Australian born artist Kara Grainger is a truly unique talent who continues to uplift and inspire audiences all around the world. Her debut Cd 'Grand and Green River' received first prize in the IAP awards in Austin Texas and also ran in the top 30 of the US Americana charts for 34 weeks. She has openned the show for Buddy Guy, Marc Cohn, Peter Frampton, Heart and Russell Crowe to name a few, and has also performed her own show at many Festivals and venues throughout the US. She has also toured constantly in Japan. Indonesia, Europe and ofcourse Australia Kara is currently preparing for her second European tour which will take her through Spain, France, Luxembourg and the UK, she will also be promoting her new Ep entitled "All I want is Now".
"Kara sung me back to life"- Billy's Bunker
"For my money, something in Grainger's passionate performance reached out through the door, grabbed people by the figurative scruff of the neck, and propelled them inside." -John T. Davis, SXSW 2009
"Kara Grainger puts an irresistibly funky stamp on 12-bar standards" - Tony Hillier on the Woodford Folk Festival
"There's a whole lot of mid- and latter-day Bonnie Raitt in songs on Kara Grainger's debut full-length recording Grand and Green River… Grainger's alternately throaty and honeyed voice floats over a slickly produced bed of bluesy accompaniment" - The Tennessean, Nicole Keiper
Australian born artist Kara Grainger is a truly unique talent who continues to uplift and inspire audiences all around the world. Her debut Cd 'Grand and Green River' received first prize in the IAP awards in Austin Texas and also ran in the top 30 of the US Americana charts for 34 weeks. She has openned the show for Buddy Guy, Marc Cohn, Peter Frampton, Heart and Russell Crowe to name a few, and has also performed her own show at many Festivals and venues throughout the US. She has also toured constantly in Japan. Indonesia, Europe and ofcourse Australia Kara is currently preparing for her second European tour which will take her through Spain, France, Luxembourg and the UK, she will also be promoting her new Ep entitled "All I want is Now".
"Kara sung me back to life"- Billy's Bunker
"For my money, something in Grainger's passionate performance reached out through the door, grabbed people by the figurative scruff of the neck, and propelled them inside." -John T. Davis, SXSW 2009
"Kara Grainger puts an irresistibly funky stamp on 12-bar standards" - Tony Hillier on the Woodford Folk Festival
"There's a whole lot of mid- and latter-day Bonnie Raitt in songs on Kara Grainger's debut full-length recording Grand and Green River… Grainger's alternately throaty and honeyed voice floats over a slickly produced bed of bluesy accompaniment" - The Tennessean, Nicole Keiper
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