Brisbane based singer-songwriter Cath Mundy was attracted to her husband UK songwriter Jay Turner through his songwriting and melodies.
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“Jay’s songs stayed with me for long after I heard him in concert. I found I couldn’t stop harmonising to them in my head.”
A Redland audience can enjoy them too when the pair perform at Indigiscapes, Runnymede Road, Capalaba from 3pm to 4pm on Sunday, November 6. The gig is part of a Folk Redlands event which starts at 1pm with a blackboard performance, followed by a harmony workshop from 2pm to 3pm.
Mundy and Turner crossed paths when Turner travelled to Australia in 1995 for a four-month tour of Australia and New Zealand, and including a gig at Victoria’s Port Fairy Festival. They met backstage after Mundy performed with the a capella trio Sister Moon Ensemble.
“I was mightily impressed by Sister Moon’s show and instantly recognised a common passion and commitment in both our approaches to songwriting and live performance.”
During late-night vocal jam sessions, Turner discovered that Mundy played piano, violin, and shared his love of theatre. By July 1995, the newly discovered “soul mates” were together in Brisbane co-composing and collaborating. In October, they took part in an inspirational gospel-singing tour of African American churches in Southern USA, led by Tony Backhouse. The songwriting culminated in their first official joint recording in Memphis at the legendary Sun Studio.
The duo has now been performing, recording and touring internationally for 20 years, with their shows a celebration of musical collaboration featuring blended harmonies and fine instrumental work on fiddle, guitar, piano, ukulele and mandolin.
As songwriters and interpreters, they tap into the rich vein of contemporary and traditional folk-roots music of Britain and Australia to create a sound and style that is fresh, powerful and uniquely Mundy-Turner.
Entry is free. More on iwww.folkredlands.org