Sam Buckingham

Since releasing her career defining album DEAR JOHN in 2022, Sam Buckingham has built a cult like following on the Australian live circuit.

She’s lapped the country six times on sold out headline tours and jumped on tour with some of the countries biggest names like Paul Kelly, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Whitlam’s and Ben Lee. She’s also played at Woodford, Wild Village and Queenscliff Music Festivals and toured with the Festival of Small Halls.

2026 sees the release of Sam’s new album Beautiful Machine, debuting on March 6th at #4 on the ARIA Australian Album Charts, #3 on the ARIA Australian Physical Album charts, #9 on the ARIA Official Physical Album Charts and #2 on the AIR Independent Album Charts.

A cross-Pacific collaboration with Australian-born Nashville-based producer Clare LOLLIES Reynolds, Sam says the songs for Beautiful Machine were written on hikes, beach walks, lying on the couch in her underwear and on long drives to see her family (while someone else was driving, of course). They mark a new chapter in her songwriting career, and in her life.


“I’ve been falling deeper in love with my body and the Earth” says Sam. “In a time when we’re seemingly obsessed with building ‘bigger and better’ technology, all I can think about is how the natural world is so brilliantly designed — it’s the most beautiful machine we’ll ever have.

So, this album is a love letter to myself, my body, the earth and all of humanity. As we keep progressing, my only wish is that we remember we ARE the natural world — and we must care for ourselves and each other accordingly.”


Beautiful Machine follows Sam’s 2025 & 2024 EP’s Quiet Revolution and Cyclone, respectively, and marks an impressive growth in her fanbase.


MARCH 2026
Spotify Monthly Listeners 8.3k ⬆️ 44%
Facebook Followers 21.2k ⬆️ 34%
Facebook Content Views 1.4m ⬆️ 63%
Instagram Followers 9.8k ⬆️ 13%
Instagram Content Views 391.4k ⬆️ 62%


The 2026 Beautiful Machine tour will see Sam reach every corner of the country, treating audiences to intimate acoustic versions of crowd favourites from her previous releases DEAR JOHN, Cyclone and Quiet Revolution - and using Ableton Push to live loop, sample, and bring these stunning new songs to life.


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“Masterful songwriting” - Kate Miller Heidke

“Iconic” - Kia Handley (ABC)

"Raw, and full of power, which somehow allows the gentle to shine through" - Fanny Lumsden

“Powerful” - Bernard Zuel

“Buckingham wowed the crowd with her soaring vocals, silencing the room” - Stack Magazine

"Byron Bay's next big thing" - Courier Mail

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