva Cassidy’.
Ashley’s talents have seen him touring with the RocKwiz Orkestra, an integral member of the Countdown Spectacular (2006) house band, member of The Bull Sisters’ (Vika and Linda) band, and more recently with Thee Marshmallow Overcoat celebrating sixties classics and of course lead guitarist for the past decade or so for one of our national musical treasures, Paul Kelly.
Ash’s band, Spaceship performed the Jimi Hendrix Experience album “Are You Experienced” at PAVED last year, to rave review. Ash is bringing his Spaceship to Emerald on Thursday 16th April 2026 to perform his favourite Jimi Hendrix’s tracks.
Ash will be joined by Lachlan O’Kane on drums and Richard Bradbeer on bass. A powerhouse performance is guaranteed.