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The best kept secret in music
Press
' Tanya Sparke's songs are luminous, they glow with heart and depth. Her voice is her own signature, strong and pure, woozey with experience. her album represents a cohesive body of work,feminine, soulful, personal.
Listening to her is an utterly original experience, treasured,deep,intoxicating."
Jane Campion - Jane Campion/ Filmaker
"It's a great and rare pleasure to welcome an album by an Australian singer/songwriter who sounds so distinctly herself, and who can really sing"
Doug Spencer - 24 Hours. ABC Radio
"of the vocal soloists, Sparke's gut wrenching Cammarillo Pt 2 which ended the first half, was a show stopper."
Hillary Shrubb - Sydney Morning Herald
" Five bucks says you wouldn't know Tanya Sparke if she threw a quince at you. But the voice she throws and very gently caresses into Darwood Road leaves you stunned at how this could be so."
Lauren Martin - Sydney Morning herald
"the remarkable Alto soloist ,Tanya Sparke" - Seth Jordan/Songlines
"On sunday night ,Tanya Sparke, after singing in a smooth mezzo tone so beautiful that it created an aura of overtones, leapt to a high,loud and fiercly impassioned climax that seemed to drain the blood from my face"
Gale Brennan - Sydney Morning Herald
Discography
Darkwood Road. 12 original songs
Radio National. ABC. Australia
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
I'll spare you the dates ;- I've been around the block a few times so I don't know that anything is original anymore but I do know that I've been writing music for a very long time and I suppose my sound has been described as distinctly me. What does that mean?........ Well..It's emotional, it's my truth, it's one person's story.... so it's about birth and death and love and everything else Major and Minor. It's a good melody and some fetching chord changes!
These songs that I've uploaded probably stretch to the left and right of what I do. I work with Choirs a lot but my love is for a ensemble of Piano, Bass ,drums etc,etc,etc
Recently I've been writing for string quartet, I love it! My partner Damien and I have 3 children, Indigo,Darcy and Magnolia. We live in Sydney.
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