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Artists:Penelope Swales
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Penelope Swales, at the cutting edge of contemporary folk in Australia, like a musical journalist she constantly tours Australia and the world. Described by Sydney's Drum Media Magazine as "The most authentic voice to come out of Australia in the last 15 years", she combines wry and often outrageous humour with her deep passion for people and issues. Her spoken word material swings from anecdotes bordering on stand-up comedy to an astute presentation of deeply challenging and thought-provoking ideas. She pokes sly fun at our failings while celebrating with insight and compassion our attempts to build a better world and our capacity for love, courage and sensuality.
Swales has just completed her fifth tour of the United States, playing festivals, folk clubs and house concerts from New York to Kentucky. "There are many parallels to be drawn between the Australian experience and the American one" she says "but it's different enough to give people a fresh sense of perspective, and look at things in a new light."
Swales' latest studio album Monkey Comfort was number 6 on the Australian Independent Blues and Roots charts for two months and has garnered an number of 4-star reviews. More recently at the behest of fans she released Archive Vol 2: Songs from the Borderline which showcases the best of 3 early releases that have been unavailable for over a decade.
In concert and in the studio, Swales blends old and new. Not only does she sing a cappella and with guitar, but by applying a footswitched on-the-spot sampler to both vocals and guitar she builds live, hypnotic soundscapes over which she delivers a shatteringly incisive commentary.
Penelope has toured in Japan, Britain, the United States, Canada, China and New Zealand..
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| Penelope Swales on Wikipedia |
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Artist name is|Penelope Swales Last played| more than 1 month ago ---------------------------------------- Show name| Songs by Penelope Swales Length| 15 minutes Order by| random Limit| 3 songs ----------------------------------------
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- Spotlighted: Sunday, June 13th 2004
- Songs on WWR: 56
- Total plays: 350
- Total requests: 76
- Total listens: 7612
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