Emma Russack is an Australian singer and songwriter, who grew up in Narooma, New South Wales, where she graduated from high school in 2005.[1] She currently lives in Melbourne.[2]
In 2004, when she was 16, she won the contest Fresh Air of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for young talents with her song "Used To This".[3] By 2008, she was already known on YouTube, where she had posted eight covers,[4] as well as two songs of her own, playing the guitar.[5] For some time between 2007[6] and 2008,[7] she took on the artistic name Lola Flash, while being the singer of a band of the same name. The group members were Jake Phillips (bass), Alec Marshall (guitar), Paul Mc Lean (drums) and Kate Delahunty (violin).[8] The single "Psycho", published in 2009, is from that period.[9] She spent a year travelling around in South America.[2] In 2010, the EP Peasants was published, and in 2012 her first album, Sounds Of Our City, including ten songs, was released.[9] Articles about her have appeared in the German and Australian editions of Rolling Stone and in the Australian magazine Frankie.[10] She had her song "All My Dreaming" featured in the ending of The Walking Dead's Season 9 11th episode, "Bounty".
Discography edit
Solo edit
- Peasants (EP) (2010)
- Sounds Of Our City (2012)
- You Changed Me (2014)
- In A New State (2016)
- Permanent Vacation (2017)
- Winter Blues (2019)
Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton edit
- When It Ends (2018)
- Keep On Trying (2018)
- Take The Reigns (2019)
Awards and nominations edit
EG Awards / Music Victoria Awards edit
The EG Awards (known as Music Victoria Awards since 2013) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[11][12] | Emma Russack | Best Female | Nominated |
References edit
- ^ "Narooma's Emma Russack on RocKwiz". Naroomanewsonline.com. 26 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Interview of Emma Russack". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Used to This by Emma Russack :: Fresh Air". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Emma Russack". Emmarussack.blogspot.com.es.
- ^ She later cancelled her YouTube account, but the videos can still be seen on other people's accounts.
- ^ "Lola Flash - No Flag & What a Night - 21.11.07". YouTube.
- ^ "The home of Half a Cow Records: News". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Cantante australiana trasciende gracias a internet". Blogperiodismo.wordpress.com. 26 May 2009.
- ^ a b https://www.readings.com.au/products/16232858/emma-russack-sounds-of-our-city%7C. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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- ^ "EG Awards 2012 Announce Nominations, Induct Weddings, Parties, Anything". Tone Deaf. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "The Temper Trap, Oh Mercy Win EG Awards". noise11. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2020.