Kate Miller-Heidke

There once lived a boy. This boy went to Race Course Road Street Festival about 5 years ago. There he saw for the first time an unusual, yet attractive and talented performer. This performer lived in his home city of Brisbane.

She had a great stage presence, even on that humble road. Her songs sang about events and places that occurred in Brisbane. ..Paddington, the Valley. The crowd could easily relate to her and her familiar stories. She had operatic training and unbeknown to him at the time she had already won many awards.

As well as original songs sung by her. She did the odd cover song as well. Imagine the TimeWarp done in a kinda hybrid pop/opera or popera if you will. Notably, overly, intensely, certifiably excellent. Very noice.

One might call her quirky, but the boy later found out in a local paper that she hates being called quirky.

He was impressed. She left an impression that 5 years later drew him into her latest CD launch concert at the Tivoli in Fortitude Valley.

Of course within those five years she had released other CDs, performed at Woodford and supported other music artists at other concerts, many of which the boy had attended.

But 5 years later, most of his friends still didn't really appreciate her like the boy did. "Not really my kind of music", they would say. "She's weird".

But that's the point isn't it? She *is* a little bit different and that's what makes her stand out. If she makes it big internationally, she will have defined a new kind of genre of music.

So, 5 years later, that stage presence is even grander. She knows how to warm the crowd, tell a funny, she still does a random cover here and there. This time she did The Voice as performed by John Farnham.

As mentioned earlier, no one he knew liked her, so he had trouble finding someone to go to the concert with him. As bad as it sounds he kind of guilted his girlfriend to come with.

The night was awesomely enjoyable. The set list was perfect. She performed the boy's favourites; some from old some from new. The crowd was loud and crazy and sang along. Her band was as zany as she was. Holding his girlfriend, the boy was in perfect company.

The Tivoli is a beautiful venue. Anyone who has not been there is definitely missing out on a great experience. This night in particular was a great experience and for $32.50 per ticket the boy and his girlfriend had a special night.

That boy of course, is me and the performer, as the title suggests, is Kate Miller-Heidke.

Her latest album is called Curiouser and my favourite song from it is "God's Gift to Women". I think she's gonna be big. Mainstream just doesn't 'get it' yet.