Walker WALKING gently for debut
SYDNEY singer and songwriter Jane Walker will be heading to Newcastle later this month in support of her acclaimed debut album Walk Gently. Off ering an uplifting cocktail of chill-out pop, Walker’s original music combines fl avours that are reminiscent of Fiona Apple, Dido, Norah Jones, Sade and Yael Naim. The album Walk Gently brings to fruition a decade of performance and songwriting
in Australia, the UK, Europe and Africa. Special guests include Chris Diff ord from the legendary UK pop band Squeeze, Norah Jones’s guitarist and New York artist Adam Levy, former Australian Idol contestant Bobby Flynn and the Cruel Sea’s James Cruickshank. Walker’s song Ancient Land, which features
contribution from Newcastle rappers Street Warriors, is described by NSW reconciliation ambassador Aden Ridgeway as “a timely celebration of Australian identity and a call to unity”. Walker will be performing with her band of leading musicians, including, on keys, Barbara Griffi n, who produced most of Walk Gently alongside Walker, and one of Australia’s fi nest percussionists Jess Ciampa. Trained in classical and jazz disciplines, including studies at the NSW Conservatorium of Music, Walker sang for two years with Sydney’s a cappella outfi t the Cafe of the Gates of Salvation. She later travelled to Africa and made her fi rst recordings with the legendary Thomas Mapfumo’s band the Blacks Unlimited in Zimbabwe. While writing and
performing in London, her song Threadneedle Street, produced by DJ-composer Pete Lazonby in the UK, was featured alongside Massive Attack and Radiohead on the album Foundations: Coming up from the Streets. This recording of Threadneedle Street is included on the album Walk Gently. Jane Walker plays at
Lizotte’s, Newcastle on Wednesday, September 28.
that’s ENTERTAINMENT short ‘n’SWEET
This silver is as good as gold
NEWCASTLE three-piece Silverhair are a slick rock and roll outfi t comprising three extremely experienced musos playing all the platters that matter from the 1970s and ’80s with a decent smattering of the popular rock hits of today to suit almost any audience at almost any venue. Lush three-part vocal harmonies are just one of the features of Silverhair’s sets, with
professionalism, drive and entertainment being the focal point of every performance. If the likes of AC/DC,
Bad Company, Hoodoo Gurus, Midnight Oil and the Foo Fighters fl oat your boat, then you’d do
well to get along to a Silverhair gig as these guys are guaranteed to please. Silverhair play at the Premier Hotel on
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THE NEWCASTLE POST Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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