Sam Buckingham is an Australian singer-songwriter from Byron Bay, Australia.
Buckingham has toured alongside iOTA, Abby Dobson, Lior, Kasey Chambers, Felix Riebl, Angus & Julia Stone, Washington and Katie Noonan and has been long-listed for the Australian Music Prize and is a seven-time finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.
Buckingham's fourth studio album Beautiful Machine (March 2026) debuted at number 35 on the ARIA Charts.
In a 2022 interview with Music Festivals Australia, Buckingham said, "I've been singing for as long as I can remember⦠There are recordings of me at five years old, making albums with my Granddad, who was a singer and actor... My uncle gave me a hand-me-down guitar for Christmas when I was 14 and it suddenly just made sense for me to put music to the words IâÂÂve been writing. ItâÂÂs always felt natural to me, even when I began performing and was terrified to be in front of an audience."
Between 2005 and 2009, Buckham released three extended plays, Daydreamer (2005), My Own Horse (2008) and Gravity (2009) and was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. the EP Fragile Heart was released in 2012.
In July 2013, Buckingham released I'm a Bird. This was followed in 2017 with The Water; a collection of songs that confront fear, convey heartache and celebrate adventure, desire and devotion.
Buckingham released Dear John in April 2022
Buckingham released her fourth studio album Beautiful Machine in March 2026. It debuted at number 35 on the ARIA Charts.