Liz Stringer

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Liz Stringer
BornAustralia
Genres Folk rock
OccupationSinger-songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2006-present
Labels Milk!
Website www.lizstringer.com

Liz Stringer is an Australian singer-songwriter, based in Melbourne, Victoria. As of April 2021, Stringer has released six studio albums, a live album and two extended plays. Since 2013 she has released with Mia Dyson and Jen Cloher music under the name Dyson Stringer Cloher.

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Career

Stringer's debut studio album was released in 2006.

In August 2008, Stringer was invited by Deborah Conway to take part in the Broad Festival project, which toured major Australian cities including performing at the Sydney Opera House. [1] With Stringer and Conway were Laura Jean, Dianna Corcoran and Elana Stone – they performed their own and each other's songs. [2]

In August 2013 Stringer collaborated with Mia Dyson and Jen Cloher and formed Dyson Stringer Cloher. The trio released an EP which featured an individual track from each musician. They then took on the road, playing over 40 shows around the country. [3]

In 2019, Stringer reunited with Dyson and Cloher. The trio recorded a self-titled album in eight days at The Loft in Chicago in April 2019, which was released in October 2019 and toured nationally. [4]

In February 2021, it was announced that Stringer had signed with Milk! Records as a solo artist. [5] In April 2021, Stringer released her sixth studio album, First Time Really Feeling, recorded at Toronto's Union Sound Company and produced and engineered by Chris Stringer. [6]

In November 2024, Stringer released the single "Coming Home". [7]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[8]
Soon
Pendulum
  • Released: 2008 [10]
  • Label: Liz Stringer (LSS002)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Tides of Time
  • Released: April 2010 [11]
  • Label: Liz Stringer (LSS003)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Warm in the Darkness
  • Released: 10 April 2012 [12]
  • Label: Liz Stringer/Vitamin (LSS004)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Live at the Yarra
  • Released: October 2014 [13]
  • Label: Liz Stringer (LSS005)
  • Format: CD, digital download, CD/DVD
    • Note: Live album
All the Bridges
  • Released: July 2016 [14]
  • Label: Liz Stringer (LSS006)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
Dyson, Stringer Cloher
(credited to Dyson, Stringer & Cloher)
  • Released: October 2019
  • Label: Milk! Records (MILK045)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
First Time Really Feeling
  • Released: 30 April 2021 [15]
  • Label: Milk! Records (MILK057)
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming
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The Second HighTBA

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Somewhere
(with Jess McAvoy)
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Henduwin Music (JHM012)
  • Format: CD, digital download
Dyson, Stringer & Cloher
(credited to Dyson, Stringer & Cloher)
  • Released: September 2013 [16]
  • Label: Milk! Records
  • Format: CD, digital download

Awards

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2020 [17] [18] Dyson Stringer Cloher(as Dyson Stringer Cloher)Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EPNominated
2022 [19] [20] First Time Really FeelingIndependent Album of the YearNominated
Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EPWon

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982. [21]

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2022 "Dangerous" (Liz Stringer)Song of the YearShortlisted [22]

Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 [23] Warm in the DarknessAustralian Music PrizeNominated

EG Awards

The EG Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012 [24] Warm in the DarknessBest AlbumNominated
Liz StringerBest FemaleNominated

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards, are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2013, replacing the EG Awards.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2021 Liz StringerBest Solo ArtistNominated [25] [26]

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