Kate Miller-Heidke (piano, vocals)
Keir Nuttall (guitar)
Nicole Brophy (acoustic guitar, backing vocals)
Ben McCarthy (bass, backing vocals)
Steve Pope (drums)
MANAGEMENT: Leanne de Souza @ BUZZ Office
leanne@buzzoffice.com.au
P 61 7 3366 1038
PO Box 393 Paddington Qld 4064
Influences
Queen, Christine Johnston, Annie Lee, Daniel Kitson, Cyndi Lauper, David Mitchell, Barbara Kingsolver, Hieronymus Bosch, Justin Timberlake, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Leonard Cohen, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Bibb, The Sound of Music, Annie the musical, The Wayfarers, Ani Difranco, Carole King, Kristina Olsen, Micheal Jackson, Transport, Tori Amos, Brian Wilson, Colin Hay, Dolly Parton, Emma Dean, Talking Heads, The Police, Canteloube, The Boat People, Augie March, Suzanne Vega.
Kate is taking a breather from touring whilst she creates a new album over the next few months . . . The KATE MILLER-HEIDKE live band experience returns in late 2008! Tour dates announced in September.
"Enthralled, engaged, transfixed ; that was Miller-Heidke's audience, barely able to break the spell and jig along - this performance was so consuming. In a blood red dress, Miller-Heidke's punishing vocal prowess is the impetus of the gutsiest show in Australian music at the moment. KMH epitomises musical excitement.”
Mike Gribble Adelaide Advertiser (review of Adelaide Fringe Festival)
Nearly a year since the release of her debut album 'Little Eve', Kate Miller-Heidke is one of the most talked about performers in Australian music. Heralded as one of the ultimate acts to catch live, rarely has an artist left fans and reviewers alike so consistently awestruck.
Kate is currently selling out national tours, and supporting the likes of Cyndi Lauper and Evermore, as well as being a major festival draw card (East Coast Blues and Roots, Apollo Bay, Port Fairy, Woodford). It’s a far cry from the girl who, as a child, would charge her parents 5 cents a show to sing in their lounge room.
Traversing a wide landscape of styles, Kate has truly found her feet as a performer. She has a potent presence on stage. The combination of her virtuosic voice, theatrical artistry and the chemistry with her band are devastating.
As one reviewer put it, “A cathartic release of punk opera - stunning, fine and porcelain-fragile meets pummeling, bruising rock & roll.”
It has been a hectic nine months since the release of 'Little Eve', which debuted at 3 on the ARIA Australian Album chart. To celebrate the amazing national reaction to Kate's live shows, the album now comes with a full length DVD of her best performances, including crowd favourites never before recorded. Highlights include 'Australian Idol', her twisted mash-up version of John Farnham's 'You're The Voice' and the electric performance of 'Words' from the 2007 ARIA Awards.
'Space They Cannot Touch' is the third single from the album, and is accompanied by a music video of Kate's performance at Live At The Chapel, showcasing her engaging delivery on stage. This is one of KMH’s most touching songs. After a period of high rotation on Triple J, Kate received a flood of emails in response to ‘Space’.
'Little Eve' can be likened to a set of Russian dolls. Twist open the song to find her special insight. Twist open the insight to find her heartfelt story. The album is a dozen of these dolls; introspective memoirs sparkling with a child's playfulness and imagination. Now accompanied by the incredible footage of the live KMH Band experience, it’s as if those dolls are living and breathing.
“I don’t need to sleep to dream” –Space They Cannot Touch
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Hi Kate! I don't know if you actually respond to these, but I'll give it a shot Just wondering if you've had the pleasure to see Wicked the musical. I think I've listened to the soundtrack as much as I've listened to Little Eve, which is really saying something! It's just that there is something very Kate about the Glinda character, I'd love to hear your opinion if you've seen it! xx
Hi Kate, Cannot wait for the new album! Loving the sneak peaks. Please keep all 13 on it, don't cut it to 11 or 12!!! Do you have a possible release date? I want to start the count down! Keep up the good work xoxo
hey thanks for the add how is life for you? after talking to the people at my school.. i think the sales of your cd may have raised from your performance at bonyi.. all my friends went out and bought your record! haha just wanna say thankyou for your talent, you are a major source of inspiration for many people, myself included. god bless and have an awesome weekend astrid xoxo
Hey Kate, just wanted to let u know I'm currently studying music for my HSC. I came across ur song Blah Blah and I thought hey wouldn't this be awesome to do, so I began workin' on it. Anyway i got full marks for this performance (my assessment mark at the school) and I'm thrilled. Thanks so much for this awesome song can't wait to sing it for the HSC xo Danni.
I congratulate you for beating Ben on Guitar Hero. I became addicted to Guitar Hero on Trisha's DS because I was determined to finish Black Magic Woman by Santana on Hard... I did it after about a week... My fingers were sore for days.
hello. :) im a big fan of you and i was wondering if you could play/paform in BYRON BAY you have been there before but i wasnt there could you come up inbetween te 17th and 24th of Januaray 2009 :) pleaseeeee ily xo
14 Aug: Transit Bar (Canberra) w/ The Dawn Collective 15 Aug: Chilli Lounge (Wyong, Central Coast) w/ Jaywalker + Head of State 16 Aug: Spectrum (Sydney) w/ The Small Hours + Melanie Horsnell 17 Aug: Brass Monkey (Cronulla) 21 Aug: Bon Amici (Toowoomba) 22 Aug: The Zoo (Brisbane) w/ Rocketsmiths + Skinny Jean 23 Aug: Coolangatta Hotel (Coolangatta) w/ Hoodoo Gurus + The Dawn Collective 30 Aug: The East Brunswick Club (Melbourne) w/ Plastic Palace Alice
Hey Kate, Thankyou for sending the awesome email :) Just dropping bye to send some love :) If you get a chance check out our new DEMO "Joker and the Theif" it would be AWESOME !!!!! love Lauren & Sheridan XxXx
My big painting of Kate (which Kate sat for) is on show at the Circle Gallery in West End, Brisbane. That's it in my profile pic.
It's for sale, so it'd be nice if it went to the home of a KMH fan. It's 1.8m X 1.2m.
It's in my joint exhibition, lots of my other works as well, open 15th to 20th August, from 10am to 4pm each day. Circle Gallery, 274 Montague Road, West End.
Also thanks for offering something "different"...there should be more of it...actually, should there be? Cos if there was then it would no longer be that different...hrm... the thick plottens.. Neways, great tunes...
I'm telling anyone and everyone who'll listen the awesomely lucky thing that happened to me this morning! I missed my train so I bought my ticket and sat down all sad because I was going to be late for class. THEN about 5 minutes later the announcement comes over and says the Ekka train is coming and it runs express to Southbank! So I not only got here on time, I got here in like 20 minutes instead of the usual 45!!! And that allows me an extra 20 minutes of internet freeloading.... Hence the enormous pointless comment.
Hello There! My name is Alexandra, and i just wanted to say You're amazing! You seem full of confidence, in the way you sing and act! A Role Model :-) Im hoping that mabye on your next tour, you'd perform a show or two in my town of Warrnambool, in Victoria Nice Meeting You Love Alex xox
hey, i'm so bummed that your gig with colbie caillat at the capitol is 18+ under any other circumstances i would have been there in a second :) hope everything's going well over in the states! xo
Hey, I love ur quirky music it's great, so much so that I have decided to sing ur song Blah blah for my HSC my teacher first introuduced me to ur music and it's been reallyy fun working through it. xx Danielle
