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12th january 2008
lucie will be joining forces with the one n only jackie marshall for three concerts across victoria over the coming weeks. details are up on the shows page.
19th november 2007
lucie will be playing a handful of shows at either end of nsw over the next couple of weeks, including two very special house concerts in the bega valley with claire jenkins and kim dellavedova. details are up on the shows page.
in other news, lucie will be performing at the inaugural Corinbank Festival at the end of the summer, in the beautiful brindabella mountains of the ACT. tickets go on sale at the end of the month. find out more at their website.
3rd september 2007
lucie's spring tour will take in three states and a territory, and starts in adelaide at the end of the month. details are up on the shows page.
22nd july 2007
lucie is having a little rest from touring for a couple of months and will be back on the road in the spring. some of these spring tour dates have just been added to the shows page. check back for more dates and details.
you can now also stream a bunch of songs from where nights birds call at lucie's new myspace page.
11th july 2007
lucie's winter tour comes to an end this sunday with a final
show in sydney's beautiful newtown theatre. doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are only available at the door, so get there early!
28th may 2007
lucie will be playing a handful of select shows in halls, theatres and community centres along the east coast through the winter, and some of these dates have just been posted on the shows page. more dates and ticketing details announced soon.
in other news, 'the upfield line' is now available for streaming via the abc's oztrax website.
8th may 2007
where night birds call has been gathering some pretty friendly press lately - you can check out what's being said on the new press page. there are also some new snaps up on the new photos page.
24th april 2007
lucie and heath will be joining the exceptional jackie marshall for a one-night-only, diy country-hall style show at the ainslie community hall in canberra this saturday night. its gonna be special. for details check the shows page.
6th april 2007
vitamin records will be re-releasing lucie's back catalogue on monday 9th april. this means that along with where night birds call, both the bud and botticelli blue eyes will now also be available from all your favourite record stores right across the country.
in other news, lucie and heath will be playing one concert at the national folk festival in canberra this weekend. details are up on the shows page.
28th march 2007
where night birds call has been officially, well-and-truly launched after a packed-out show and party in the stunning old community hall on the kameruka estate last saturday night! we'll post some photos from the night here soon.
in other news, tickets for the canberra launch show at tilleys are now on sale. check the shows page for booking details.
5th march 2007
well folks, where night birds call is in stores from today! you'll find it on the shelves of all your favourite independent record stores, your nearest jb hi fi, and plenty of other places too right across australia. and if its not there, you can ask them to order it in through vitamin distribution. its also available online from anywhere in the world via the vitamin records website.
22nd february 2007
lucie and heath have recorded the soundtrack to a new radio documentary, kameruka, which will be going to air on radio national's hindsight this sunday 25th february. (with a replay on thursday 1st march.) the music includes a couple of songs - home sized town and i have been a soldier too from where night birds call.
in other news, there are now a bunch of album launch dates up on the shows page. more dates and details announced soon.
16th january 2007
we're very pleased to announce that the new long player,where night birds call, will be released on monday 5th march, through the good folk at vitamin records. it'll be available from all good australian music stores. you will also be able to order a copy direct from lucie. lucie and heath will be playing a bunch of album launch shows, with a whole host of very special guests, throughout march and april. details of the launch tour will be added to the shows page soon.
19th august 2006
we're pleased to announce that a limited edition single, the upfield line, will be available at shows from early october. where night birds call is now due in the summertime through the good folk at vitamin. spring tour dates are now up.
24th may, 2006
lucie's new long player, where night birds call, is well under way. we're expecting it's release in the spring. we'll keep you posted... also, there are some new pictures up.
1st may, 2006
lucie & heath are playing two shows with jackie marshall and sime nugent this weekend, see the listings.
19th february, 2006
lucie is now out of range in an old wooden cottage in the countryside, so there probably won't be much news for a while...
6th january 2006
lucie will be playing a double-bill show at northcote's beautiful wesley anne with kim dellavedova's city chariot - one of melbourne's finest songwriting treasures. this will be lucie's last melbourne show for a while before she heads off into the countryside to get working on the new album.
in other news lucie has been invited to perform at sydney's 'the great escape' festival over the easter long weekend. there's gonna be a huge line-up, with other acts announced so far including silverchair, xavier rudd, hawksley workman, donavon frankenreiter, clare bowditch and the feeding set, lior, the herd, the afro cuban allstars... check out the great escape site for tickets/more info.
28th november 2005
brisbane's jackie marshall has been described as ...what you'd get if you whacked a set of tits on paul kelly and put him in charge of a bordello , and ...like watching edith piaf, janis joplin and jeff buckley all let loose out of the one person . and she's gonna be in melbourne next month, playing a couple of shows with lucie. tuesday 13th december they'll be at the wesley anne, alongside local favourite sime nugent , and monday 12th december they'll be playing a little preview show at the empress hotel (with electric guitars, and special guests making use of the empress' old piano). we're in for a treat.
17th november 2005
after being announced 'first runner up'! in the pbs festival of song, lucie has been invited to perform at the federation square main stage as part of the launch of the pbs live music week live broadcast from fed square on december 2nd. other folks playing throughout the day include troy cassar-daley, jeff lang, music v's physics, and many more...
10th october 2005
lucie and heath head off on a three week east coast tour which starts this friday at the tea club in nowra, and will see them playing as far north as eumundi in queensland. which is further north than they've played before. for full tour schedule visit the shows page. and here's a press release for the tour (pdf and plain text).
3rd october 2005
lucie will be playing a short set at the corner hotel next tuesday 11th october as part of the pbs festival of song. doors open 8pm, entry is free.
1st september 2005
lucie and heath will be joining the miller's tale for a little double-bill spring tour around victoria and south australia. the tour starts with a show at melbourne's rob roy hotel, where'll they'll be joined again by the very fine phil collings on drums, which is most exciting! for full tour schedule visit the shows page. and there's a press release for the tour (pdf and plain text).
22nd august 2005
lucie and heath play the last of their friday-night residency shows at northcote's intimate 303 this week, joined by special guest jodi martin. on saturday they'll be putting on a special house concert together, in amongst the rolling hills of beautiful sedgewick. find out more on the shows page.
19th july 2005
lucie will be making a little cameo appearance as back-up singer for the very excellent kim dellavedova, at the launch of 'for want of a better word...' - the sublime new album from kim dellavedova's city chariot . the show is on at manchester lane in melbourne city tomorrow night (wednesday 20th july), and sime nugent will be playing the opening set. doors 8.30pm.
17th may 2005
now there are even more friendly places you can buy lucie's albums. check out the shop page for details.
26th april 2005
lucie will be taking a short break from touring over the winter months, (with a few exceptions... check back for details) as she starts work on the next record. we'll keep you posted...
22nd april 2005
there are some new pics available on the photos page, courtesy of the lovely eryca green...
8th april 2005
there are some new excellent record stores where you can now find lucie's albums. visit the shop for details.
18th february 2005
lucie will be performing as part of the port fairy folk festival festival fringe next month. details on theshows page.
16th february 2005
lucie will be joined by the very lovely guitar-playing heath cullen for a run of shows along australia's east coast in march/april. details for the tour are now available.
3rd february 2005
this week will see lucie taking up richard moffatt's 'covers challenge', on his incoming show on melbourne's rrr radio. she'll be joined by bec and john from the miller's tale, and together they'll be performing an exclusive rendition of an old acca dacca favourite... stay tuned!
24th january 2005
we've added a join lucie's mailing list page to the site (at long last!).
4th january 2005
lucie has been invited to perform at the cockatoo island festival in sydney harbour this easter, with a whole swag of other folks, including gomez, the waifs, pete murray, new buffalo, decoder ring.... visit their site for more info.
1st december 2004
there are some new additions to the list of good records stores where you can buy lucie's music, in western australia and nsw. check out thecd purchase page for details.
6th november 2004
lucie has just arrived back in australia, and will be playing a couple of welcome-home shows this week: including a double bill with kristina olsen in candelo, and at melbourne's corner hotel as part of an elliott smith tribute concert. visit the tour page for more info.
12th october 2004
lucie will also be playing two shows in sri lanka this month. details for these shows are now up.
2nd october 2004
lucie will be playing three shows in germany this month. details for these shows are now up on the tour page.
19th september 2004
lucie's new record 'the bud' is one of this week's feature albums on the us-based internet radio station radioio acoustic . visit the radioio acoustic site to find out more.
6th september 2004
there is a new online distributer for lucie's records - cd baby , based in portland, usa. see the cd purchase page for details.
10th august 2004
lucie will be performing at the london's elliott smith tribute concert at the university of london union. there are details on the tour page.
9th july 2004
the start of lucie's north american and uk tour dates are now up on the shows page. more will be announced soon - keep checking back for details.
6th july 2004
the bud has been gathering some pretty friendly press, including being named cd of the week in the canberrra times , and also being hailed as 'one of the most beautiful and intimate collection of songs you're likely to hear this year' [times out]... see the reviews page for details.
16th june 2004
lucie is making a very limited edition vinyl pressing of the the bud . the edition is strictly limited to 100 copies, each in a hand printed slip case made by matt gale. to order a record contact lucie .
there are some updates to the list of record stores selling lucies records.
24th may 2004
the details of lucie's new album the bud are now available, along with a press release for the upcoming launch tour.
12th may 2004
lucie lost some email messages this week, so if you wrote expecting a reply, and did not get one, could you please resend your messages... apologies to all concerned.
there is a new photo available.
18th april 2004
there is now a draft cover for the new record, ``the bud'', and the track listing is finalized.
14th april 2004
the local tour dates for the launch of the new record have been announced on lucie's touring schedule .
15th march 2004
there is now a high-resolution scan of the subway photo available from the photos page.
15th february 2004
a new song for the new record is almost done.
2nd february 2004
australia's leading roots music magazine rhythms has listed botticelli blue eyes in its best albums of the year for 2003, see the new reviews page .
there are some changes to the navigation menu and the biography is now accessible through the new about page.
1st february 2004
there is now an alphabetical song index that has links to all of lucie's song texts. of course you can still find the songs by visiting the album pages.
31st january 2004
there is a new online distributor for lucie's records, the london based virtually acoustic club, see the cd purchase page.
29th january 2004
lucie is working on a new record due out in june 2004. this news page is also new, you can check here to find out about changes to lucies site.