A rugged baritone, sing-along choruses, and a sound that is immediately familiar — but altogether his own.
Kincade Stevens is a Country & Americana singer/songwriter from Sydney, Australia. Mixing a rugged baritone with sing-along choruses, Kincade has a sound that is immediately familiar but altogether his own — rooted in classic country storytelling, shot through with Americana grit and a hard-driving rock energy.
During the Covid lockdowns, Stevens honed his craft and wrote the songs that would become his debut album The Defeatist. Since then he has released four singles — Pride, Hard Man To Love, One Track Mind and Money, Fame, Fortune — each one pushing further into bolder, more adventurous territory.
His music draws on influences spanning traditional country, alt-country and rock, pairing that classic country emotion with an edge that makes it immediately arresting. On record and on stage, what you hear is exactly what you get: a songwriter who means every word, and has the voice to deliver it.
One Track Mind was featured on ABC Country and its music video — shot at the NSW Rail Museum alongside a 120-year-old steam locomotive — premiered exclusively on Countrytown. His latest single Money, Fame, Fortune has clocked over 70,000 Spotify streams in its first six months.
Kincade currently performs as a solo acoustic act — just him, his guitar, and a voice built for big rooms and late nights. It's a setup that strips everything back to what matters: the song and the story.
His sets are built around original Country & Americana material, fleshed out with the occasional unexpected cover — not the songs you'd expect, but ones that make sense in the moment and keep a room on its toes.
Minimal setup. No band required. A professional, press-ready artist with national media coverage who is equally at home on a pub stage or a festival bill — and brings real songs to both.
Rather than easing listeners in, the track kicks off with a bold Hammond B3 line before veering sharply into baritone guitar territory. By the time the four-on-the-floor rhythm lands, it has become a propulsive pulse — country inflected but bigger, bolder, and ready for the stage. Produced by Josh Schuberth at Fireswap Studios, with fiddle from Grammy-winning musician Michael Cleveland.
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Built around themes of focus, obsession and mental tunnel vision, One Track Mind captures what happens when everything else drops away and your brain locks onto a single idea. The accompanying cinematic music video was shot at the NSW Rail Museum using the historic 3001 steam train — more than 120 years old — directed by Nathan Burney of Burning Pictures. Featured on ABC Country.
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"Musically explosive, but thematically introspective — it's just unpredictable enough to keep you on edge."
Read Full Article"A cinematic clip that feels heavy, gritty and constantly in motion." — Video Premiere: One Track Mind
Read Full ArticleOne Track Mind featured on ABC Country — Australia's premier country music broadcaster.
"I think we all fundamentally know we can't find happiness in anything outside ourselves, but we never stop chasing that validation. I kind of wrote this song as a reminder to myself."
