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Her strongest musical influence was her sister Carmen, 14 years older, with whom she sang and who taught her to harmonise, and who introduced her to lasting musical influences: blues and gospel, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, the Pretenders and Joan Armatrading. Every child in the family was expected to play an instrument and to play in the family band in church and for members of the Maltese community who visited their house.

The family was musical and she studied classical piano from the age of five to 16. She lives with her family in Fremantle.Ĭaruana grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Newport, the youngest, by some years, of six siblings by parents of Maltese extraction. She has released two albums, Beat and Holler and The Magician's Daughter. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.Danielle Caruana, known professionally as Mama Kin, is an Australian singer-songwriter.

Dave Pensabene – backing vocals (track 10)Ĭharts Weekly charts Chart (2004–2005)ĭecade-end chart Chart (2000–2009).

Michael Caruana – Hammond organ (track 10).

Danielle Caruana – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 13).

Michael Barker – congas (tracks 1, 3, 10), tambourine (tracks 1, 3), marimba (tracks 8, 9), darumbukka (track 1), marching bass drum (track 7), cymbals (track 7), kooky spoon solo (track 10).

Nicky Bomba – drums vocals (tracks 7, 10, 13), tambourine (tracks 4, 6), shakers (tracks 3, 9), djembe (tracks 1, 11), sticks (track 3), tikky tak electric guitar (track 3).

Shannon Birchall – double bass electric bass (tracks 9, 13), vocals (tracks 7, 13), piano (track 3), strings (track 4), string arrangements (track 4).

John Butler – vocals, guitars banjo (tracks 5, 7, 8), lapsteel (track 1), E-Bow (track 9), string arrangements (track 4).

"Something's Gotta Give" – 10:14 (Includes 7:07 of silence and ambience).

"Sometimes" – 11:05 (Includes :28 of silence).

In 2011, Sunrise Over Sea was certified five times platinum in Australia. This was the first fully independent album (independent label/independent distributor) to debut at number 1 on the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) albums chart. It was number 8 in the Triple J Hottest 1 and also had significant airplay on commercial FM radio across Australia. " Zebra" was released in December 2003 and made the ARIA singles charts in early 2004. The album debuted at number one in the Australian album charts on 15 March 2004 and achieved gold record status in its first week of release. In August 2004, a new disc, What You Want was released, with the song "What You Want" (Shared by Sunrise over Sea) and including a new version of the song "Treat Yo' Mama" and a cover of The Beatles' song " Across the Universe". It is a politically charged song that was very successful off the back of the recent LP. Recent editions of the album have included the bonus track "Something's Gotta Give", which was released on an EP in 2004.

It is also part of the lyrics to the song "Peaches & Cream."Īll the songs on the album were written, arranged and produced by John Butler, except for "What You Want" where the string section was arranged by Shannon Birchall and John Butler and was scored and conducted by Shannon Birchall.Īdditional musicians performing on the album include: Michael Barker – "Treat Yo Mama", "Company Sin", "Bound To Ramble", Seeing Angels", "There'll Come a Time", "Zebra" Danielle Caruna – "Treat Yo Mama", "Peaches & Cream", "What You Want", "Sometime" Michael Caruna – "Zebra" Dave Pensabene – "Zebra" Tim Neil – "Sometimes" The title Sunrise Over Sea is probably a reference to his home in Byron Bay, which is one of the most easterly points in Australia and therefore one of the first points to see the sunrise. Some of my favourite Jimi Hendrix music is off-the-cuff stuff with Band of Gypsys." I've learned it's not always about having the same players for five, six or 10 years, it’s having the right chemistry for these songs at this time. I have the intuition and the foresight to pick the right players to my music. "Essentially what I learnt out of this process was, more so than ever, I'm the keeper of the music.

John Butler told the Australian edition of Rolling Stone published in April 2004 that he wanted greater freedom to pursue his vision.

This would be Bomba's only recording with the Trio (having returned to his own reggae band) until April Uprising (2010) The sound engineer for this production was Robin Mai. He had a new band consisting of percussionist Nicky Bomba and upright-bass player Shannon Birchall. In late 2003, John Butler entered Woodstock Studios in Melbourne, which is owned by Joe Camilleri, the leader of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and the Black Sorrows. Sunrise Over Sea is the third studio album by Australian band the John Butler Trio.