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Artist
Jeannie Lewis
12+ albums
female vocalistsfemale vocalistoldiespop rockfolk rock
about
Jeannie Lewis has a successful career spanning over 25 years as a singer, recording artist, actor, writer and teacher. She has toured extensively in Australia and Overseas. She has developed her own style of theatre – concert show, blending elements of dance, theatre, visual arts, spoken word and music. These shows have inspired her 7 solo albums; from her first, Free Fall Through Featherless Flight, awarded Best female Vocal Album, Australian Radio Record Awards 1974, through to Piaf The Songs And The Story, a live recording of the highly successful show. She has also recorded So You Want Blood, Tango Australis, and the most recent, SOUThHEART. She has appeared on recordings by other artists, including Margret RoadKnight, The Backsliders, The Foreday Riders, Papalote, Going Home – ABC Music – a collection of contemporary Australian artists performing traditional Australian songs; for children, as member of the trio Cinderella Acappella a CD of songs by John Shortis and as Obelia on the Peter Combe musical, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie at the 1993 Adelaide Festival. She has written the words for many songs. She wrote the script and songs for two solo shows which premiered at the Adelaide Festival 1982 – For A Dancer, and 1990 – Voxy Lady. Her text, Pilgrimages with music by Jim Cotter was dedicated to a friend who has since died from AIDS was recorded for Radio Helycon 1987. In 1997 she was awarded a Fellowship at the Varuna Writer’s Centre. Whatever the form of performance,
