Naked Raven

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Naked Raven is an Australian chamber pop band from Melbourne, formed in 1994. Combining elements of jazz, pop, folk and classical music, 'The Ravens' (as the band is affectionately known) produce highly sophisticated, emotive sounds, sometimes ethereal, always hauntingly beautiful.

Naked Raven is unusual among Australian bands in that it spends much of its time touring Europe, especially Germany, where it has achieved a degree of critical acclaim and commercial success. The line-up of Naked Raven has changed several times; the sole remaining original member is James Richmond, and the current lead singer is Janine Maunder.

The shortly released Album "Never Quite" is the first which was not recorded in Australia. Instead the Ravens went to a studio in Berlin, the city that became sort of their second home.

1 Current Set
2 Discography
3 Concerts
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Current Set

Janine Maunder (voc., piano)
Stephanie Lindner (violin)
James Richmond (drums, percussion)
Anne-Christin Schwarz (cello)
Tim McMillan (guitar)

[edit] Discography

1994 Blame
1997 Three Remaining Questions
2000 Harm's Way
2001 St. Kilda Pier (EP)
2002 Wrong Girl
2003 Live Girl
2004 Someday (Single]
2004 Holding Our Breath
2005 Home (DVD)
2006 Here With You (Single)
2006 Never Quite

[edit] Concerts

23. Sep Hamburg (GER)
29. Sep Wald / Winegg (CH)
04. Oct Oldenburg, Theater Laboratorium (GER)
05. Oct Kiel, KulturForum (GER)
06. Oct Rostock Pumpe (GER)
07. Oct Wredenhagen Cafe Scheune (GER)
24. Oct München, Das Schloss (GER)
25. Oct Aschaffenburg, Colos Saal (GER)
26. Oct Freiburg, E-Werk (GER)
27. Oct Fulda, Kreuz (GER)
28. Oct Ludwigsburg, Scala (GER)
29. Oct Ansbach Kammerspiele (GER)
31. Oct Ludwigshafen, Das Haus (GER)
09. Nov Bonn, Harmonie (GER)
11. Nov Göttingen, Freie Waldorfschule (GER)
12. Nov Halle, Objekt 5 (GER)
13. Nov Halle, Objekt 5 (if 1st night is sold out) (GER)
28. Nov Mainz, Frankfurter Hof (GER)
30. Nov Mol, Cuulturcentrum ´t Getouw (BELGIUM)
02. Dec Aachen, Ludwig Forum (GER)

[edit] Trivia

Lead singer Janine Maunder, while relatively unknown in Australia, is frequently heard on television as the current singer for the theme song of the Australian soap opera Neighbours.