PREMIERE: James Kenyon - The Motorbike Song

Australian troubadour James Kenyon is primed to release new single The Motorbike Song tomorrow, 22 April, and The Music is stoked to be premiering the track today in the final stretch ahead of its unveiling.

Presently in the midst of a massive 20-date tour of New Zealand, the local singer-songwriter will return to Melbourne to launch the new work mid-next month, with a showing at the Melbourne Folk Club on Saturday 14 May.

The Motorbike Song is a tale of love and loss, told from the perspective of someone in thrall to heartbreak, set against the ideal of the 'great Australian roadtrip' as metaphor for the journey of grief undertaken by all who wrestle with the pain of losing someone close to them.

"The song is based on a trip I took on a busted-arse Honda 400 from Melbourne to Adelaide and then up to Queensland," Kenyon said in a statement. "Bits of the bike fell off along the way. I relied on the generosity of country mechanics more than once. I slept on a swag under the stars. All that business. All good fodder for a song."

Kenyon will be joined for the single launch at the last-ever Melbourne Folk Club at Bakehouse Studios on Saturday 14 May, with support from The Grand Magoozi and Davey Craddock.

Tickets are on sale now through the venue; see Kenyon's Facebook page for more information and to keep tabs on all his upcoming movements.