James Franklin

Soft acoustic songs for dinner, then uptempo ones once people want to dance: James Franklin can play both halves of the night. The Melbourne singer-songwriter's repertoire is big, stretching from 1930s songs through to what's charting now. He's played pubs, clubs and theatres in Australia and overseas, and has shared bills with Daryl Braithwaite and 5 Seconds of Summer. He's still touring internationally. For a wedding or a birthday with a wide age range, that span of songs means there's something familiar for the grandparents and the grandkids.