Harpin Momma

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Harpin Momma

Harpin’ Momma

Australia’s Mother of the Blues

Enigmatic is the word best used to describe Harpin’ Momma. She is the consummate Entertainer.

Momma is not just a singer of the Blues…SHE IS A BLUES SINGER, powerful and passionate. Her powerhouse Blues and Gospel are delivered deep from her soul with a voice sometimes compared to Big Momma Thornton, Mahalia Jackson, even Janis Joplin and more recently by a French photographer at Adelaide River who likened her to Edith Piaf.

Her deep Contralto voice is used to perfection when singing Blues and Gospel. Aptly described as a “Pocket Rocket” by Big Mike Hotz of Radio 5UV in Adelaide, she is dynamic in her approach to everything she does which is seen when she picks up her piano accordion and proceeds to belt out some blues or makes it cry when laying Gospel numbers. Harpin’ Momma has written numerous songs which relate directly to her own early life and display her depth of feeling, and she uses her Roland keyboards to their fullest effect and really gets the fee a ‘stompin’, and when she picks up her harmonica, look out! (She is the best female Harp player in Australia hence the name HARPIN’ MOMMA.)

Momma has performed everywhere from Tasmania’s Republic Bar to Squires Tavern in Darwin; the H.O.G.S. Shed in Gove; Moody Blue, Upwey, Victoria, 2008; Taste of Tatura Festival, 2003-2004; Benalla Rose Festival, 2003; Whitfield End of Harvest Festival, 2003; Monichino Winery, Katunga; Fiffe Field Winery, Yarrawonga; St. Leonards Winery, Wahgunyah, Bojass Restaurant, Shepparton, Star Hotel Rutherglen 2001 2002 2003 on a monthly basis. The Star Wine Bar Echuca, Echuca Winter Blues Festival 2000, 2001 2002 2003; Albury Carols by Candlelight 2002; Daly Waters Pub and Douglas Daly Park in the Northern Territory; Sydney (The Harbour View Rocks where her Sydney CD launch happened); Melbourne (Yak Bar Speakesy, Rainbow, Central Club, St. Andrews Hotels); Wangaratta (Jazz & Blues Festivals 1993, 1996, 1998); Vine Blues Festival 1999 and 2000; Thredbo Blues Festova; 1998 and 2001; Geelong (De La Ville Hotel); Albury (Kinross Woolshed and Boomerang Hotels. S.S. Cumberoona on the Murray River; Barooga Sporties Club 2004; Tasmania (Republic Bar, Wynyard Hotel, Forth Hotel, Hagley Hotel); Yarrawonga Golf Club; Tocumwal Golf Club; Granya Folk Festival 2001; Sydney Hotel Wangaratta 2001;(Wangaratta Jazz Festival Weekend); Chiones Restaurant, Mt Hotham; Adelaide (Governor Hindmarsh Hotel); Alice Springs (Scotties Bar); Ayers Rock (Yulara Residents’ Club) and at numerous other mining villages both in South Australia and the Northern Territory; performed by invitation in HOUSTON, TEXAS 2001.

In 1999 Harpin’ Momma was hailed as ‘Queen of the Blues’ by the South Australian Blues Society, and was introduced to the crowd at Melbourne’s Rainbow Hotel by Werner Martin as ‘EMPRESS OF THE BLUES’.

Sydney’s Blues Guru, Peter Ghossein, wrote the following lines about Harpin’ Momma “I love the Blues… She heard my cry. If love were a quenchless thirst then let me drown in the sea of love, but to hear her sing… Oh God; but to hear her soul”.

This great entertainment happens in the Front Bar, Beer Gardens, Upstairs Lounge or at private functions, and is adjusted to suit venue’s or patrons’ requirements. Harpin’ Momma has performed in venues as diverse as classy Melbourne Boutique Restaurants, Cafes, many Wineries, Sydney Pubs,. Music Festivals, Wedding Receptions, Corporate Functions, Private Barbecues, and has been requested to sing her Gospel numbers at a number of funeral services.

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