Keir Nuttall

Keir Nuttall is a Brisbane guitarist, singer and songwriter. He performs and records in the band of his partner Kate Miller-Heidke, the Brisbane singer-songwriter and Sony-BMG artist, as well as in the progressive rock trio Transport.

Kate Miller-Heidke has recorded or performed a number of songs written by Nuttall,[1] including her 2004 turntable hit Space They Cannot Touch, her ARIA-nominated 2007 single Words[2] and other tracks on Little Eve (2007). Nuttall and Miller-Heidke have increasingly written together, and they collaborated on all of the songs on Miller-Heidke's 2008 album Curiouser.[3]

As 'Franky Walnut', during Kate Miller-Heidke concerts, Keir Nuttall has performed his comic songs Where Have I Been All Your Life? and Three Word Review, both of which he has recorded.[4] His first solo album as Franky Walnut, "The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster was nominated for Best Comedy Release at the 2014 ARIAs. [5]

Before joining Transport and Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall played in a number of Brisbane bands,[6] including Complicated Game, experimental rock-funk trio More (formed in Toowoomba with Phil Lepherd and Lachlan Stewart) and 80s covers band Space Invaders.

Caught In The Crowd

In May 2009 Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall were awarded the $US25,000 Grand Prize in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition for their composition "Caught in the Crowd".[7]

Discography

Albums

References

  1. ↑ Profile by Noel Mengel, Something for Kate among the rock hits, Brisbane Courier-Mail, 10 August 2006
  2. ↑ "DIVERSITY RULES THE DAY!" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  3. ↑ Mengel, Noel (17 October 2008). "Kate Miller-Heidke finds a songwriter in her heart". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "MySpace page: Franky Walnut". MySpace.com. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  5. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/aria-music-awards-2014-the-full-list-of-nominees/story-fniwj43s-1227082452534?nk=a2fa7a0044a2d5429bd93a092bc88e6c Retrieved 25 November 2014
  6. ↑ Chris Spencer et al., Who's Who of Australian Rock, Five Mile Press, 5th edition (2002),
  7. ↑ "ISC: 2008 Grand Prize Winner". International Songwriting Competition. Retrieved 4 May 2009.

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