Emma Russack

Emma Russack is an Australian singer and songwriter, who grew up in Narooma, New South Wales, where she graduated from high school in 2005.[1] She currently lives in Melbourne.[2]

In 2004, when she was 16, she won the contest Fresh Air of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for young talents with her song "Used To This".[3] By 2008, she was already known on YouTube, where she had posted eight covers,[4] as well as two songs of her own, playing the guitar.[5] For some time between 2007[6] and 2008,[7] 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).[8] The single "Psycho", published in 2009, is from that period.[9] She spent a year travelling around in South America.[2] In 2010, the EP Peasants was published, and in 2012 her first album, Sounds Of Our City, including ten songs, was released.[9] Articles about her have appeared in the German and Australian editions of Rolling Stone and in the Australian magazine Frankie.[10] She had her song "All My Dreaming" featured in the ending of The Walking Dead's Season 9 11th episode, "Bounty".

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)
  • About the Girl (2024)

Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton

  • When It Ends (2018)
  • Keep On Trying (2018)
  • Take The Reigns (2019)
  • Something is going to change tomorrow, today. What will you do what will you say? (2021)

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.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012[11][12] Emma Russack Best Female Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Narooma's Emma Russack on RocKwiz". Naroomanewsonline.com. 26 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Interview of Emma Russack". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Used to This by Emma Russack :: Fresh Air". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Emma Russack". Emmarussack.blogspot.com.es.
  5. ^ She later cancelled her YouTube account, but the videos can still be seen on other people's accounts.
  6. ^ "Lola Flash - No Flag & What a Night - 21.11.07". YouTube.
  7. ^ "The home of Half a Cow Records: News". Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Cantante australiana trasciende gracias a internet". Blogperiodismo.wordpress.com. 26 May 2009.
  9. ^ a b https://www.readings.com.au/products/16232858/emma-russack-sounds-of-our-city%7C. Retrieved 8 December 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ "Songbird.me". Ww17.songbird.me. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  11. ^ "EG Awards 2012 Announce Nominations, Induct Weddings, Parties, Anything". Tone Deaf. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  12. ^ "The Temper Trap, Oh Mercy Win EG Awards". noise11. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2020.