''Cold Water'' is the debut album from Australian
blues
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and
roots
A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients.
Root or roots may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing ...
musician,
Mia Dyson
Mia Celeste Dyson (born 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She has released six studio albums. Her second, ''Parking Lots'', won the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2005. Since 2013, D ...
, and was released in May 2003.
''Cold Water'' highlights Dyson's song writing and musicianship and a collaboration with Dean Addison and Carl Pannuzzo.
Apart from the vocals, Dyson plays electric, baritone, acoustic and lap steel guitars as well as piano. It introduces guest musicians, Steve Hesketh (Sime Nugent,
Dan Brodie
Dan Brodie is an Australian singer and songwriter from Melbourne, Australia, best known for his prolific solo career, during which he has released seven studio.
In addition to releasing his own albums, Brodie's songs have been recorded by othe ...
) on Hammond and piano, Sime Nugent and Kylie Auldist on backing vocals and Jaimi Faulkner on guitar. Included on the album is "St Kilda Lament" written by Ashley Davies, who played a solo on acoustic guitar.
The album was co-produced by Dyson with Lloyd Barratt, her sometime domestic partner, in a mud brick farmhouse just outside
Daylesford.
It was mixed by Craig Pilkington at Audrey Studio in
Richmond
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.
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The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
''s Patrick Donovan opined, "
heblew audiences away with her powerfully emotive voice and dynamic guitar playing on her debut album ''Cold Water''. But the songwriting was a little one-dimensional."
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2003
The 17th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards) were held on 21 October 2003 at the Sydney Superdome. The ceremony aired on Network Ten.
Awards
''Winners highlighted in bold, with n ...
it was nominated for
Best Blues and Roots album.
Track listing
# "Lonely"
# "Return"
# "Roll On"
# "Through This Town"
# "Precious Thing"
# "The Judgement Song"
# "Sweet Struggle"
# "Tali Karng"
# "Deilaphelia"
# "St Kilda Lament"
# "Make a Stand"
References
External links
Official website
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2003 debut albums
Mia Dyson albums