Mia Celeste Dyson (born 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She has released six studio albums. Her second, ''Parking Lots'', won the
ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album
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at the
ARIA Music Awards of 2005
In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger ...
. Since 2013, Dyson has concurrently released music under the name Dyson, Stringer & Cloher with
Liz Stringer and
Jen Cloher
Jen Cloher (born 9 October 1973) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer, currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Cloher's 2017 Jen Cloher (album), self-titled fourth studio album peaked at number 5 on the Australian ARIA Chart ...
.
Life and career
1981–2002: Early life
Mia Dyson was born in 1981 in a mud brick home built by her parents near
Daylesford.
Her father, Jim Dyson, is a blues guitarist and
luthier
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Etymology
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. The family moved to
Torquay
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when she was eight.
For secondary schooling she attended
Matthew Flinders Girls High School,
Geelong
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.
When queried by the ''
Sydney Morning Herald
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''s reporter on how she went from a settled family life, in the Victorian beachside resort town of Torquay to playing and singing blues and roots music, Dyson responded:
"I don't know either, it's a testament to the power of music and how that whole childhood of being played what I consider incredible music seeped into my bloodstream. My parents were always playing the records of Little Feat
Little Feat is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Lowell George, bassist Roy Estrada (both formerly of the Mothers of Invention), keyboardist Bill Payne, and drummer Richie Hayward in ...
, Bob Dylan
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, Ry Cooder
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, Bonnie Raitt
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, Neil Young
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, everything. Torquay is devoid of any artistic pursuits and had I only had that culture I'm sure I would not be playing music. I might have had more luck with the alcohol if I'd been left to the surfing culture."
"I went through my early teenage Nirvana
Nirvana, in the Indian religions (Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism), is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering ('' duḥkha'') and from the ...
, Pearl Jam
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obsessions and then I came back to the roots of this stuff and picked up the guitar. And I knew how to play these songs that I'd never learnt because I'd heard them so many times as a kid."
She described her father's hand made guitars:
[
]"I guess now people are impressed how lucky I am to have a dad who makes such beautiful instruments," Dyson says. But as a child she was unaware of their potential. "It was only, 'Oh, don't they look beautiful' when he finished one," she says. "It was only around 16, 17, when I was able to think about the sounds and the different sounds I could get out of the guitars, the amps and pedals, that I got excited."
Dyson played her first gig at a party in Modewarre
Modewarre is a locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. The town adjoins Lake Modewarre. In the 2016 census, Modewarre had a population of 276 people.
Modewarre Primary School began as a local Anglican school in the 1850s, became ...
and followed with shows at the Barwon Club and at the National Hotel in Geelong. She then relocated to Melbourne, where her first residency, in November 2000, was at the Dan O'Connell Hotel, Fitzroy with her backing band comprising Dean Addison on bass guitar and Carl Pannuzzo on drums.
2003–2006: ''Cold Water'' and ''Parking Lots''
Dyson released her first album, '' Cold Water'', in May 2003 via Black Door Records and distributed by Shock Records
Shock Records was an Australian independent record label, branded with the logo Shock or Shock Australia. Founded in 1988, it traded as Shock Records Pty. Ltd, and its publishing arm as Shock Music Publishing Pty. Ltd. Its most prominent sublab ...
. It was produced by Dyson with Lloyd Barratt – her audio engineer and sometime domestic partner. For the album she provided lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, baritone
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, electric, lap steel
The lap steel guitar, also known as a Hawaiian guitar or lap slide guitar, is a type of steel guitar without pedals that is typically played with the instrument in a horizontal position across the performer's lap. Unlike the usual manner of play ...
) and piano. Her backing band were Daniel Farrugia on drums and Lucas Taranto on bass guitar. ''The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
''s Patrick Donovan opined, " heblew audiences away with her powerfully emotive voice and dynamic guitar playing on her debut album ''Cold Water''. But the songwriting was a little one-dimensional."
She supported the album by touring both Australia and internationally: East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, West Coast Blues & Roots Festival
The West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival is an annual music festival held in Fremantle, Western Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia. It features many blues and American roots music, roots performers, both international and local.
History
Th ...
, Falls Festival
Falls Music & Arts Festival (commonly known as Falls) is a multi-day music festival held annually in Byron Bay (New South Wales) and Fremantle (Western Australia), Australia over the New Year's Eve and January period. The festival hosts contem ...
, Womadelaide
WOMADelaide is an annual four-day festival of music, arts and dance in Botanic Park, Adelaide, South Australia. One of many WOMAD festivals held around the world, it is an event that presents a diverse selection of music from artists around th ...
, NXNE
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(Canada) and Edinburgh Festival
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The city has become known for its festivals since the establishment in 1947 of the Edinburgh International Festival and the ...
(Scotland). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2003
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Awards
''Winners highlighted in bold, with no ...
it was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album
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.
Dyson released her second album, ''Parking Lots
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'', in April 2005. She produced the album with recording partly occurring in a back yard shed at her grandfather's home in Moonee Ponds
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.[ ]Nick Launay
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mixed the album and studio musicians included Renée Geyer
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She released 15 studio albums with '' Moving Along'' (1977) and ...
and Matt Walker. ''The Sydney Morning Herald''s reporter described her sound as "strongly into soulful rock, folk and country."[ Donovan reflected, "she demonstrates the maturity to let her voice and playing soar. Dyson puts her newfound maturity down to experience and confidence gained from two years on the road, playing everywhere from women's prisons to three months overseas as a solo artist."] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005
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she won Best Blues and Roots Album and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist
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.
In 2006, Dyson toured the United States and Canada, she performed with Frank Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention
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, on stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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, and supported Ani Di Franco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums.
DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influenc ...
in New York's Central Park
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. In August of that year she was invited by Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top-5 hit "Man Overboard".
Conway pe ...
to take part in the Broad Festival project, with three other Australian female artists, they performed their own and each other's songs. With Dyson and Conway were Melinda Schneider
Melinda Schneider (born Melinda-Jane Bean; 7 October 1971) is an Australian country music singer. She has been performing since she was three and sang with her mother, yodelling country artist Mary Schneider, on the album ''The Magic of Yodell ...
, Kate Miller-Heidke
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and Ella Hooper
Ella Keighery Hooper (born 30 January 1983) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, radio presenter and TV personality. Hooper is the lead singer of Killing Heidi. The band formed in 1996 (when Ella was 13) and also featured her older br ...
. They toured the mainland state and territory capital cities.
2007–2013: ''The Signal'' and ''The Moment''
In 2007 Dyson supported Eric Clapton
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during his Australian tour in February to sell out crowds. She also had a guest appearance on Australian hip hop artist Urthboy
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's second album, ''The Signal''. For her third album, ''Struck Down'', Dyson used Angus Diggs (Jeff Lang
Jeff Lang (born 9 November 1969) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and music producer. who plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, cümbüş and drums.
He is a three-time ARIA Award winner, for his albums '' Rolling Through This World'' ...
, Monkeyboy) on drums and James Haselwood on bass guitar. She co-produced it with Barratt. ''The Signal'' was released in August 2007 and it peaked at No. 74 on the ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
. Em of ''Soulshine'' observed, "The result is a superb album with Mia's classic husky roots sound, this time featuring a defining rhythm. Mia has evolved not only as a musician, but as a songwriter too, drawing inspiration from just about everything around her, and this album is sure to please old fans and convert new ones." The artist followed with a tour from September to November.
In 2009 Dyson relocated to Boston to try to break into the American music scene. She toured continuously, playing clubs and festivals across the country and in 2010, moved to Los Angeles. She briefly worked with Dave Stewart (ex-Eurythmics
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), she felt, "Dave is sort of an eccentric genius character, but we didn't have the same ideas and weren't really on the same page so it wasn't ever going to work, I think." They recorded a track together, "You and Me", which was part of an extended play released in the US in April 2011.
Dyson opened for Stevie Nicks
Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...
at the Santa Barbara bowl and Lake Tahoe
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in late 2010 and then opened for Chris Isaak
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on his national tour.
Dyson worked on her fourth studio album ''The Moment'' from late 2011. It was produced by Erin 'Syd' Sidney and Patrick Cupples, and was recorded in Ojai, California. A promotional track from the album, "Tell Me", was released in April 2012. The first single and its video, "When the Moment Comes", was released in July. ''The Moment'' was released in August 2012, and it debuted at No. 51 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was nominated for Best Blues & Roots Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2012
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, and provided two more singles, "Pistol" and "Jesse".
In August 2013, Dyson collaborated with Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher
Jen Cloher (born 9 October 1973) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and record producer, currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Cloher's 2017 Jen Cloher (album), self-titled fourth studio album peaked at number 5 on the Australian ARIA Chart ...
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.
2014–2020: ''Idyllwild'' and ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back''
Dyson's fifth studio album, ''Idyllwild'', was released in June 2014. Matthew Fiander of ''PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, ...
'' felt it was "another solid album from Dyson, and further evidence that the Australian singer can be both comfortable in her own skin and restless enough to push her boundaries." ''The AU Review''s Salmond rated it at 8.8 out of 10 and explained, "another beautiful album full of fun rock tunes as well as returning to her roots with slower bluesy ballads. Despite being her fifth record, she has created another stunning album that reflects her musical integrity and musical talents... nd hasthe freedom to explore and challenge herself musically which has created an interesting array of upbeat bluesy-rock songs that intertwine effortlessly with slower bluesy soulful ballads. Her lyrics are more honest and reflective in nature, and this album could be argued to be her most honest yet."
Dyson released her sixth studio album, ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back'', in March 2018.
In 2019, Dyson reunited with Stringer and Cloher and the trio recorded an album in eight days at The Loft in Chicago in April 2019 which was released in October 2019 under the title ''Dyson Stringer Cloher'' and toured nationally.
2021–present: ''Tender Heart''
In 2021 Dyson discovered she had undiagnosed arrhythmia. In February 2024 Dyson released '' Tender Heart''. At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards
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, it won ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album
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.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Other appearances
Awards
AIR Awards
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards
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History
The inaugural 2006 awards were held at Blacket Hot ...
) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector. They commenced in 2006.
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, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, ''The Moment''
, Best Independent Blues and Roots Album
,
, -
, 2014
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, ''Idyllwild''
, Best Independent Blues and Roots Album
,
, -
, 2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, ''If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back''
, Best Independent Blues and Roots Album
,
, -
, 2020
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, ''Dyson Stringer Cloher'' }
, Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
,
, -
, rowspan="1", 2025
So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
, ''Tender Heart''
, Best Independent Blues and Roots Album or EP
,
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APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association
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(APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters". They commenced in 1982.
!
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, 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
, "When the Moment Comes" (Mia Dyson)
, Song of the Year
,
,
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, 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
, "When We're Older" (Mia Dyson, Lee Pardini & Erin Sidney)
, Song of the Year
,
,
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ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...
is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music
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.
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, 2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
, ''Cold Water''
, Best Blues & Roots Album
,
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, rowspan="2", 2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, rowspan="2", ''Parking Lots''
, Best Female Artist
,
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, Best Blues & Roots Album
,
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, 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
, ''Struck Down''
, Best Blues & Roots Album
,
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, 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, ''The Moment''
, Best Blues & Roots Album
,
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, 2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
, ''Tender Heart''
, Best Blues & Roots Album
,
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.
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, rowspan="2", 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, "When the Moment Comes"
, Best Song
,
, -
, Mia Dyson
, Best Female
,
, -
J Awards
The J Awards
The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards, established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J, and which also extend to sister stations, Triple J Unearthed and Double J. The awar ...
are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...
's youth-focused radio station Triple J
Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...
. They commenced in 2005.
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, 2014
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, herself
, Double J Artist of the Year
,
References
External links
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Mia Dyson podcast included in Australian Music Podcast feed
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1981 births
Living people
ARIA Award winners
Australian women singer-songwriters
Australian harmonica players
Australian women songwriters
Australian women guitarists
Australian blues guitarists
21st-century Australian singers
21st-century Australian women singers
21st-century Australian guitarists
21st-century Australian women guitarists
Australian multi-instrumentalists
21st-century Australian singer-songwriters