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It is a case of Motown, Soul and Disco classics when Lisa Hunt performs on stage. With one of the biggest female voices on the Australian touring circuit, the songstress’s impressive style has audiences on their feet from start to finish.

Starting the early days of her career in the great African American gospel church tradition in New York, Lisa discovered the power of her soulful singing style and has gone on to share the stage with some of the world’s greats. From PAVAROTTI and RAY CHARLES – check out her performance on Pavarotti & Friends – to ERIC CLAPTON, JAMES BROWN, DIONNE WARWICK, BRIAN MAY, RANDY CRAWFORD, JOE COCKER, MILES DAVIS and ANDREA BOCELLI, all are impressed with Lisa’s versatility and immense vocal ability. She’s also performed and toured with the likes of Ronan Keating, Macy Gray, Mousse T, Delores O’Riordan (Cranberries) and Tina Arena.

At home in Australia, she’s shared the studio with Jimmy Barnes, Diesel and Midnight Oil. Her other international recording credits include sessions with famed producers Jellybean Benitez (Madonna), Toni C (Whitney), Frank Farion (LaBouche, Milli Vanilli) and The Berman Brothers (Amber, Ultra Nate) to name a few. Her vocals can also be heard on several top 10 dance tracks around Europe including being ‘the voice’ of LOVESTATION (UK), CLUB X (Germany) and D1 (USA).

While she now calls Australia home, Lisa Hunt spends her year touring the globe. Soul is back in a big way and its time to party – and there’s certainly no better way than with Lisa Hunt’s vibrant high energy show.

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Dave Dow

March 2nd 2008 09:35

There are few performers who can captivate an audience with just vocals and a guitar alone – but Brisbane-based Dave Dow is certainly one of these anomalies. His personality shines through on stage, stopping passer-bys in their tracks as he demonstrates his musical aptitude and vocal skill on an eclectic range of styles ranging from Motown classics to current Top 20. As a performer, there is little Dave hasn’t mastered.

Playing in bands since he was 16, he has always worked part-time in the music industry, often supporting his love of the craft with mundane work elsewhere. But this wasn’t going to be the case for long – its not like you can keep a performer of this calibre out of the spotlight, so eight years ago he put everything else on hold and starting pursuing music full-time. And he hasn’t really looked back since. He’s traversed the globe performing from gigs in every outpost of Australia, to New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and China. This year he’s gearing up for a six-week stint performing in New York and is hoping to break into the music scene in the States and Canada.

When not traveling overseas, Dave has supported some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry, and some impressive international visitors. From the likes of Wendy Matthews, Coloured Stone, Yothu Yindi, James Morrison, Marina Prior, Darlene Zschech and Phil Emmanuel to Ministry of Sound (UK), Russell Crowe, Lucky Dube, Lole (NZ) and Ba Cissoko (West Africa), he moulds his musical style to suit any occasion. So versatile is this performer that he has gone from grooving through the hits of Motown one set, to lending his vocals to the plastic pop hits of the current charts just to suit his audience. It doesn’t matter to Dave – it is all music and it’s all about audience enjoyment.

The breadth of his repertoire is impressive and he can master songs not only by some of the most legendary artists of our time, but also perform songs from chart topping female artists on occasion. This is an impressive demonstration of his skill as a musician and the multi-instrumentalist makes everything look like it is the easiest transition to make in the world. It’s no surprise then to find he can play in front of any kind of audience, from Aboriginal communities to schools and backpacker hostels, to corporate events, gigs at Parliament House and shows in prisons, hospitals, restaurants and churches. His blend of roots, soul, R&B, gospel, jazz, funk, Motown, soft rock and current hits means his music appeals to everyone regardless of age or musical preference.

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Top 5 Artists

December 1st 2006 10:09

I'm going away for a few days so I'm just doing a short post on each of my blogs today.

What are your top five Aussie bands or artists?

At the moment I am really digging...

Midnight Oil (such a solid back catalogue)
Paul Kelly (in particular the album 'Gossip)
Cosmic Psychos (they really did their own thing, and it ruled so much. Sad to think it's could be all over for them in light of the recent death of their guitarist).
The Sharp (really got into them this year after finally finding a CD of their singles collected)
The Living End (so many good songs over the years)

Yep.

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Repressed Records - Ravi

August 30th 2006 07:51

I'm gonna do something a bit different today.
I asked Ravi from Independent Penrith record store 'Repressed Records' for some Top 5s, so here they are...

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