As I boarded my plane from Sydney to Melbourne, I thought it would be perfect time to give Kate Miller-Heidke’s new album Nightflight a listen. Alas, my journey wasn’t a long enough nightflight to hear every song, so I had to continue my listening session the following day. Not that it caused me any displeasure.
Amazingly it’s already been over three years since the release of Curiouser so it’s only natural that there’s been a change in Kate’s sound. The title track is hauntingly beautiful and particularly poignant when your sat alone on a plane in the dark on the opposite side of...
Kate Miller-Heidke recently wowed the country with her Ben Folds’ support slot and her solo show at Camden’s Monto Water Rats gave us a greater insight into the Australian Singer Songwriter. Here at MTTM we’re big fans, so caught up with Kate to talk about a third album, her operatic background and… Jedward.
MTTM: You trialled some new songs at your recent Monto Rats show, are these going towards a third album?
Kate Miller-Heidke: Yes. We’ve been writing a lot lately. It’s always a buzz to play a new song publicly for the first time – the song takes on a new life...
Photos of Kate Miller-Heidke at The Water Rats, London on 24th March 2011. Taken by Jo Cox – www.jocoxphotography.co.uk
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Having seen Kate perform twice before, I was well aware of the talent that was about to walk onto the stage. From the first note of The Tiger Inside Will Eat The Child, the rest of the crowd were quick to share my sentiment for Kate and her guitarist (and husband) Keir Nuttall. With just seven songs to convert the Folds fans, Kate crammed in some of her best performances. Politics In Space captured everyone’s attention with her incredible operatic outbursts that are incomparable to any live musical performance I’ve ever witnessed.
The crowd was left bemused once more as Kate’s array of...
Excuse me Marina, step aside Gaga, out of the way Cyndi, there’s a new entrant in the quirky field and she’s already taking Australia by storm. Having made her name with that Facebook song (Are You F**king Kidding Me?) Australian born Kate Miller-Heidke might be classically trained, but she’s already making her name known in the pop arena. Nominated for a range of ARIA Awards last year, a slot in this year’s Lilith Fair line up and Caught in the Crowd having reached number 3 in Australia after is use in the hit show Neighbours, Kate only has Europe left to conquer and if her second...
