·
She was on
· She sang in an Australian group "Models". They made 2 albums in 1985 and 1987 before the broke up in 1987/1988. She also played with a group called the Rockmelons.
·
She did a lot of session work for
various artist like Jimmy Barnes, John Paul Young,
· She was voted Best Australian Female Artist in 1990, 1992, and 1993
1960 - "I was born in the frozen tundra -
Born in
1975 - "I used to hang out in a park called Little Benny Park with my friends. We soon started up the Little Benny Blues Band.
I had to lie about my age when we started working in clubs at weekends."
At 15 she
was a member of the Little Benny Blues Band, lying about her age to play in
1976 - "I left home and went travelling
with two friends. We busked right across
The following year she left
home to go busking across
1983 - Then,
whilst hanging out with a bunch of genial Aussies, she met departed Little
River Band leader Glenn Shorrock, who invited her
down under to sing with him on a 1983 solo tour. Liking what she saw and whom she met, Wendy
readily found vocal work in Sydney on commercials and album sessions, enhancing
performances by a plethora of Australian major acts
1990
Her double platinum first
album 'Émigré'
But life
changed considerably after the impact of the internationally released debut
album, Emigre, which sold over 100,000 copies.
Wendy was lost to the world of paid sessions and backing vocal tour stints,
with no small regret in some parts.
“It took me until I was 30 to put out my first record - Emigre. I think if I had put out an album at 20 I really wouldn't have known what I wanted musically or who I was. Your first album is your life up to that point: who you want to be, what you want to say, what you want to portray. I'm still finding my voice as a writer and as somebody who's trying to express herself, but I don't think you stop learning about that.”
1991
Won ARIA's for Best Female Artist, Best Debut Single - Token
Angels - and Best Single - Nobody But You (with Absent Friends). It's wonderful
to be encouraged for what you do and they mean alot
to me because I've never really felt a part of the music Industry. To be
actually awarded things through the record Industry means alot,
however, sometimes I feel embarrassed about it. I still downplay that sort of
thing because I genuinely don't believe you can compare different people's
musical expression.
1992
I worked
very hard on Lily, my second album. Consequently it delayed the next record
because after working here for 18 months I toured overseas, where I had to
pretend it was all brand new and exciting. If I didn't feel
like performing I literally had to push myself out there. I was never a
natural exhibitionist. I've never had a burning ambition to prove what I can do
and be out there up front. I'm well aware that I'm one piece of the entire
machinery up on stage.
triple
platinum 'Lilly'
1993
"Winning ARIA's for Best Female Artist and Best Single - "The Day You Went Away". "I was terrified when "The Day You Went Away" was released because nothing on radio was as simple or as scaled down or a pure." "It was bands and larger sounds on commercial radio at the time and then out came this piano vocal which had quite an impact". "It just goes to show what the listening public, myself included, are underestimated." "We only know what the radio plays us."
1994 - The third album, The Witness Tree, was released. It sold more than 100,000 copies and was awarded an ARIA for Best Female Artist.
1995 - "I became an Australian citizen. I don't put too much emphasis on the boundaries of the planet, but they do exist, and I've had a thing right from the time that I left home that I haven't quite felt like I belonged". "Over the years I've come to conclusion that I belong everywhere as opposed to nowhere."
1997 - "I spent time in
some Canadian women singer/songwriters. I get a lot out of going back. When I work hard here and
feel particularly empty, that's the place I go back to, to fill up." In August the fourth album "Ghosts" was released.
1998 - "Singing is my form of expression; it's what I've always done and I hope that in some capacity,
I'll always have that outlet". "I'm getting together with many varied kinds of songwriters. I'd really like to explore a few things and see what I can come up with."
1999 - "I've always thought of a Best Of album, as the end of something or someone. Now I see it as
a clean slate, a chance to try some different things, a new beginning. "Stepping Stones" is a nice collection of my music to date."
2000 - "I've always had this collection thing happening and I'm also doing lots of mosaics. I've got some land up North and a big Teepee up there. I've had it there for a year. I like to work the earth, I've planted so many trees and there's a lot to do up there. I can never get enough time to spend up there. I've a five month old dog that has changed my life. I'm having a great time - having more fun than I've had for ages. A different lightness has come over me. It's also reflected in the music although a lot of it lyrically is quite angry. Maybe that's because I've allowed myself to do that, but I feel really good these days."
2001 - "On my new album "Beautiful View" I've written a song about living in the moment called "Right Now". For years I made decisions based on some perceived outcome. Now I trust my instincts. If something feels right I go with it, if it doesn't I get out. I feel lighter, younger and much clearer."
2004
April 2004 - Wendy is set to release studio album number
six, entitled "Cafe Naturale" on
1991 / BEST FEMALE ARTIST
1991 / BEST NEW ARTIST - SINGLE: Token Angels
1992 / BEST FEMALE ARTIST (NOMINATION): Let's Kiss (Like The Angels)
1993 / BEST FEMALE ARTIST: Lily
1993 / HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE: The Day You Went Away
1993 / SINGLE OF THE YEAR: The Day You Went Away
1993 / ALBUM OF THE YEAR (NOMINATION): Lily
1994 / BEST FEMALE ARTIST: Fridays Child
1995 / BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM (NOMINATION): The Witness Tree
1998 / BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM (NOMINATION): Ghosts
1997 / BEST FEMALE ARTIST (NOMINATION): Then I Walked Away
2001 / BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM (NOMINATION): Beautiful View
·
Saturday
· Saturday May 22nd: *State Theatre Sydney NSW (supporting Sarah Mc Lauchlan)
1990 Emigre
1992 Lily
1994 The Witness Tree
1997 Ghosts
1999 Stepping Stones
2001 Beautiful View
Lily track listings
1. Friday's Child
2. Walk Away
3. T.K.O
4. Mother Can't Do
5. Quiet Art
6. The Day You Went Away
7. If Only I Could
8. Homecoming Song
9. Face of
10. Naming Names
11. Inexorably Yours
Singles from the album
· The Day You Went Away (1992) includes live versions of - Nobody but you, Won't let me be
· T.K.O. (1993) includes live versions of - Walk Away, Face of Appalachia
· Friday's Child (1992) includes The Day you Went Away (French version), So tell me how
· If Only I Could (1993) includes If Only I Could - timebomb mix, Until you say (live)
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