

In 2009, Lior launched the Shadows and Light Tour, a collaboration with renowned shadow artists Stephen Mushin and Anna Parry an interactive performance combining Lior's music with live shadow art performance and featured a season at the Sydney Opera House. In early 2009, he performed with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra for a series of outdoor concerts.

In 2008, Lior toured extensively, both in his home country of Australia and abroad including feature performances at the Edinburgh Festival. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2008, the album was nominated for the Best Independent Release.


The album debuted at number 13 on the ARIA charts. In February 2008, Lior released his second studio album, Corner of an Endless Road. Main articles: Corner of an Endless Road and Tumbling into the Dawn 2008-2012: Corner of an Endless Road, Tumbling into the Dawn and Giggle and Hoot Lior moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 2007. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, the album was nominated for two awards Best Independent Release and Best Blues and Roots Album. The album consisted mostly of tracks from Autumn Flow as well as some new material such as "Diego and the Village Girl", "Burying Chances" and "Avinu Malkeinu" (a traditional prayer). In February 2006, Lior released a live album, Doorways of My Mind, recorded at the Northcote Social Club. Autumn Flow was certified gold by ARIA in 2006. In 2005, the album was one of the fifteen nominees for radio station triple j's inaugural J Award, given to "an album of outstanding achievement as an Australian musical work of art – for its creativity, innovation, musicianship and contribution to Australian music. Īt ARIA Music Awards of 2005, the album was nominated for three awards Breakthrough Artist, Best Male Artist, and Best Independent Release. Lior also performed at the Spiegeltent throughout the world, and the Make Poverty History concerts in Australia. Lior has toured with the WOMAD festival in 2005 to the UK, Singapore and Korea. I was feeling really defeated and quite sorry for myself, going 'how am I going to do this', and the song ("This Old Love") came on." Autumn Flow made its ARIA chart debut in early 2005, peaking at number 45. I went up and down the east coast with a band and lost all my money. In 2015, Lior recalled the first time he heard a song of his on the radio station, Triple J "I'd just done the so-called tour to launch the album but it didn't have any sort of exposure or radio play, so no-one really knew what it was. He sent it to a number of record labels but failed to secure a deal, and released the album independently, late in 2004. In October 2004, Lior recorded his debut studio album Autumn Flow. In 2000, Lior released his debut extended play The Soul Suicide EP. Main articles: Autumn Flow and Doorways of My Mind
