butterfly 9,
Tania Bowra,
Abby Dobson,
Jackie Bristow,
Kara Grainger,
Greta Gertler
Influences
The artists on Craving Records have a wide range of influences. To read about their influences, visit their individual pages. Encompassing the great women singer songwriters of our time including Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Lucinda Wiliams, Bonnie Raitt, Edith Piaf and many more, the artists on Craving have their own individual styles and wear their influences differently. Other influences would range from Neil Young, Crowded House, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beatles, to Willie Nelson. Check them all out individually!
Craving Records is a Sydney based label delivering the finest female singers and songwriters this country has to offer. Collectively these artists deliver a soulful and intelligent take on modern pop music for grownups. Individually they create organic and distinctive musical worlds; each with a well cultivated songwriting style with refreshing depth and substance.
Australian songstress and guitarist Kara Grainger’s take on the Americana sound is a sensual one combining a soulful voice and technically masterful and emotive slide, electric and acoustic guitar work in passionate and insightful originals and co-written songs. It’s showcased in a collection of blues-roots-pop gems, GRAND AND GREEN RIVER, for which a U.S. label is being sought for its release. Grainger got started in a working-class suburb of Sydney, playing guitar in high school in several bands, then touring the continent and its music festivals, and recording band CDs and solo EPs.
GRAND AND GREEN RIVER (was recorded at Redstar and Village Studios), Grainger’s debut album with producer-instrumentalist David Kalish (Rickie Lee Jones) and Barrie Maguire (Amos Lee) features great musicians such as organist Jeff Young (Jackson Browne, Julia Fordham), pianist Joel Guzman (Los Super Seven), bass player Reggie McBride (Stevie Wonder, John Lee Hooker) and drummer Richie Hayward (Little Feat). Also on the album is a duet with Blue Note singer Amos Lee, “On My Way.”
Multi gold-selling artist, Abby Dobson is a highly regarded and popular singer and songwriter in the Australian music industry. With her band Leonardos Bride, she recorded the album Angel Blood, including the single Even When Im Sleeping achieving gold sales for both album and single, which also won APRA's Song Of The Year 2000. She has collaborated with many Australian artists, such as Paul Mac, and has written for film and television including the highly popular and award winning series Secret Life Of Us for which she wrote 3 songs which received much national airplay. A passionate and edgy popwriter.
Abby Dobson's debut solo album, RISE UP, was recorded at Big Jesus Burger and Electric Avenue and features Sydney's best and favorite musicians including Paul Mac (Silverchair), Naomi Radom (Coda), Robert F Cranny (Sarah Blasko), and has the stunning string arrangements of Sydney's maestro Jackie Orszaczky. Stay tuned for all release news..
"…seductive rapture …"- rolling stone
"a mega watt powerful voice which conjures melancholy, romance and sex, seemingly out of the ether" the independent, england.
Jackie Bristow has completed her new album CRAZY LOVE. Produced by LA-based Helik Hadar (mixer/engineer for Madeleine Peyroux, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright) and Mark Howard (Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow). The album includes such musical lumiinaries as Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, Peter Gabriel), Tim Pierce (Tom Petty, Tracy Chapman, Rod Stewart) Don Heffington (Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams), Larry Goldings (James Taylor) and more.
Jackie has toured Australia with Daniel Lanois, opened for Madeleine, Art Garfunkel, Capercaille, Renee Geyer and more. See www.jackiebristow.com for more information.
"Bristow is a singer-songwriter with a penchant for sweet melodies and hypnotic tones. She counts Patty Griffin and Crowded House as favorites, and her style incorporates a bit of both, blending Neil Finn’s airy pop smarts with Griffin’s emotional directness and vibrancy." Michael McCall, Nashville Scene, 05/10/07
"sexiness and substance that can take you to a million different places mentally. Her mature pop sensibilities reveal an uncompromisingly poignant display of pure open passion. A sweet euphoria." Revolver Magazine
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