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Biography Thanks for stopping by and getting to know me a little better. I am an Italian born Australian country singer (hey, it does happen!). I started my career in music as a music journalist for Go-Set magazine (Australia’s first pop music magazine) in the late 60’s, then into Product and Marketing for WEA Records, before heading to London & Canada in the 70’s, working in the music industry overseas. On returning to Australia in the mid 70’s, I moved to Tamworth (Australia’s Country Music Capital), drawn by the country music scene there and quickly became entrenched in the music scene. It was in Tamworth that I started my music career as a singer with my girl trio SKARLETT with Kate McCarthy and Jacqui Glynn, (photo in gallery) and also worked with the groundbreaking New England Rangers, the first country rock outfit in a rock and roll town. It was the early days of the Country Music, and the place was open armed to everyone. I stayed 25 years, had two beautiful children Daniel and Jessie, and a professional career in the studios of Tamworth, singing on literally hundreds of country music albums. | |
I am grateful for those years of Tamworth’s acceptance of me as an artist and their total support of my career, no matter what style of music I explored. “FINE COMPANY”, my first solo CD, recorded in 1996, entwined all the styles of music I love to sing, country, blues, R & B and jazz. To my delight, the album received rave reviews. In 2000, I made my sea change, and left Tamworth to live on the far north coast of NSW, to the Byron Bay shire. Career Highlights: Tamworth Country Music Festival Opening Concert 1997 in front of 18,000 people. Backing vocalist for live radio shows “Country Muster” and live television show, “It Must Be Country” and the Tamworth Country Music Awards Band, throughout the 70’s & 80’s, in Tamworth. Backing vocalist on hundred of country music albums recorded in the many Tamworth studios, over two decades. Corporate functions with some of Sydney’s greatest jazz musicians. Recording “Bring It On” and “Heartbeat Highway”.
| Favorite Musicians: Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, John Prine, Patsy Cline, Jonathan Edwards, Hank Williams, Kevin Bennett, Dusty Springfield, The Beatles, Rodney Crowe, Paul Kelly, Vince Jones, The Pretenters, Neil Young, The Mavericks, Doris Day, Bob Dylan, kd lang, Billie Holiday, Everly Bros. Keith Urban, Louis Armstrong, Daniel Adams Gillian Welch, Louvin Bros., Ella Fitzgerald, The Dillards, Feral Swing Katz, Eva Cassidy, Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Chet Atkins, Frank Sinatra, Jessie Adams, Suzie Bogus,Ted Tilbrook, The Steele Bros (Kirk & Gary)…to be continued |
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