Greta is currently performing in NYC with a range of EXTROVERTS, INTROVERTS and the occasional PERVERT. Please check out this video of her performing "FLORA" at Mercury Lounge (NYC) with William ’Beaver’ Bausch (drums), J. Walter Hawkes (trombone), Ron Caswell (tuba) & Michael Gomez (guitar).
Greta performs "SNOWBIRD" at Barbes (Brooklyn) with Alice Bierhorst (drums), Byron Isaacs (bass), Michael Gomez (guitar) & Pete Galub (guitar):
Influences
Donny Hathaway, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Stew, ABBA, Laura Nyro, Cole Porter, Neil Finn, Milton Nascimento, Tim Finn, Brian Wilson, The Beatles, Egberto Gismonti, Boney M, Beethoven, Bach, Schubert, Bach, Dvorak, Purcell, Bartok, Mozart, Chopin, Steely Dan, Eliot Smith, Benjamin Britten, Kate Bush, Kylie Minogue, Tim Freedman, Robyne Dunn, Chris Abrahams, Ron Sexsmith, Melanie Oxley, Barney McAll, Sean Wayland, Pete Galub, Sandy Denny, Kirsty Macoll, James Reyne, Linda Thompson, Alice Bierhorst, Sandy Bell, Morton Feldman, Desmond Dekker, Noe Venable, Captain Beefheart, Noam Weinstein, Jenifer Jackson, Clare Muldaur Manchon, Aimee Mann, Michael Gomez, Dan Bryk, Lee Feldman, George Michael, Wham!, Suddenly Tammy!, Cold Chisel, Slavic Soul Party!, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, XTC, Depeche Mode, Noah Simon, Jonathan Maron, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Maxim Moston, Mondo Rock, AC/DC, Byron Isaacs, Joy & Lara, Dan Weiss, Hoagy Carmichael, Thomas Morgan, Eliot Krimsky, Joan Wasser, Olivier Manchon, Robert Di Pietro, Jesse Harris, Nirvana, Paul Bryan, Jon Brion, Aimee Mann, Beth Sorrentino, Billy Joel, Elton John, The Band, Thompson Twins, Howard Jones, Sound Liberation, The Carpentier Quartet, Jason Crigler, Dayna Kurtz, Joe Barbato, Richard X. Heyman, Rachelle Garniez, Serena Jost, Kevin House, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Split Enz, Brazilian Girls, Glenn Tilbrook, Jamie Cameron, Alex Hewetson, Joan As Policewoman, Alice Bierhorst, Russ Kaplan, Electronic, Guillemots, Bryce Goggin, the subways of New York, swimming across Bondi Beach.
VIDEO CLIP of "JULIAN" (featuring Greta's band PECCADILLO; circa 1998 - Sydney, Australia)
Greta singing the part of "THE GIRL WHO LOVES CONTRAPUNTAL MUSIC" in LEE FELDMAN's animated musical, "STARBOY":
EDIBLE RESTAURANT (Appetizer Edition) is available below via the SNOCAP Store or on ..
THE BABY THAT BROUGHT BAD WEATHER is also available below via the SNOCAP Store or on ..
NERVOUS BREAKTHROUGHS (with PECCADILLO) is, amazingly, available on ..
EDIBLE RESTAURANT
A new album by
GRETA GERTLER & THE EXTROVERTS
The award-winning Australian singer-songwriter and pianist announces the release of EDIBLE RESTAURANT - a tasty pop exploration into the meaning of food (and more), recorded with her brilliant New York-based tuba rock band and mixed by master chef, Bryce Goggin (Pavement, Joan as Policewoman, The Ramones).
Greta met THE EXTROVERTS whilst cocktail waitressing at Barbes, a popular music venue in Brooklyn. The band members, who had to take a Myers-Briggs personality test before joining, include Slavic Soul Party’s Matt Moran (mobile percussion unit) as well as dueling guitarists, Pete Galub (Amy Allison) and Michael Gomez (Hazmat Modine). The album also features special "guestroverts" Clare Muldaur, Olivier Manchon (Sufjan Stevens), Josh Camp (One Ring Zero), Eliot Krimsky (Flying) and Jonathan Maron (Groove Collective).
Greta has spent the past eight years performing in Australia, the US and Europe. She has opened for Martha Wainwright, Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Jolie Holland, Keren Ann and Madeleine Peyroux, co-written two Top 40 songs ("Blow Up the Pokies" and "Charlie 3") recorded by The Whitlams (Warner Music Australia), and appeared numerous times on national television and radio in Australia and New York.
Her debut solo release "The Baby That Brought Bad Weather" (2004) is a lush, orchestral pop album featuring over 30 of New York’s finest musicians. It received glowing praise from American press and radio, described as "one of those hoped-for revelations that emerged from the never ending pile of new releases" by Vin Scelsa (WFUV) and "a sonic revelation and lyrical treat" by John Rhodes (Headliner Magazine, Radio City Music Hall).
"David Byrne got it right: we need more songs about buildings and
food.This is Greta Gertler’s third consecutive brilliant album: it’s a gorgeously stark, retro, mostly acoustic album, tastefully produced with grand piano, electric guitar, tuba, drums and occasional strings. The album’s title track vividly evokes the chaos of a busy eatery at peak hour, an endless series of unexpected shifts." - Alan Young, Lucid Culture.com
"As those lucky enough to see her on a recent visit know, all those years living a not-quite-glamorous life in New York as a frequently working, occasionally eating musician have not blunted the charm of Bondi’s Greta Gertler. She still has the light touch that can make a song bounce along like a cheeky smile on a naughty-but-nice schoolgirl." - Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald
" She has a spacious voice and a welcome weakness for lushly orchestrated seventies-era singer-songwriter pop." - The New Yorker Magazine
"An intriguing and ultra-talented musician on the rise, possessing a
sweetly lyrical voice, an arrestingly quirky sensibility, and a chamber-pop band that fits no pigeonholes. Some hear Rufus Wainwright, other Aimee Mann. All I hear is Greta Gertler - and I like what I hear." - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
Please visit www.GretaGertler.net
Check out Greta & The Extroverts performing "ONLY AN OCEAN" (new song) at Barbes:
For all bookings, please contact:
Martha Sonnenbaum at Goldfish Prize - goldfishprize @ gmail.com
Greta Gertler & The Extroverts's Friend Space (Top 24)
how did the solo gig go?? ..thought i'd let you know I have a CD coming out on New York label 'Thirsty Ear' on Oct 21. Well actually its my mate Pete Wyer's album and i'm just on one of the tracks. anyway.. getting closer to NY if only sonically spun in your direction. its a sort of narrative play featuring the whisky old voice of Steve Dalachinsky. I believe there to be a launch but right now it would take a magical potion to get me accross that ocean. ..off to glastonbury instead.
hope all is well, fine and spirited with you right now.
Hi Greta! It was nice meeting you a while back at Noe's show. I love what you do, and listen to the album of yours I bought that night all the night. I hope our paths cross again soon :) Much xoxo & respect, Rachael
totally engaging = luv to see you live! bootyfull sounds sista welcome to our neighborhood across the ocean - luv connecting to the music of the world! peace & mometta4U!
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