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Sydney’s
JANE WALKER
releases new single
‘WONDERING WHY’
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Photo credit: Susan Stitt
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When a new batch of songs emerged for Sydney singer/songwriter Jane Walker, it was like fresh wind blowing through everything, filling her with confidence.
“I thought this is me being honest, getting real, and I just got really excited,” says Walker, who suddenly found the sophisticated soul-pop songs, with touches of jazz, coming in a rush. Deeply personal songs, like what would become the first single from her next album, ‘Wondering Why’.
“Wondering Why is about meeting my husband and feeling happy with him. It’s very close to the bone, it’s my story, [showing] I’ve got the intensity and the focus to go there and ask what’s my truth?”
The single release is paired with a video, which was filmed during Walker’s recording session at Free Energy Device Studios in Sydney, with James Haselwood on bass, Hamish Stuart on drums, and Stu Hunter on keys. It was engineered by Richard Belkner, produced by Neal Sutherland and Jane, and mixed by Neal Sutherland.
The video also features surfer Claudia Berman (filmed by Jackson Johnstone at Bondi Beach) and ballerina Ella Brownlow-Ziirsen dancing at Alegria Studios in Woolloomooloo, Sydney.
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The wind blew further into her work, co-creating Cockatoo Kids, a children’s music group whose songs emerged from the same burst of creativity that produced ‘Wondering Why’: “Songwriting these days feels liberating and fun and I’m just loving it.” adds Walker.
Having already written with Chris Difford of Squeeze and Adam Levy (Norah Jones) and worked with the likes of The Cruel Sea’s James Cruickshank, producers Steve James and Barbara Griffin, Indigenous group Street Warriors and Bobby Flynn on her debut album, ‘Walk Gently’, Walker knows that “working with such talented musicians lifts my level and stimulates me as an artist and gives me that freedom to go for it.”
What also stimulates this ambassador for Ocean Recovery Alliance is connecting deeply with the water and the land of her native Australia – after beginning her career in London (where she joined Radiohead and Massive Attack on a new album) and missing home.
“More and more I aim to live in the present moment, and find when I’m there, nature rushes in.” says Walker. “[Then] things start to flow and I can write a song.”
Jane will be playing at the Ocean Lovers Festival in Bondi on Sunday April 24, find details here.
Stay tuned for more from Jane Walker in the near future!
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