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Alana Joy Wilkinson (born 1991) is an Australian folk music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She released her first single in late 2018. She has released two extended plays and four singles. Wilkinson has supported national tours by fellow Australian artists
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Biography


Early life

Wilkinson was born in 1991 in
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, to Jenny (a singer) and Stewart Wilkinson (a keyboardist) and grew up in "the most musical family" in Seaford. In September 2008, as a secondary student of
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, she took part in a musical play, ''Return to the Forbidden Planet''. She was providing solo and group singing lessons and song writing workshops by April 2014. The singer described the live performances that inspired her to start her music career include Kimbra's " Settle Down", Sia's " Soon We'll Be Found" and Queen's " Somebody to Love".


Music career

Wilkinson uploaded a track, "Show You Mine", to her YouTube channel in December 2016. She was the support act for a five-piece folk band, Davies West, in early January 2017. The artist supported
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) at her shows in Melbourne and Sydney in March. She sold a four-track extended play at her shows in the following month. She described the EP as "a little collection of oldies... They're really simple." She has performed at festivals in Blue Mountains, Queenscliff, Woodford, and Nannup. While singing she accompanies herself with acoustic guitar (made by George Lowden), piano or
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. Her debut single, "Closer", appeared in late 2018, which was produced by Hayden Calnin. It was added to play lists at
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and on ABC Radio. ''The Partae''s writer observed, "A fragile yet fulsome narrative matches the poppier side to an folk groove." She followed with a second single, "Partner in Crime", in April 2019. ''Pilerats'' Craig Corrigan felt it was "bittersweet" detailing "a one-sided conversation she is having with her childhood best friend who unfortunately passed away." It was recorded with Calnin producing at an old church in the small community of
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. For the session Wilkinson was joined by Justin Lewis on electric guitar, Angus Robb on whistles and background vocals and Xander Theofanis on bass guitar. The musician took part in the Festival of Small Halls including an appearance at the
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in late 2019 alongside Scottish folk group,
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. Wilkinson launched her third single, "Good for You", in February 2020, at a Fitzroy apartment building. A staff writer for ''write, sing, repeat'' found the set list was, "a delicate balance of honesty, story-telling, and hard life lessons learned – paired with comedy, wit, and just plain having a boogie." She issued her fourth single, "Rib Cage", in May 2020 ahead of her proposed album, ''Half Time Oranges''. The track was produced by Calnin, again. She has supported national tours by fellow Australian artists
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,
Clare Bowditch Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, author, and occasional actress. At the 2020 ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) she won ‘Best New Australian Author’ for her best-selling 2019 memoir ''Your Own Kind of Girl''. At ...
, and
Kate Ceberano Catherine Yvette Ceberano ( or , born 17 November 1966) is an Australian singer and actress who performs in the rock, soul, jazz and pop genres, as well as in film and musicals such as '' Jesus Christ Superstar''. Her single " Bedroom Eyes" re ...
. In November 2023 Wilkinson won the Roddy Read Songwriting Award at the
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Folk Festival taking home a
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guitar as the prize.


Discography


Extended plays

* ''I Wanna Punch on with You'' (25 January 2017) Independent


Singles


References


External links

*
Alana Wilkinson's YouTube channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Alana 1991 births Living people Australian women singer-songwriters 21st-century Australian women singers 21st-century Australian singers People from the City of Frankston Singers from Melbourne 21st-century Australian singer-songwriters