Stella Donnelly -Live At Fuji Festival 2019 – Recorded July 27, 2019 – NHK-FM
New faces by way of Australian singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly, whose debut album came out in March of this year and has been getting widely positive reactions all over the world.
Recorded literally hours ago, Donnelly and her band deliver an enchanting and clear-headed set to an appreciative and very receptive Japanese audience, making for a heartfelt energy exchange between artist and audience.
A little background on the artist via her webpage to help get you up to speed:
Stella Donnelly was raised between Morriston, Swansea in Wales and the burbs of Quinns Rocks, Western Australia. Donnelly got her start singing Green day songs in her Aussie high school rock band, eventually turning her interest to jazz and contemporary as an adult studying at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
At the beginning of 2017, Donnelly released her debut EP ‘Thrush Metal’ and was met with critical acclaim. The five-track release was written over the space of two years; a musical undertaking resulting in a bold and unapologetic repertoire of songs which has forged Donnelly to the forefront of the new guard of Australian songwriters.
The second half of 2017 saw Donnelly receive invitations to perform at world-renowned music showcases in 2018; the UK’s The Great Escape and Austin’s SXSW. In November, Donnelly travelled to London to perform sold-out shows as part of The Great Escape’s ‘First 50’.
Back on home soil, Donnelly won the inaugural Levi’s Music Prize, as the ‘most outstanding talent’ at Brisbane’s Bigsound conference, a swathe of Western Australian Music Industry Awards, including Best EP, Best Folk Act, Best Single, Best Female Vocalist and Most Popular New Act. This was quickly followed by Australian national youth radio station Triple J awarding Donnelly the ‘Unearthed Artist of the Year’s award.
Donnelly’s brutally honest and witty observations of people and relationships are transformed into blissful poems and lyrical punch lines on her standout debut EP ‘Thrush Metal’. Donnelly’s relatable way of writing is her lens to the world in which we live, a glimpse into what it’s like to be a millennial woman in the age of Trump, Tinder and third wave feminism.
All that’s left for you to do is hit the play button, sit back and relax.
Good times.
