CJ Shaw is an ARIA nominated educator and musician who has spent over twenty years writing, recording and performing songs.
About CJ Shaw
Armed with a guitar and a swag full of harmonicas, singer-songwriter CJ Shaw’s intricate finger-picking, word play and storytelling never fails to captivate his audiences.
In 2020, CJ Shaw was nominated for an ARIA Award for ‘Music Teacher of the Year’ with Jimmy Barnes as his official ambassador presenting him with the nomination.
This prestigious music industry acknowledgement recognised his dynamic and poignant songwriting for primary-aged children. In 2022, CJ Shaw’s ‘Ain’t Many Like Lennie’ music video was picked up and broadcast by SBS TV, who featured it on SBS On Demand.
These celebrated songs are woven through his performances and albums, played alongside satirical and storytelling Australiana folk songs.
With over a decade experience touring and performing at music festivals in Australia and Timor-Leste, CJ Shaw is an exciting musician at the top of his game.
CJ Shaw, you've been doing some really great things
with music and for the school and because of that,
I'm really pleased to inform you, that you've been nominated for an ARIA.
— Jimmy Barnes, ARIA Ambassador, 2020