Clare Bowditch
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| Clare Bowditch | ||
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 Clare Bowditch on stage at the Melbourne launch of her second album, What Was Left.
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Genre(s) | Folk Rock Pop |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar | |
| Years active | 1999–present | |
| Label(s) | Capitol/EMI | |
| Website | Official website | |
Clare Bowditch is an Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She came to prominence in 2005 with the release of her second album What Was Left, which received excellent critical reviews, high rotation airplay on radio station Triple J and moderate commercial success. She won the Best Female Artist award at the 2006 ARIAs.
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[edit] Biography
Bowditch was one of the founding members of Red Raku, a folk band that released two albums, before moving onto her solo work. Between 2000 and 2001 she moved to Canada to study ethnomusicology/songwriting. Her folk-pop style has been compared to that of Cat Power and Beth Orton. She plays the guitar. She has a daughter, Asha, and twin sons, Elijah and Oscar, with her partner and frequent musical collaborator, Marty Brown.
In the 2006 ARIA awards she won the award for best female artist.
[edit] Touring
Clare spent much of 2004 touring. She has completed six national tours with the Feeding Set alone, as well as played support to musicians such as Elvis Costello, James Blunt, Paul Kelly, Pete Murray, Missy Higgins, The Waifs, Xavier Rudd, Tim Rogers, Paul Dempsey, and Cat Power. She has built a reputation for a "compelling live show" [1] through appearances at music festivals including the Falls Festival and the Meredith Music Festival.
[edit] Members
Clare has recorded her last two albums with her band, the Feeding Set.
- Marty Brown of Art of Fighting, Sodastream (drums)
- J Walker of Machine Translations (guitar)
- Libby Chow (vocals, french horn)
- Warren Bloomer (bass)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Red Raku albums
- Sweetly Sedated (1999)
- Roda Leisis May (2000)
[edit] Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set
- Human Being (EP, 2003)
- Monday Comes (EP, 2003)
- Autumn Bone (2004) - independent release
- Which Way to Go (EP, 2004)
- Divorcee by 23 (EP, 2005)
- On This Side (EP, 2005)
- What Was Left (2005) - Capitol/EMI
[edit] Tracks on compilation albums
- "Hallelujah", a cover version of the Leonard Cohen song, recorded by Triple J and released on the album Like a Version (2005) [2]
- "Fall At Your Feet", a cover version of the Crowded House song recorded for the Finn Brothers tribute album She Will Have Her Way (2005)
