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Not content with just one launch party we decided to do a month of performances in March 2003.
And a very busy and successful month it was, with the highlights being Friday nights at Sydney’s prestigious Wine Banc, the shooting of a live DVD at Wine Banc (thanks Grant Sassall) and an exhilarating outdoor performance at The Opera Bar at Circular Quay.
Oh…and loads of cd sales!
March 28 marked the official release party at Wine Banc to celebrate the Australian release of the album. According to management at Wine Banc it was a record crowd!
Special thanks to my amazing band…Bill Risby (piano), Peter Northcote (guitar), Victor Rounds (bass) and the album’s producer, Kere Buchanan (drums).
“Thinkin’ Too Much” was played during Angela Catterns’ “Soulfood” programme on all International and Domestic flights in April 2003.
Latest news with Louise is that, along with producer/co-writer Kere Buchanan, she has scored a 2nd placing in the Gospel section of The BILLBOARD Song Competition for their song “Prayer For You”.
Out of 9 categories – there is only one other Australian (3rd in the Dance section) and one Englishman (1st in Jazz section) who placed in the top 3 in each category – the rest are American winners.
Another award to add to the already impressive list for her latest album, “Whisper My Name”!
“Thinkin’ Too Much” has been added to the ABC RADIO playlist as of November 2000.
Sydney Soul Sister, Georgina Reed, and the guys at 2NSB 99.3FM on The North Shore are playing “Whisper My Name”.
Larry Price featured the album (whisper) for the month of November, 2002 at FM 90.5 and plays tracks regularly.
Terence Gaynon who is Network Program Director for the Australian Smooth Jazz Network has programmed “Whisper My Name” on FM90.5 and FM87.6
Thanks so much for your support you guys!
It seems that “Stay” just made me the weekly champion on this website – voted for by both industry and the general public.
Onto another compilation album I go! The “makeastar” album will be available in the US early 2003.
“Stay” will be one of the songs to appear on Louise’s newest project, “Whisper My Name”, due out early in 2003.
A superb collection of finely crafted, award-winning R&B songs from one of Australia’s most versatile and energetic performers. Louise has been compared to greats such as Laura Nyro, Minnie Riperton and Anita Baker as a result of this recording. You will want to come back to this album again and again.
Be transported by this mesmerising selection of timeless songs presented intimately and beautifully on piano and vocals.
Recorded on a friend’s Steinway, and with their pet bird chirping in the background and the painter next door moving his ladder constantly (!), the songs are sometimes played exactly as written, and sometimes not, but always with Bill’s superb touch and sense of romance and Louise’s soulful, stirring vocals.
Known around the Sydney, Australia music scene as “the white woman with the black voice”, Louise glides effortlessly from contemporary adult pop to smooth soul, to erotically inviting rock, to memorable award-winning ballads. Recorded at The Sydney Opera House, this is the cd that launched Louise onto the soul music scene.
With just one or two guitars or simply piano as well as hand percussion, the vocals are given the chance to be the star here. This award-winning recording is a celebration of what can be achieved “live” with little instrumentation and amplification. Well crafted, sensitively composed and arranged, the songs are at times humorous, instantly “hummable” and always heartfelt and honest.Read More