Kate Ceberano Kate Ceberano i(6594214 works by)
Born: Established: 1966 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Unsung : A Compendium of Creativity Kate Ceberano , Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2023 26357164 2023 single work autobiography

'A beautiful illustrated memoir from beloved Australian musician Kate Ceberano, featuring her inspirational song lyrics, stories, paintings and embroidery, and celebrating four decades of songwriting and recording on the release of her 30th album.

'Kate Ceberano is used to a hush descending as she draws breath to release that magnificent voice but when the whole world quietened in 2020, she found the silence disorientating. Without an audience or long hours of travel with her tribe of musicians, there was time to think. But what does an artist do when they can’t make art? They find a way.

'With characteristic passion, abundance and joy, Kate liberated her unsung songs. They flowed through her paintbrush as she embellished guitars, her needle as she stitched quilts to envelop her beloveds and her pen as she unfurled stories, poems and songs.

'In Unsung Kate muses on the people and experiences that have inspired her, on what has humbled her, what hurts and what sustains. This is the story of a powerful woman in her prime, but also of a reflective, romantic and vulnerable artist making sense of the universe. It’s proof of a lifetime lived in music. It’s a tribute to songs, wherever they come from and wherever they go.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Secret Life of Us Kate Ceberano , 2014 extract autobiography (I'm Talking : My Life, My Words, My Music)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian Magazine , 22-23 March 2014; (p. 20-22)
1 4 y separately published work icon I'm Talking : My Life, My Words, My Music Tom Gilling , Kate Ceberano , Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2014 7111854 2014 single work autobiography

'For the first time, Kate Ceberano, one of Australia's best-loved entertainers, shares her story.

'In her own unmistakeable voice, Kate Ceberano takes us on a very personal journey from her suburban childhood, her immersion in the Melbourne club scene of the eighties and her rise to stardom at the age of seventeen when she fronted the wildly popular funk band I'm Talking, to the life of a female performer and recording artist in London, Los Angeles and New York.

'With parallel careers as a pop and jazz singer and songwriter, Kate has received the highest awards in the Australian music industry including the ARIA for Best Female Artist. She has delighted audiences in Harry M. Miller's hugely successful 'Jesus Christ Superstar', won a legion of fans when she won 'Dancing with the Stars', and made a triumphant debut for Opera Australia in 'South Pacific'. Now she reveals, for the first time, just what that was like.

'People have been talking about Kate Ceberano since she was a teenager: Hugh Jackman described her as having 'truly one of the great voices this country has produced'; for Rolling Stone she is 'pure, soulful and powerful'. Now Kate is talking for herself.' (Publication abstract)

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