Burra. Gympie. Parachilna. Wangaratta. You name a town in Australia, chances are Harry Hookey has played it, probably in the last month. This is a man who lives and breathes the troubadour tradition. 

Hookey’s not a man who likes to stand still and, remarkably, the songs on his latest album are not old chestnuts worn smooth by the road. Misdiagnosed is a result of recent inspiration, some of which only came to life as the process progressed.

“They were all written in maybe the year, year and a half before recording,” he explains. “Half of them came into their own into the studio – I might’ve just had a chorus, or a melody.” That’s exemplified in ‘Man on Fire’, which went from barely an idea to becoming the album’s agenda-setting opening track.

“I just had that lyric in my head and a little chord progression, and I didn’t think anything of it – but Nash said ‘go in there and play, I’ll press record and see what happens” and we had that song out in about three takes,” Hookey laughs. “It was just a really cool experience. I didn’t even know it was in me, and now it’s one of my favourite songs on the record. It kinda symbolises the whole experience.”

The other key song is the album’s rocking title track, a song which won him first place in the Unsigned category at last year’s International Songwriting Awards.

“If I had to use one song to define myself, it’d be that song. It’s maybe at the Kurt Cobain end of the spectrum rather than the James Taylor end,” he chuckles, “but I do like rocking out on it live.”  

Odette is a singer, songwriter and self-taught pianist hailing from inner-west Sydney. With Zulu heritage on her mothers side, and a long line of English jazz pianists on her fathers side - Odette was born with music in her soul. At just 16 years old, her voice and lyrics hit hard and bely her age. Her influences range from Blur and Sia, to Bjork and Angelique Kidjo, Missy Higgins to Janelle Monae, old school R&B - certainly making for an eclectic palate of sound to draw from. She recently supported Lior at the Seymour Centre in Sydney, captivating the crowd with the ease and rawness of her live performance, creativity and individuality.

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