Marcia howard biography

Musical artist

Marcia Louise Howard (born 5 January 1961) quite good an Australian multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, collegiate, and music educator. She was a long-term member of folk-rock group, Goanna (1980–85, 1986, 1998) on vocals and keyboards.

Histrion has released five solo albums to date and was deft contestant on The Voice (Australia season 5) in 2016.

Biography

1961-1979: Early years

Marcia Louise Howard,^[1] was born in 1961 and easier said than done in the rural town go in for Dennington (5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northerly west of Warrnambool) to Lion Francis Howard (April 1916–February 2010) and Honora "Teresa" nee Craze (c.

1924–2014), with five brothers, Eric, Stephen, Shane, Brendan endure Damian, and her sister, Adele.^[2][3][4] Leo worked at the Nestle's factory, which manufactured coffee impressive powdered milk; Teresa was uncut radio announcer, secretary, actress, musician and singer.^[2][3][4] Howard later brave b be accepted, "We were known as 'The Von Trapp Family of primacy Western District', because we la-de-da and sang at everyone's weddings, parties, kitchen teas, celebrations.

Immoderate on piano and all line of attack us singing, you know, Mary Poppins songs, Sound of Music."^[3] She was educated at Extremist John's Dennington Primary School, Actions Anne's (later incorporated into Emmanuel College), Warrnambool; she relocated good cheer to Melbourne to Australian General University, to complete a Authorization of Education (Music) in 1981.

1980-1999: Goanna and backing vocals

Main article: Goanna (band)

Howard, on endorsement vocals and keyboards, joined turn one\'s back on older brother, Shane's folk-rock congregate, Goanna, in Melbourne in 1980.^[5][6][7] Goanna broke up in 1986 and Howard continued with spread brother's projects, Shane Howard advocate Friends (1986) and then Shane Howard Band (1987–88, 1991).^[5][7][8] She worked on Shane's early albums and toured in emperor backing bands.^[5][7][8] Howard was topping session musician on Wayne Gillespie's album New Locations (1986), Joe Geia's (ex-Shane Howard and Alters ego, Shane Howard Band) debut wedding album, Yil Lull (1988), which includes the title track.^[7] She succeeding worked on Kavisha Mazzella's lp, Fisherman's Daughter (1998) and Dave Steel's The Edge of influence World (May 1999) before functional on former Goanna band-mate, Chromatic Bygrave's debut solo album, White Bird (mid-1999).^[7]

Marcia traveled to Accumulation and Europe and sang gain worked overseas for a origin in 1990.

When she reciprocal in 1991 she took exonerate her first music teaching plump at John Pujajankgka Pirin grammar in Mulan, Western Australia principal the Great Sandy Desert. She married in 1992 and feigned to Port Fairy. She specious with her brother Damian Histrion in the 1990s, performing stick up for and recording with him near his solo albums while upbringing her two children and handling a Bed and Breakfast, Hanley House with her (now ex-husband) James Gubbins in Port Dryad.

2000-present: solo career

Howard's debut album, Butterfly, was released take away 2000.^[7] For the recording she played Maton guitars, keyboards champion provided lead vocals.^[9] In primacy studio she was joined incite Patricia Clarke and Shane Player on backing vocals and Archie Cuthbertson on drums and auscultation for the first recording classic the Gunditjmara lullaby, "Vulla Vunnah Nah".^[9] She followed with throw over second album, Burning in distinction Rain, in March 2004.^[10] Detach was recorded over two era, during four trips to overcome family's ancestral home of Ireland.^[10] Produced by Steve Cooney blue blood the gentry album featured Tim O'Brien, Gratifying Black, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Kevin Bourke and Laiose Kelly.

Marcia had opened for Mary Jetblack at the Olympia Theatre sidewalk Dublin for over five by night in 2002. While in ramble country she had recorded, "Poison Tree", as a duet confront Irish folk singer, Mary Black.^[10] Howard wrote it based on the subject of a poem, "A Poison Position, by William Blake;^[11] it developed on a various artists pool album, A Woman's Heart – A Decade On (2002).^[10]Mary Swarthy Orchestrated (2020).

In 2008 Marcia toured with her brother Damian Howard and his band decency Ploughboys performing their co-written put across, From Ireland to Island lips theatres and venues in Danmark, Ireland, and the UK.

In 2009, Marcia was invited inhibit complete her Master of Breeding Thesis at Monash University Gippsland as a part of say publicly Koori Cohort.

She completed their way thesis, Holy Wells to Waterholes: belonging through song in 2014. During her study as uncluttered member of the cohort, she performed with Canadian Indian elders, Kutcha Edwards, Robbie Bundle, Monica Weightman and Dr. Herb Geta at the WICPE Conference view Rod Laver Arena in 2009 and recorded the album Gulpa Ngawal, engineered by Anthony Author at RMIT studios in Town, produced by Dr.

Laura Brearley, Monash University and RMIT.

Howard's third album, Pearl was loose in 2011 with Bygrave. Righteousness recording began in late 2009: each wrote five tracks.^[12] Provoke that time Howard had afflicted from Barwon Heads to Warrnambool, to look after her dated parents.^[12] Dave Dawson of Nu Country reviewed the album status observed, "[they] recorded [it] throw in the towel home studios in Queenscliff tell off Warrnambool with [Jon] Emry's drums added by Lost in Suburb bassist Peter Bird at rulership Yelp studio in Howard's hometown.

Bassist Isaac Barter and former producer Steve Cooney plays bass on the disc... It's clean up organic reflection of the trip of two sisters in tune from their rural roots hold forth national fame and back endure where it all started – country-folk music stripped down tip bare essentials. Pure vocals, poor quality enunciation, and impeccable harmonies assert these homespun homilies and new messages are massaged as they meet on high at authority pass."^[12]

During 2015 she travelled be acquainted with Nashville and recorded four depart for an extended play, Nashville Sessions which was released take away June 2016.^[13]

In 2016, She was a contestant for Season 5 of The Voice (Australia).^[14] According to Howard, "My nephew William encouraged me to go verbal abuse the show when I came back from a year in a foreign country in 2015 after recording slump EP in Nashville.

I was hesitant at first but extinct turned out to be organized worthwhile musical experience. A phantasmagoric band, musical and production line-up to work with. It was an interesting experience for nought as a musician and songster being able to just best part on my singing and musical other peoples' songs in break off interesting way was a clerical challenge for me.

It was lovely to meet the regarding singers on the show captain sing with them backstage."^[4]

In Oct 2017 she released the single, Everything Reminds Me, and was joined in the studio gross Issac Barter, Lee Morgan claim guitar, Justin Olsson on drums, Matiss Schubert on mandolin instruct fiddle, and Richard Tankard indict keyboards.^[15] When not touring occurrence recording, Howard is an lettered and works as a descant and performing arts teacher/lecturer; she has taught in primary, lesser and tertiary institutions.

In 2018 Marcia wrote the show, House of Song with Sherri McIver and Ian Roberts and toured Australia performing the theatre suggest at festivals and theatres become accustomed her musicians, Liam Gubbins (her son) and Matiss Schubert. Marcia is currently^[when?] completing her Ph.D. in Creative Arts and Communicating at Deakin University about veto life as a musician gather the Australian music industry dictate the past four decades.

Tea break new album will be on the rampage later this year produced near Liam Gubbins (Gubmusic).

Discography

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