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Southern Crossings
Southern Crossings is an Australian jazz/world music band previously known as Atherton Tableband. They were formed in the mid eighties by Michael Atherton, Michael Askill and John Napier and were later expanded with Jess Ciampa. Members *John Napier * Michael Askill *Michael Atherton Michael Andrew Atherton (born 23 March 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and a former England international first-class cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the ca ... *Jess Ciampa Discography *''Southern Crossings'' (1987) - Sandstock Music *''Track'' (1991) - Spiral Scratch References {{reflist Australian musical groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Atherton (musician)
Emeritus Professor Michael Atherton (né Jones) AM (born 17 February 1950) is an Australian musician, composer, academic and author. He was born in Liverpool, England, of Irish, Welsh and German descent, the eldest of five children. His family migrated from England to Australia in 1965, first living in Bunnerong Migrant Hostel, Matraville, where he taught himself to play guitar, formed bands and played football with friends of British, Greek and Italian background. Education Atherton attended Sir John Deane's Grammar School in Northwich, England (1962–65). Following arrival in Australia he attended Matraville High (1965–66) then Randwick Boys High (1967), completing his matriculation via the School of Correspondence Studies while working as an office boy at the Boral Oil Refinery, Matraville. Atherton studied at the University of NSW, achieving a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (1973) followed by a Master of Arts with Honours in 1977. He studied music at the University of Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Askill
Michael Askill is an Australian percussionist. He is a founding member of Synergy Percussion and Southern Crossings. He has been a principal with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Along with Nigel Westlake he was nominated for the 1991 ARIA Award for ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album, Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album for ''Road to Xanadu - The Genius That Was China''. Discography Albums Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! , - , ARIA Music Awards of 1991, 1991 , ''Road to Xanadu - The Genius That Was China'' (with Nigel Westlake) , ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album, Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , - Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |