Muso to watch! Kate Miller-Heidke!

We had a family outing today - spent an hour on the 'behind the scenes tour' of the Adelaide Festival Centre, which both Beth and I found interesting. Not sure how much the kids enjoyed it...

Then a quick lunch in the AFC, then listened to music. The Festival Centre puts on a free musical performance each Sunday from 2:00 - 3:30 pm. Today Kate Miller-Heidke from Brisbane, and her band, played in the piano bar at the Festival Centre.

What a great show! I'm not a muso, but the place was absolutely packed, and the audience really got into the show. I overheard one fellow listener describing Miller-Heidke as 'kinda Bjork, kinda Kate Bush, but it works when you see her in person.' I couldn't help comparing her singing with that of Ute Lemper. Wonderful voice, huge range. Apparently she was going to be an opera singer but folk/pop won-out! Lucky us.

Her songs were funny, emotional, entertaining. I told the kids, 'she had passion in her performance!'

She has released a CD, and one of her songs is getting played regularly on the radio. My feeling is that really good things are going to happen for her. She certainly deserves it with such talent!

Go Kate!

Rick Clise