Clare Bowditch is an Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She came to prominence in 2005 with the release of her second album What Was Left, which received excellent critical reviews, high rotation airplay on radio station Triple J and moderate commercial success. She won the Best Female Artist award at the 2006 ARIAs. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1575x2135, 287 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Clare Bowditch ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see JJJ. Triple J is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... The 20th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) will be held on October 29, 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous years innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. ...

Biography

Bowditch was one of the founding members of Red Raku, a folk band that released two albums, before moving onto her solo work. Between 2000 and 2001 she moved to Canada to study ethnomusicology/songwriting. Her folk-pop style has been compared to that of Cat Power and Beth Orton. She plays the guitar. She has a daughter, Asha, and twin sons, Elijah and Oscar, with her partner and frequent musical collaborator, Marty Brown. Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Ethnomusicology (from the Greek ethnos = nation and mousike = music), formerly comparative musicology, is the study of music in its cultural context, cultural musicology. ... For popular forms of music in general, see Popular music. ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... Elizabeth Caroline Orton,[1] commonly known as Beth Orton, (born December 14, 1970), is a Brit Award–winning English singer-songwriter. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ...

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Touring

Clare spent much of 2004 touring. She has completed six national tours with the Feeding Set alone, as well as played support to musicians such as Elvis Costello, James Blunt, Paul Kelly, Pete Murray, Missy Higgins, The Waifs, Xavier Rudd, Tim Rogers, Paul Dempsey, and Cat Power. She has built a reputation for a "compelling live show" [1] through appearances at music festivals including the Falls Festival and the Meredith Music Festival. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick McManus August 25, 1954) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. ... James Blunt (born James Hillier Blount, February 22, 1974) is an English singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases — especially the number one hit Youre Beautiful — brought him to fame in 2005. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pete Murray is an Australian singer-songwriter whose first album Feeler released on 21 July 2003 went to number one on the Australian charts on 29 March 2004 and has so far achieved six time platinum status. ... Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983[1]) is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter, best known for her hit singles Scar and The Special Two off her debut album The Sound of White. ... The Waifs is a folk rock band from Western Australia. ... Xavier Rudd was born in 1978 and is a multi-instrumentalist musician and surfer from Australia. ... For the video game journalist, see Tim Rogers (journalist). ... Paul Dempsey (born 1976 in Melbourne) is the lead singer of Australian rock group Something for Kate. ... Cat Power is the stage name of American singer/songwriter Charlyn Chan Marshall (born Charlyn Marie Marshall on 21 January 1972). ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... The Falls Festival is a New Years Eve music festival, held annually in Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria Australia since 1993. ... The Meredith Music Festival is held over three days every December on private farmland in Victoria, Australia. ...

Members

Clare has recorded her last two albums with her band, the Feeding Set.

• Marty Brown of Art Of Fighting, Sodastream (drums)
• Tim Harvey of Hot Little Hands (guitar)
• Libby Chow (vocals, french horn)
• Warren Bloomer (bass)

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Discography

Red Raku albums

• Sweetly Sedated (1999)
• Roda Leisis May (2000)

Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set

• Human Being (EP, 2003)
• Monday Comes (EP, 2003)
• Autumn Bone (2004) - independent release
• Which Way to Go (EP, 2004)
• Divorcee by 23 (EP, 2005)
• On This Side (EP, 2005)
• What Was Left (2005) - Capitol/EMI

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Tracks on compilation albums

• "Hallelujah", a cover version of the Leonard Cohen song, recorded by Triple J and released on the album Like a Version (2005) [2]
• "Fall At Your Feet", a cover version of the Crowded House song recorded for the Finn Brothers tribute album She Will Have Her Way (2005)

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External links

• Official site
• Spotlight on Clare Bowditch - downloadable video interview
• Interview: What inspires Clare Bowditch?