Emma Russack

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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]

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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

Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton

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.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 [11] [12] Emma RussackBest FemaleNominated

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References

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  2. 1 2 "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.
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