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| Joy & Lara
were discovered in 1998 by visiting Irish 'supergroup' Lunasa
while playing at a Sydney venue. The band invited the pair to support
them at an up-coming Basement show, a performance which led in turn to the
duo being chosen to open for both Art Garfunkel and Leo
Kottke at the Sydney State Theatre, as
well as Bruce Cockburn on
his sell-out tour. Since then, they have toured as far as Perth and performed
the length of the east coast including the prestigious Port
Fairy, Woodford
and Blue Mountains
Folk Festivals as well as opening
for Lunasa on their subsequent tours to Australia. In May 1999 ABC Radio playlisted the song Papa Luigi's from their debut CD 'These Strange Days'. In May 2000 Joy & Lara toured nationally with Luka Bloom and released their second full-length CD 'Thin Ice', a collection of original songs exploring the fragility of life and love. The title track was immediately added to ABC playlists around the country. Joy and Lara are currently recording their third album due for release early 2005. |
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| JOY originally hails from Perth. Since relocating to Sydney she has contributed harmonies to many of Australia's well known acts. She was a formative member of pop group The Whipper Snappers, co-writing the band's Top 10 indie single You Never Look, charting commercially with a rendition of Russell Morris' Sweet, Sweet Love and causing a minor sensation with an adaptation of Stairway to Heaven for Andrew Denton's Money or the Gun series on ABC TV. |
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| LARA is an accomplished musician who began studying violin at the age of four. She first appeared on the Sydney scene when she joined the Whipper Snappers on Joy's departure. She has since gone on to become one of the most sought after violinists in the country and has achieved international success with electric string quartet FOURPLAY. Lara has worked with Grammy Award-winning producer Larry Kein (Joni Mitchell), The Whitlams, Josh Abrahams, George, Deborah Conway, Jimmy Little, Karma County, Skunkhour, The Screaming Jets, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), JuJu Space Jazz, and Gerling to name a few, as both violinist and singer. | ||
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