By Abbey Cannan
Eumundi’s own Katie Noonan has been delivered her 27th ARIA award nomination for the 2020 ARIA Best Jazz Album.
In her 20th studio album, The Sweetest Taboo, Katie gave listeners a taste of their younger years with unique covers of iconic 1980s pop songs.
Katie said the nomination was just as special as the first time.“The album has been in the ARIA Top Ten Jazz and Blue charts for over 20 weeks and it has only been out about that long,“ she said.
“So, it’s very special and just to be shortlisted for the award is incredible.
“You’ve already kind of won if you’ve been shortlisted because that means your peers think this record is in the top five of the year, which is extraordinary.“
The hugely successful Australian singer was first nominated for an ARIA award in 2001, and has since won five ARIA awards across a number of diverse genres.
“I remember going for the first time in 2001 and freaking out just being there,“ Katie said.
“Then we won the breakthrough artist with George the next year in 2002 and that’s when we actually performed in the ceremony which was pretty wild.
“It’s a great honour and I think Australia makes world-class music and we have incredibly talented jazz musicians.“
Katie said her love affair with pop music started in the 80s and she wanted to bring that fun back to the latest album.
“I wanted to take it back to just pure joy of pop music, dancing around my rumpus room with my hair brush microphone and just having fun,“ she said.
Katie is now preparing for a tour with Louise King called Sunshine Sounds.
“We’re finally able to do some gigs which is exciting,“ she said. “We’re going to places like Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Ipswich and then Caloundra, and Eumundi. The Eumundi gig is already sold out but we just put a second show on sale on Saturday 21 November at Eats Restaurant.“
For more information on how to get tickets to the tour head to www.facebook.com/katienoonan
