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“There’s a candle burning in the dark – always a glimmer of hope.” This is what Mick McHugh strives to bring to the table via a career’s worth of songs – a glimmer of hope, a little bit of brightness in a sometimes dark world; in the words of legendary English troubadour Ralph McTell, McHugh’s music gives “cause for hope and optimism” – there is little higher praise than that. Growing up in the Dublin suburbs as part of a big family where singing and music were part of life, McHugh came to the game late. He didn’t pick up a guitar until the age of 22, giving away his Polymer Engineering career, which he’d earned with a first class honours degree, in the process. Today based in the hills behind Byron Bay, McHugh plays relentlessly, at least 150 gigs a year up and down the Australian east coast, building the skill-set which is laid bare with the first single, Not in Kansas Anymore, from his forth coming debut studio LP. The single was co-written with highly respected frontman Shane