I’ve been lucky enough to join Premier Anna Bligh for the past two years on her regional Christmas Concert tour and in this, the third year of my involvement, I decided to make a feature of beautiful three-part vocal harmonies with Tnee and Euan Gray. It was hard work getting it all together, but the …
Okay – so I did get a prize in the inter-school French speaking competition in Grade 8 for reciting a poem called “Mon Petit Chat Gris”, but who would have thought that more than 20 years, I mean, a few years later I would be singing two songs in French for a documentary made in …
Let’s be honest. Which self-respecting Australian man or woman does not have a crush on ABC Q&A’s host Tony Jones? Imagine my delight when we walked into our dressing room at the Brisbane Convention Centre and saw a label on our dressing room “Melissa Western Ensemble” and right next door “Tony Jones”. What a gracious …
We can’t wait for a Shindig in Shindig! That’s right we will be performing Oh, Lady Be Good in a variety of venues in February, including Shindig, Warwickshire. Our tour is being produced by the UK National Rural Touring Scheme and we’re performing for the Live and Local team in the Midlands. This version of …
Our trip to the UK was a huge success. In our first 24 hours in London I rehearsed with my musicians, performed a gig and went into the studio to record an 11-song CD. Talk about upping the pace! “Oh, Lady Be Good” went down a treat with shows at Frizzante and The Blind Tiger …
