Recently described by a fan as "Kate Bush with balls" Linda's unique twist on jazz/folk/pop crossover offers diverse soundscapes with catchy riffs and unusual lyrics. From Sydney, Oz, Linda is in the UK for a short time promoting DUEL.
ARTIST DESCRIPTION
Ugly is the new beautiful.
Wicked is the new good.
Small is the new big and so on...
You can be sure that Linda is no rock chick wearing black in a dark alley taking herself far too seriously! Remember Doris Day? Dusty Springfield? The Andrew Sisters? Throw in a dollop of Rickie Lee Jones and a dash of Kate Bush and voila! Linda Wood. Wholesome good fun mixed with poetic artistry.
Linda’s pop style songs mix hip-hop rhythms, folk and pop instrumentation, theatre sensabilities and bluesy jazzy vocals. Linda is “silk to the eyes, ears and throat… the audience love her as she is warm, friendly and vocally wholesome …. A complete package.” (Iain McGuire, Artistic Director of Mad Cow Theatre Company)
Linda’s contemporary cabaret style performance is brewed from a background in musical theatre as well as rock, soul and pop covers bands. Linda employs groove, great story telling and a hint of characterisation.
ARTIST AIRPLAY
www.mvyradio.com/local_musicafe/
www.mvyradio.com/audio/sb/Linda_Wood-Bittersweet.mp3
www.100-pour-100-musique.com (Grandma Amoeba & Peter Pan)
www.alooga.de and www.ottic.de (Two Doors and Duel)
www.free-samples-n-loops.com (Grandma Amoebe & Peter Pan)
ARTIST HISTORY
Based in Sydney, Australia, in the last few years Linda has performed under her own name as well as moonlighting with a group called “The Bettys” performing covers for parties and corporate functions. As part of the “Santa Bettys”, a Christmas incarnation of the group, Linda has performed on ABC statewide radio in Australia, singing an inventive a Capella rendition of Ray Charles’ arrangement of Jingle Bells.
Linda Wood has also lent her musical and theatrical talents in recent years to “Leader of the Pack” (Central Coast production), “Downtown” (a musical tribute to the 60s pop scene in Britain) “Straight Up Rogue” (a jazz revue) and “Back to the 80s”.
In September 2006 Linda worked in New York directing the vocals for “Angels” (see www.angelsthemusical.com or www.myspace.com/angelsthemusical), a workshop production staged at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street at Time Square*. Linda played a supporting character role for the recording of this production in Sydney (July 2006) as well as writing most of the vocal arrangements and conducting the studio ensemble.
