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Wesley Dean Carr (born 14 September 1982), known professionally as Wesley Dean and formerly as Wes Carr, is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He won the sixth season of Australian Idol in 2008, subsequently releasing the singles "You", "Feels Like Woah", "Fearless" and "Love Is an Animal", and the studio albums The Way the World Looks (2009), Roadtrip Confessions (2013) and Australiana (2018). He has also recorded under the name Buffalo Tales.
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In 2021, Carr relocated from Australia to Nashville, Tennessee, and began recording and performing under his middle name, Wesley Dean. His first album under the name was unknown, released in 2022. His subsequent album, Music From Crazy Hearts, was released in 2024 and was recorded at Nashville's RCA Studio A. The album accompanied the feature documentary project Crazy Hearts: The Documentary, which chronicles Dean and his family travelling more than 5,000 miles by road from Nashville to Los Angeles while performing at locations across the United States.
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Wesley Carr · Wesley Dean Carr
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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.