Desert Cry album out now!

I am thrilled to announce that my album ‘Desert Cry’ is now officially released!

Brazilian grooves, lush harmony and soulful lyrics, this is an album that I’ve adored putting together.

You’ll find it available across all online stores and streaming platforms!

CDs are available through Bandcamp.

I hope you enjoy it!

Special album launch show in Perth

Don’t forget to come along to the album launch show in Perth! Join my 9-piece band and I, to hear this album played live. We’ll be celebrating the release and can’t wait to share it with you in person!

The Ellington Jazz Club
Sunday 18 September
Doors open 5:30pm for a 6:30pm show
191 Beaufort Street, Perth WA

This project was supported in part by the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.

Powering into the year…

It’s interesting, I started the year with 2 clear and immediate projects – recording an album and my very first Fringe World season. It was a great way to start the year. We’re still working on the album and the Fringe shows went extremely well but by the start of February, I started feeling somewhat subdued and very restless!

I’m happy to report there ARE new things on the horizon…or perhaps old, overdue things! I’m finally heading to Melbourne for a string of shows that have been postponed a few times – I can’t wait to roam the city, spend an exorbitant amount on shoes and catch up with my sister! Yes – my younger sister, the most excellent bassist, Bonnie Aué – is joining me on the 3 shows I have in Melbourne. It’s been 2 years since we’ve played gigs together at Adelaide Fringe Festival and I’m thrilled!

So if you’re a Melbourne based person (or if you know anyone in Melbourne who may be interested!), I’ve got 3 shows at the gorgeous Paris Cat Jazz Club in March!

The first showcases original songs and Brazilian tunes and the show is called ‘Brazilian Jazz n Blues‘. There’s brand new songs in there and a few that are from my first 2 albums. This is on Friday the 25 March and the first time since 2019 I’ve played this music in Melbourne. I’m so excited!

Also if you’re a Norah Jones fan, I’m playing two ‘A Norah Jones Tribute‘ shows on Saturday 26 March (at The Paris Cat Jazz Club)! We will be playing all the Norah Jones hits as well as many tunes from her extensive catalogue. Please join us for the early or late show.

There are also shows happening in Perth – next week on Thursday 3 March, we’re performing ‘A Day In The Life – The Beatles‘ at the wonderful Duke of George in East Fremantle. If you love jazz, The Beatles, delicious food, table service and excellent company, come along!

To find out more about my upcoming shows, please head to my website gig page or head to my facebook page which lists all my upcoming shows too.

I would like to send out a very sincere thank you to all who have shown their support over the last few months – everything from a ‘like’ or a friendly comment on facebook, to coming to the Perth Fringe shows or reading this blog – I really do appreciate it. It’s been tough for us all for all the obvious reasons, but it’s been lovely to feel supported as an artist in these times. Thank you.

Also – a good friend of mine named Ben Matthews has just released a mind-blowing album of jazz/fusion/original music with his band LiveWyre named From There To Here. I highly recommend checking it out!

Keep smiling and happy everyone! See you at a gig or perhaps in social media land!

Georgie xx

Tales from the studio – Blueberry muffins and Kombucha…

I hope that everyone had an excellent holiday season at the end of 2021! How nice it is to unwind after losing oneself to the often relentless routine of usual everyday life in replacement of asking repeatedly – which day is it again? That lovely week between Christmas and New Year – lazy days heading to the beach, where reading books feels like a possibility and the latest Netflix series is gobbled up let alone the vast quantities of good food and drink consumed.

I had an excellent start to the New Year and one day in particular stands out. A small group of us, early in the morning, walked/waded over to Penguin Island at low tide where we proceeded to snorkel, swim and in general explore. It was one of those WA summer mornings – gentle breeze, hot and gorgeous. I sometimes cannot quite believe how tremendously beautiful the WA coast is – it’s hard to capture in photos – seeing is believing! Anyway – upon our return, I looked at my phone and noticed an email had come through. The email was the very happy news that my application for funding for an album project had been approved by the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries! I whooped and sang in joy – briefly scaring my friends in the process (words truly did escape me for a few minutes)!

Over the past couple of years since the release of my last album, I’ve been steadily writing, composing, experimenting with different textures – perhaps if you’ve been to some of my shows you might’ve heard a few of these compositions/songs. I’d been talking to my regular band about recording for a while, so it was time to bite the bullet and actually do it!

So on the 20 & 21 January, during an extensive heatwave in Perth, we headed into the studio. Literally sweating between the takes and surviving on a diet of homemade blueberry muffins and cans of kombucha tea, we managed to lay down the tracks for the full-length album. It’s hard to describe how fulfilling it was to see the songs that have long been in my brain and on paper come to life.

It’s been beyond great working with Jeremy Thomson (guitar), Zac Grafton (bass) and Daniel Susnjar (drums). And another really, really fun part is that this recording incorporates a horn section made up of Jessica Carlton (trumpet/flugel), Tom Greble (saxophones) and Will Pethick (trombone). All are exceptional humans and players. We recorded with Brodie Stewart – who is simply excellent.

Next up is all the post-production fun! I can’t wait to get into it with ultimate human/producer/multi-instrumentalist Jarrad Payne from Wizard Tone Studios.

Also at the same time – we’ve been playing at the Fringe World Festival in Perth a tribute to Norah Jone’s debut album – Come Away With Me. The incredibly musical Dan Garner has joined the band on second guitar and backing vocals for this show and it’s been the best fun ever. It’s been an enjoyable challenge to play the entire album from beginning to end – it’s definitely a first for me. We have one more show on the 29th January in case you’re in Perth and keen to come and see! There’s a handful of tickets left to that one.

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I hope you’re all going well and have had a great start to the year. Much love Georgie x