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Suzie Dickinson is an Australian musician and songwriter. Originating from Melbourne, she was the lead singer and guitarist in the folk band Banshee,〔Dawson 2004〕 which was critically acclaimed for its original arrangements of American, Irish, English and Australian folk music and lilting, imaginative vocal harmonies. During this time Dickinson won two of Melbourne's "Free Entertainment in the Parks" awards for Most Popular Female Vocalist and Most Popular Female Folk Musician.〔 Banshee was a regular guest on Shirley Strachan's TV show ''Shirl's Neighbourhood''.〔 Dickinson was then invited to join PC and The Pickups, which was the house band for the Texan Cowboy bars, Spurs.〔 This gave her the opportunity to experience the country music scene, performing nightly around Australia. The band also performed on the festival circuit including the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Dickinson briefly joined Shane and Marcia Howard as a member of Goanna〔〔"Goanna"〕 at the invitation of record producer Trevor Lucas, from Fairport Convention. During her time with the band, Dickinson was included in the recording of "Let the Franklin Flow", a song about the ecological damage to be caused by damming Tasmania's Franklin River for hydroelectricity, and performed at the Stop the Drop concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with Midnight Oil and Redgum. Dickinson then formed her own alt country band The Cutters〔 and later The Hummingbirds.〔 Band members included guitarist Ross Hannaford, Renée Geyer, Dave Flett, Stefan Fidok, singer songwriter Hugh McDonald, fiddle player John Bone and Matt Green. As a duo, Dickinson and Flett, toured throughout Australia, with a short stint in the United States. In 2008 and 2009, they provided the music for ''At the Centre of Light'', a play about Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop.〔"At the Center of Light"〕〔"Theatre Alive"〕 Dickinson's singing and songwriting have won her two Australian Songwriters Association Awards for Best Pop Song and Best Country Ballad for her songs "Straight from the Heart" and "We Live Apart".〔 Richard Fields of Melbourne's 3CR radio compared the way that she engaged audiences to Jona Lewie, John Sebastian and Ray Davies.〔Quoted on Dickinson's MySpace page〕 Her music was described by Anne Sydneham of ''NU Country TV'' as "more alt country than country....more rocky and rootsy",〔 and ''Beat Magazine'' described "...great, catchy songs that lingered long after the performance had ended".〔 In 2010, Dickinson embarked on a series of performances around Melbourne – both solo and with a band – promoting her new CD ''19 Steps''.〔 When not performing, she teaches singing, songwriting, and composition.〔Music Teachers Online〕 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suzie Dickinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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