SUNSHINE Coast musician David Flower has performed solo regularly in the Whitsunday region for nearly 10 years, but will this weekend he'll be bringing his whole band to town.

The acoustic folk singer will be debuting several new tunes, including his yet-to-be-released single All the Wiser.

"It has a country-folk feel about it, and a really catchy chorus," he said.

"The whole theme of the thing is when you get a little older you do get wiser. Wisdom's a beautiful thing to have."

The tune features fiddle player Caroline Trengove, who Flower has been playing with on and off for about three years.

"In the past my band was normally just harmonica, guitar and the rhythm section and congos," he said.

"(But) she's been a big influence to change my sound a little bit - for the better."

Flower's band, which performed concerts at Wintermoon Festival at the weekend, also features Gary Ward on bass and Laurie Ernst on drums.

Some of Flower's new songs have a slightly political tone, stemming from his passion for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.

We of the Water is a tune hypothesising what the ocean would say if it were able to speak.

It's a light-hearted way to bring the reef to listeners' attention.

"I want to do everything I can to make sure that we band together as a country, as the caretakers of the Great Barrier Reef," Flower said.

"We can save the reef - and Airlie Beach depends on the reef being healthy."

Flower is in the process of recording a new studio album, which he said was much more personal than his previous records.

Many of the songs have been written on his couch, in the lounge room, "deep in the night".

"It's a bit like a diary. It goes through how I've been feeling over the past couple of years," he said.

"It's all personal experiences, I'm not making much up."

The David Flower band will perform at the Whitsunday Sailing Club and on Hamilton Island this weekend.

POPULAR ACT

Airlie Beach: Whitsunday Sailing Club, Saturday, May 7 from 7.30pm. Entry is free.

Hamilton Island: Marina Daze Front Street, Sunday, May 8 from 5pm. Entry is free.