Put the vocal beauty of Annie Lennox, the uniqueness of Grace Slick and the bite of Janis Joplin together and then your getting close to Vera Black....

This Sydney based artist started writing songs 10 years ago in her hometown of Perth WA and has gone from strength to strength since then, winning of 'Best Live Act' at the 2007 Musicoz Awards, winning the 'Show Me the Music' Songwriting Contest in Nashville, recording with some of the industry's top session players. Among her international accolades Black has won 'Best Music Video' for her song 'Addictions', at the 2007 Digifestival in Florence, as well as being the closing act for the film festival.

Ms. Black has recently written a song for the Australian feature film 'The Waiting City' filmed in India.

Vera Black is a force to heard live, with her vocals stripping the wallpaper from most venues, she has to seen live to understand the magnitude of this girl....

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Vera Black will be starting her 4 month tour across the States on the 1st Aug 2011. Starting and finishing in Nashville, TN, Black will be performing in 38 locations across the country.

Amanda Baker So Far

AMANDA BAKER has a unique heart-felt style of Folk/Soul/Rock..., as she puts it 'Modern Woodstock'.. that she blends into real music, touching on real issues. Put the vocal beauty of Annie Lennox, the uniqueness of Grace Slick and the bite of Janis Joplin together and then your getting close to Amanda Baker....

Amanda has most recently taken out the top honors for 'Show Me The Music' songwriting competition based in Nashville. She was flown to Nashville first class to records her song 'The Fool' with an A-list of session players, along with a host of other prizes

The Sydney based artist started writing songs 10 years ago in her hometown of Perth WA and has gone from strength to strength since then, winning of 'Best Live Act' at the 2007 Musicoz Awards and being named as the woman to watch.
Ms. Baker has well and truly been making her mark on an international scale since returning from her first US Tour and winning the 'Show Me the Music' Songwriting Contest in Nashville, recording with some of the industry's top session players. Among her international accolades Amanda won 'Best Music Video' for her song 'Addictions', at the 2007 Digifestival in Florence, as well as being the closing act for the film festival.

Ms. Baker has recently written a song for the Australian feature film 'The Waiting City' filmed in India. The song 'The Beauty of Life' is performed by Isabel Lucas and Joel Edgerton who play musicians in the film, which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival.

Her lyrics both witty and catchy profess the comments of a girl who doesn't stumble on her words and declares to the world "I'm not here to be a princess, I'm here to be the Queen",taken from the title track of her EP, The Queen.
This is the slogan on her t-shirts, of which won 'Best Swag' at the IMA's(USA).

In 2005, Amanda spent 10 months in Sydney writing and recording her debut album
'SUPERSTITIOUS WOMAN'. The album fuses her blues, rock, gospel influences into an original, contemporary, groundbreaking sound. Each song has it's own unique style and story, and demonstrates her versatility and range as a vocal artist and writer.
The cover of her debut album shot by her brother cinematographer Denson Baker ACS won 'Best Album Art' photography at the IMA's(USA).

Ms. Baker Released 'The Queen' in 2008, a fully produced collection of songs produced by 3 different producers and co-produced by Amanda herself. Her 3rd release also in 2008 was 'The Stagedoor Sessions' a live album recorded with her of her and her 6 piece band, capturing what they do best 'playing live'.
Ms. Baker has performed in the Led Zeppelin tribute tour around NSW with some so
Australia's best musicians & vocalists.
Digifestival Jury Member, Roli Mosimann (Producer of Faith No More, Smashing Pumpkins) said, "Amanda Baker impressed me most with her abilities and rare talent of transporting the emotional content of her music straight to the heart, without filters or distractions. She is not just singing a great song about a difficult subject, she is telling a story and lets you feel
and participate in what it all means to her in a way only great musicians can do. Beware!
A truly addictive voice."
The girl is soon to become one of the truly iconic voices of Australia, and a musical career that will last her lifetime and beyond......