Local Byron artist Cheynne Murphy is in good company having just been added to the 2009 Bluesfest line-up featuring Ben Harper, John Butler,and Michael Franti amongst others. Good timing as Cheynne is about to release his new EP Firesongs for the Soul nationally in February in Australia and online. Featuring a strong harmony based, acoustic sound, it looks like a stellar a year for this emerging singer-songwriter. Already garnering critical industry acclaim, these new songs seem to effortlessly traverse an alternative acoustic folk pop terrain ending up somewhere in the misty hills of Byron Bay, the inspiration and location for most of the song writing.