Clare Bowditch
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| Clare Bowditch | |
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 Clare Bowditch during the songwriter's workshop at The Great Escape music festival, 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Folk Rock Pop |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Label(s) | Capitol/EMI |
| Website | Official website |
Clare Bowditch (b. 1975) 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
Clare Bowditch began writing songs at an early age. She continued writing in private until 1998 when she met John Hedigan, forming their first band, Red Raku. Marty Brown, today Clare's partner, produced their first EP. Clare and Marty had their first daughter, Asha, in 2004, around the same time Clare received her first recording grant from Art’s Victoria’s Music for the Future program. Autumn Bone was recorded in the front room of their house in Melbourne, with Libby Chow and Warren Bloomer. The Feeding Set was a name Libby coined as a joke referring to the meals Clare would cook for them every Wednesday night after rehearsal.
In October 2005, Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set licensed their second album, What Was Left to EMI. The album was publicly and critically recognised, with two songs being included in Triple J’s Hottest 100.
In late 2006, Bowditch gave birth to identical twin boys. [1]
Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set released their third album, The Moon Looked On, on October 13, 2007.
An update on her official website, dated 23 April 2008, announced that she was planning a move to Berlin, Germany following an Australian tour with Australian group Hot Little Hands, rather than with the Feeding Set.[2]
[edit] Members
Clare has recorded her last three albums with her band, the Feeding Set.
- Marty Brown of Art of Fighting, Sodastream (drums)
- Tim Harvey of Hot Little Hands (guitar)
- Libby Chow (vocals, french horn)
- Warren Bloomer (bass)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Red Raku albums
- Sweetly Sedated (1998)
- 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 - Australia #35
- The Moon Looked On (2007) - Capitol/EMI - Australia #29
[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)
- "Blood Red Roses" on the album "Cannot Buy My Soul: A Kev Carmody Tribute"
[edit] References
- ^ Rule, Dan. "Gig reviews: Clare Bowditch", Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-10-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Clare Bowditch official website [1], April 23, 2008. Accessed May 20, 2008.
