Mia Dyson Tour Dates
performing tracks from her new album Parking Lots
Thursday 22nd September
Northcote Social Club - www.northcotesocialclub.com
301 High St, Northcote. (03) 94893917
with Nicole Brophy (Dirty Lucy)
Tickets $15 + bf. Doors open 9.30pm
Friday 23rd September
Northcote Social Club - www.northcotesocialclub.com
301 High St, Northcote. (03) 94893917
with Liz Stringer (duo)
Tickets $15 + bf. Doors open 9.30pm
Thursday 20th October
Annandale Hotel - www.annandalehotel.com
Cnr Parramatta Rd and Nelson St ANNANDALE (02) 9550 1078
with special guests
Tickets $15 + bf from the venue. Doors open 8pm
Thursday 27th October
The Troubadour
1st Floor 322 Brunswick St FORTITUDE VALLEY (07) 3252 2626
Tickets $15 from the door
For a full schedule go to
www.miadyson.com
When Mia Dyson packed her guitars, her band and a portable recording studio into her car and headed out to a friends’ mud brick house in Daylesford Victoria, she had no idea she was about to make one of the most talked about debut albums of 2003.
“Cold Water is a remarkably accomplished debut…Her breathless rasp soars and sinks with the kind of measured beauty that transcends the usual lovelorn blues.”
- Julie Hosking, Melbourne Herald Sun, April 2003
Cold Water was nominated for an ARIA award and jettisoned the then 22 year-old into a continuous touring schedule both here and overseas. Taking in major festivals such as the East Coast Blues and Roots, Falls, Womadelaide, NXNE in Canada and The Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Mia was wholeheartedly embraced by audiences and critics alike.
In 2005 she has returned with her self-produced sophomore album Parking Lots, cementing Mia’s place as one of Australia’s most exhilarating songwriters.
Recorded by co-producer Lloyd Barratt and mixed by internationally acclaimed producer Nick Launay (Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Silverchair) Parking Lots delves into raw, impassioned territory. It launches from a rock solid ground of roots influences, with wild songs of love, devotion, gratitude and dispossession. There is a sense from the album’s opener ‘Roll Me Out’ that one is in assured hands, Mia Dyson has arrived.
Mia plays electric, lap steel, baritone, slide and acoustic guitar on Parking Lots. The focus of the album, like her live shows, is as much about Mia’s dynamic guitar playing as her extraordinary voice. Hailing from the surfing town of Torquay along Victoria’s west coast, Mia grew up in a house passionate about music. Her father Jim Dyson, a respected guitar maker and musician, played Mia records by Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat whilst her mother Gail introduced her to the likes of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. It was Mia though, who sought out the work of Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch & Will Oldham.
Parking Lots was recorded at a holiday house in Victoria’s Mt Martha with Mia’s band Lucas Taranto (bass) and Daniel Farrugia (drums). Stage two saw the studio move back home to the bungalow in Mia’s backyard, where she was joined by special guests Matt Walker, Steve Hesketh (Jet/Dan Brodie) Carl Panuzzo and Sime Nugent. Last but by no means least came diva Renee Geyer, who added backing vocals during the album’s mixing stage at Sing Sing, Melbourne.
Parking Lots is a stirring collection of inspired songs, delivered with the kick and command of an artist who has found her voice and isn’t afraid to use it.
What the critics say:
“Dyson has one of the most powerfully emotive female voices
in the country. On Parking Lots, she now demonstrates the songwriting
maturity to let that voice truly soar.”
Patrick Donovan – The Age
“Tough, rocking rhythms and slow grooves on one guitar behind a voice that has control
and a whole lot of welly…it’s easy to see why Australians are getting excited about Dyson.”
Rob Adams - The Herald (Edinburgh) Monday August 23, 2004
