ABOUT SINGER, SONGWRITER LAUREN LUCILLE

Born in Toowoomba, Qld, Australia, Lauren was surrounded by music from an early age. Her original musical inspiration came from her parents, in particular the musical family of her mother, renowned jazz vocalist Sharny Russell. She could often be found at her mother’s gigs, learning how to swing before she even knew what swing was. Over the last 15 years, artists such as Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, Tierny Sutton, Gian Slater, Sara Serpa, Imogen Heap, Ani Difranco (to name a few) and also her mother Sharny Russell have all had a large influence on the way Lauren writes and performs music.

From the age of ten Lauren started writing and through her teens Lauren was writing folk and pop songs on guitar and piano. Now acknowledged by her peers as a great composer and performer Lauren was added to the short list of 200 out of 1500 applicants for the APRA Professional Development Awards.

Lauren has been performing professionally since 2006, with national gigs in Brisbane, Byron Bay, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, and international gigs in Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, Poland and London. Blessed with a magnificent voice, a sound grasp of harmony and sophisticated rhythmic sense Lauren's desire is to travel and sing and ‘make people feel something’ with her music. She has performed in the Melbourne International Women’s Jazz Festival, Noosa Jazz Festival, Valley Jazz Festival (Brisbane), Yeppoon Village Festival and the WOMAD festival in UK.

Lauren's debut ‘Hidden Here’ was featured heavily on national and international airwaves. Two tunes from the album made the finals in the QLD Music Awards and made it onto QANTAS Airlines! Lauren is now back into writing folk/pop music full swing and is working solo and also with different musical line ups including a string trio! Her influence's include Kurt Elling, Imogen Heap, Regina Spektor and more! Listen to 'Hidden Here' on Bandcamp.