Concrete Playground

If you’ve been wandering around the city lately, you may well have come across a rather disarming busker. That would be Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger, a particularly talented Pom who has spent the summer tirelessly lugging his guitar, amp and albums up and down the East Coast like the journeymen troubadours of old. Between the UK, Australia and America his travels have also seen him performing at V Festival, SXSW, Peats Ridge and on tour with Lior.

Peddling beautiful melodies, a strikingly earnest voice and some of the most elegantly rendered lyrics, Rosenberg has converted many a passerby. Stripped back and compellingly honest, there’s echoes of Neil Young in his talent, which over the course of the summer has drawn ever more fans to his gigs, all as eager to hear his keening songs about lost love as they are ready to chuckle at his wry wit.

'Caravan', 'The Last Unicorn' and 'I See Love' and are crowd favourites from Passenger’s second album Wide Eyes Blind Love, and will no doubt make the setlist of his final gig before Rosenberg trades Sydney’s beaches for his hometown, Brighton.