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Genre:
Pop Rock Country Folk
Hometown:
Sydney Australia
K’crasher’s crystal clear voice, excellent pitch, and ability to
hold a note make her a singer of rare power. Add her sense of
humour, warmth and conviction to complete the picture of her as
an entertainer who can immediately establish a relationship,
both friendly and intimate with her audience, moving them to
tears one minute and laughter the next. K’crasher says of
herself, “I’m a singer but only recently a songwriter. In the
past, whenever I thought of writing a song, I coincidentally
found someone else’s on the same topic and got distracted
learning it. I enjoy presenting other peoples songs, giving them
new emphasis and conviction, but there is something special
about singing one’s own songs. I only sing songs that I believe
in, I can’t sing what I don’t feel. I like material that hasn’t
been commercialised. I like to make a real connection with the
audience.”
Towards The Light
BristleHead Music
K'crasher
Tracks: 13
Maintaining a balance in
performances between the serious and the light hearted,
K’crasher’s sources are wide and eclectic. Her sense of timing,
expressive voice and her skills with tricky lyrics help her to
tackle a wide range of material. At home with the blues or soul
music, she can also sing traditional folk standards and comic
parodies. She sings songs such as, Cheryl Wheeler's ‘Act of
Nature’ and the classic ‘Summertime’. Her sensitive and
versatile accompaniments on guitar or piano support and enhance
the mood of her lyrics. She balances songs such as Alastair
Hewlett’s ‘Suicide Town’ with Tom Lehrer’s ‘Masochism Tango’.
Satirical songs by Bernard Bolon, Eric Bogle, Tom Lehrer and
Dorie Previn are all part of her repertoire, as are modern folk
classics by Joni Mitchell, Loreena McKennett and Cat Stevens. A
serious singer, K’crasher also enjoys a good laugh with her cat
medley, ‘Somebody’s Moggy’, ‘Basingstoke’ and ‘Birth Control to
Ginger Tom’. Her rapid-fire versions of ‘We Sell Everything’ and
‘The Pheasant Plucker’s Song’ never fail to provoke laughter.
Lately, K’crasher’s performances of her own compositions have
received enthusiastic acclaim wherever she performs them.
Powerful lyrics drawn from her own experiences connect with
people at a profound level. K’crasher is capable of being both
bitingly insightful and compassionate at the same time, not to
mention “stark raving mad”.
Her music has taken her to all the usual hangouts, bars, clubs,
functions and concerts. She has added a touch of music and
humour at many a wedding and performed at political and
environmental rallies across Australia. K’crasher has played at
many festivals including the National Folk Festival in Canberra
where enthusiastic audiences packed the venues of her
performances to capacity.
She has done session work with piano, guitar and vocals mostly
around NSW and the ACT. “Her instinctive harmonies make her a
joy to sing with. She is a keen judge of a good song. She
bristles with good humour. Her smooth guitar work and perfect
pitch combine to make her an impressive interpreter of modern
song”, said Bruce Cameron, president of the Bathurst Folk Club,
and a musician who has rarely missed a folk festival.
Up until recently K’crasher's only released recording has been
‘Live on Friday the 13th’, recorded at the Merry Muse Folk Club
in Canberra by Moonlight Records.
K’crasher has now established her own business: BristleHead
Music, and has financed and produced her current CD ‘Towards the
Light’. This CD contains a selection of songs written by artists
such as Tim Buckley, Christine Laven and many others. Special
treats are K’crasher’s own songs.
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