Artist description A descriptive and musical tour through one woman's experience of love, life and friendship. Wendy Grace’s "Infinite Sky" is an acoustic album of contemporary folk music.

Music Style Original contemporary folk music. Intimate and lyrical compositions. Instruments include harp, guitar, piano and shakuhachi.

Musical Influences Joni Mitchell, James Talylor, David Crosby, Colin Hay and various Jazz and Impressionist classical composers

Similar Artists Joni Mitchell, Loreena McKennit, Kate Bush, Enya

Artist History Wendy recorded her first album of original songs at age 18, backed by acclaimed Australian jazz-rock band Crossfire. She toured with them as the opening act and also opened for Ry Cooder on his Australian tour. A studio singer in Sydney, Australia for 12 years, she also appeared regularly on television performing original compositions.Wendy has run workshops in Australia, the USA and the UK since 1990, turning thousands of people towards their untapped singing abilities. She taught with Chris James, founder of the "Discover Your Natural Voice" program, for four years, and together they recorded two albums of original songs and traditional chants.Wendy's live relaxed performances incorporate humorous and heartfelt stories of her life and travels. At a New Year's Eve Event at the Woodford Folk Festival (Queensland Australia), she engaged 15,000 people in spontaneous singing and chanting.Her current album of original folk music, "Infinite Sky", presents Wendy singing and playing guitar and piano, joined by: Mary Doumany on harp; Riley Lee on shakuhachi; Cleis Pearce on electric viola; Peter Biffen on tar-hu, Zana Clarke on recorder; John Hoffman on flugelhorn; Alex Pertout on percussion; and Jeremy Alsop on bass.Wendy's composing skills translate her personal experiences into evocative Iyrics and simple, strong melodies which touch the heart. She sings of love for her daughter, connections with friends, the magic of love, and the feelings when love wanes. "Whale Dreaming", a song of a dream of swimming with whales, reflects Wendy's profound love of nature. "Sacred Isle", a Celtic melody with haunting harp strains, conveys the awe Wendy experienced on the mystical Scottish island of lona. "Uluru", a sacred aboriginal site in Central Australia, musically paints the Rock's majesty and describes its spiritual effects as felt by Wendy.In October 1997 the Brisbane Conservatory Choir and Jazz Orchestra performed a track from "Infinite Sky", entitled "The Journey", including it in a medley along with compositions by Thelonius Monk and Pat Metheny.

Group Members WENDY GRACE - Vocals/Guitar/Piano. JEREMY ALSOP - Bass/Keyboards/Producer - Formerly with Men at Work, he is well-recognised in Australia as a producer and musician, he is currently working on an original album with Mary Doumany. MARY DOUMANY - Harp - Mary has played with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and is an accomplished songwriter and composer featured as solo harpist on the soundtrack of "Shine", the Academy Award winning film about Pianist David Helfcott and she also works with Jeremy Alsop and anticipates the release of their second album with BMG Records. RILEY LEE - Shakuhachi - First western Grand Master of Shakuhachi outside Japan, where he lived and studied for many years. His many recordings are distributed by New World Productions (Australia and Europe) and Nerada (USA). PETER BIFFEN - Tar-hu - An acclaimed musician and instrument builder, he has accompanied renowned harmonic singer David Hykes on the Tambour, a Middle Eastern bowed instrument. The Tar-hu is a newly designed bowed instrument, which adds to the unique sound of "Infinite Sky". ZANA CLARKE - Recorder - A composer and Australia's foremost exponent of medieval and baroque recorders, she regularly tours with Peter Biffen. JOHN HOFFMAN - Flugelhorn - During the past 20 years he has played trumpet with the Glenn Miller band, the Woody Herman Band, the Buddy Rich Big Band, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and many others. He is an outstanding musician. CLEIS PEARCE - Electric viola - Plays with the group “Coolangubra". ALEX PERTOUT - Percussion - Widely acclaimed in Australia, he is Chilean-born and brings Latin America's powerful rhythms to his playing.

Instruments harp, guitar, piano, flugel horn, percussion, electric viola, shakuhachi, tar-hu, recorder, Bass and keyboards.

Albums Infinite Sky

Additional Info Produced, engineered and mixed by Jeremy Alsop at the Music Farm, Byron Bay, Australia. Mastered at Studio 301 Sydney, Australia by Don Bartley. CD Design by utopia creative. All compositions by Wendy Grace. Photos by Tricia Magee

Location Byron Bay, NSW - Australia

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