Wanted To Feel - debut EP available on iTunes from March 30, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKFryv9q_0A&list=UUQtGGRT5kvST1S2wbV7vhrA&index=4&feature=plcp Natasha Duarte’ is an amazing young singer-songwriter with a huge future. She started recording at just 13 after winning a national competition through JB HiFi and The Kool Skools Project. Since then she hasn’t looked back, winning awards and making fans. She recently won the national youth songwriters competition (ACMF) with the title song Wanted To Feel and has another song off the EP, The Worst Part, in the top 15 songs in contention in the US based International Song Competition (ISC). She was named Penrith Young Citizen of the Year (2012) for her support of the community and musical achievements and has been featured in Girlfriend Magazine as a contender in GF of the Year. Her songs are way mature of her age having just turned 17 but catchy as pop can be. Natasha is currently touring schools with her Loud at Lunchtime tour in support of the debut release. Available on iTunes from Friday March 30th. Become friends on Facebook here http://www.facebook.com/tashiduarte. Natasha Duarte is an amazingly talented and prolific singer/songwriter who has achieved so many milestones that most 17 year olds only dream about. Testament to the quality of this artist, for his first solo live outing he was booked for 18 shows, supporting John Farnham through Sydney and Brisbane. It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Australia’s legend of the Blues, Matthew ‘Dutch ‘ Tilders who died peacefully on Good Friday 23/4/2011. He lost his battle with Cancer but he and his music will not be forgotten. Born in the Netherlands in 1941, Dutch emigrated to Australia with his parents, four brothers and a sister in 1955. At the age of ten, he was a member of a church choir, but by the time he was twelve, his alto voice broke. No more singing for the boy with the baritone voice. When he was thirteen, he joined a boys choir at a secondary school fooling the choir master into believing he was an alto by singing falsetto. He could still produce those high-pitched notes to his last days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylLbMEuseX0 His first year in Australia was spent in the Brooklyn Migrant Hostel where his first experience as a performer was in an amateur Black and White Minstrel Show. His very first paid gig, when just fifteen, was at the Collingwood Town Hall where he played the harmonica. On the same bill were Joff Allen and Johnny O'Keefe. Dutch was paid two pounds seven and sixpence, which at the time he was getting for half a weeks wages at Broons timberyard in Brooklyn. It only cost two pounds and sixpence for the taxi home. He bought his first guitar in 1959 and by 1960 he was playing in the trendy coffee lounges of that time. Making up most of the songs as he went along, he found the blues was exactly the music in which to express his feelings. With no one to teach him, he developed his own style that remains unique to himself. Dutch made his first record in 1972 and it was released one year later. His collaborators were Brian Cadd, Phil Manning, Barry Sullivan, Barry Harvey, Laurie Prior and Broderick Smith. In 1975 he started recording for an independent label, Eureka and consequently recorded two direct to disc records with greats Jimmy Conway and Kevin Borich. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/5125523" params="show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700" width="100%" height="81" ] During the seventies, Dutch fronted such Blues and Boogie bands as the Elks, the Cyril 'B' Bunter Band and Mickey Finn. In 1980 he formed the 'R&B Six', a band that included Charley Elul (drums), Peter Frazer (sax), Suzanne Petersen (flute and vocals), Mick Eliot (guitar) and Dave Murray (bass and vocals). This band toured Australia extensively. In the meantime, Dutch also worked solo and toured with John Mayall, Taj Mahal, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. In 1976, having only heard Dutch, B B King assumed that he was black. Brownie and Dutch became best mates simply because Browney believed that the Dutchman was a genuine bluesman, regardless of his racial origins. Since then, Dutch has been honoured with many awards, most notedly for his performances with his band, 'The Blues Club'. Towards the end of his career he mainly performed as a solo artist, though he did enjoy getting together with Geoff Achison doing amazing duo chops. Dutch also liked to get together with Greg Dodd, Rob O'Toole and Peter Beulke forming a group called 'His Blusicians'. Dutch ranked among his favourite guitarists; Geoff Achison, Kevin Borich and the Emmanuel brothers. He excused himself by saying he only played the guitar as he didn't know what to do with his hands while he sang. He said that the blues is the song and the guitar is just the accompainment, like the banjo used to be and the lyre long ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmjMMMzoxoY&feature=related Follow Dutch on: Katie Underwood started her professional career in Australia as a member of the pop group Bardot, created by the TV show Popstars in 2000. Bardot achieved huge success in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, achieving double-platinum sales for their debut album and singles. It seems odd to label Boyracer one of Australia's hottest young bands - sure, they're hot, and they are Aussie - but how can a band that's been rocking across the country for close on 9 years still be considered young? Rose Arbuckle is an exciting and independent young and sassy singer song writer emerging from Australia. Her music is a new style of exciting pop. Her debut single due for release early 2011 is destined to be a major hit. Colin Crosbie is a man with plenty of experience behind him. Some would call him a former adventurer, although from our perspective, it would seem that not all of those adventures are now in the rear view mirror. Natasha Duarté
Marc Collis
Dutch Tilders
Katie Underwood
Zero Degrees
Boyracer
Rose Arbuckle
Colin Crosbie
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