Emma Russack is an Australian singer and songwriter, who grew up in
Narooma
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, where she graduated from high school in 2005. She currently lives in
Melbourne
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In 2004, when she was 16, she won the contest ''Fresh Air'' of the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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for young talents with her song "Used To This". By 2008, she was already known on
YouTube
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, where she had posted eight covers, as well as two songs of her own, playing the guitar. For some time between 2007 and 2008, 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). The single "Psycho", published in 2009, is from that period.
She spent a year travelling around in South America.
[ In 2010, the EP ''Peasants'' was published, and in 2012 her first album, ''Sounds Of Our City'', including ten songs, was released.][ Articles about her have appeared in the German and Australian editions of '']Rolling Stone
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Discography
Solo
* ''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
* ''When It Ends'' (2018)
* ''Keep On Trying'' (2018)
* ''Take The Reigns'' (2019)
Awards and nominations
EG Awards / Music Victoria Awards
The EG Awards (known as ''Music Victoria Awards'' since 2013) are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
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, EG Awards of 2012
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References
External links
Emma Russack's web page
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Australian women singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people