Waifs "Lighthouseman"
The Waifs formed in 1992, they are a folk rock band from Western Australia. The original members of the Waifs are Josh Cunningham (guitar, vocals) and sisters Vikki Thorn (harmonica, guitar, vocals) and Donna Simpson (guitar, vocals). Their current tour band also incudes Ben Franz (bass) and David Ross MacDonald (drums). They supported Bob Dylan when on his Australian tour, he asked them to join him in his 2003 North American tour, including the Newport Folk Festival. The Waifs own Jarrah Records, an independent label with John Butler of The John Butler Trio.
ARIA Awards for:
2003: Best Roots and Blues Album and Best Independent Album.Best Produced Album and Best Engineered Album. Chris Thompson was the Producer and Engineer for ''Up All Night', as well as singles 'London Still', 'Bridal Train' and the live double album
2006: USA Songwriting Competition, First Prize in the 'Folk' category, and Overall First Prize for the song Bridal Train, written by Vikki Thorn2003: ARIA Awards, Best Independent Release for Up All Night
Les Q said...
ReplyDeleteThey have a good sound. The "Lighthouse" song has the twang of Cheryl Crow a bit.
The songs on their myspace page are good. http://myspace.com/thewaifs
Most people would recognise the "London Still" song. It got a fair bit of airplay when it was released
yevisha said...
i love the waifs. their new one is really good. i saw the concert with bobby. brilliant. hope you are well. :)
Terry Da Grum said ...
Hi there Lynne. I agree with you about the Waifs. They are very special.
RE: AUSTRALIAN IDOL
Les Q said...
its a hard one
matt and nat are the best singers but....
We may have the 2 boys in the final I think
Lynne said...
go Carl .........
yevisha said...
i don't watch idol but saw it last sunday night with kim, the boy in the hat, matt i think, not sure, was amazing. he's in the final two. what a presence this kid has. i was most impressed. i haven't seen the girl perform so may watch the last show just to check it out. kim loves it. she tells me all the goss about the show.
Terry da Grump said...
The final of Idol will definitely be worth watching. It's going to be a close finish I think. Very hard to pick who the winner will be, and I don't think either of the finalists performed at their best last Sunday. I personally think that Natalie will win. But they're both polished performers. Matt tends to pick songs that don't suit him. He was at his best the night they all sang Jazz songs. He is exceptionally suited to singing jazz and could be very sucessfull at it, though there is a limited audience for jazz these days.
Personally, I lost a lot of interest in the comp when Tarisai was eliminated, I though she was good enough to go all the way!
I had a bit of a read through your previous posts just now and it seems that you've had more than your share of grief over the years. My sympathies on your losses.
Terry