Jodi has been a working singer/songwriter/musician for 20 years. In 1989 Jodi formed the alternative pop group The Clouds, with co-frontwoman Trish Young. The Clouds worked hard for 8 years, gaining a large and loyal following around the world with their powerful, slightly skewiff yet catchy pop songs.
The Clouds were the recipients of 3 Aria nominations, repeatedly entered the top 20 of the mainstream charts, received a gold record for their debut album, Penny Century, played at the first 6 Big Day Outs, lived in the UK and the US, signed to Elektra worldwide and recorded over 70 songs which were released as 4 albums and 16 eps.
Jodi chose to leave the Clouds in 1997 to go solo and explore more intimate and personal styles of songwriting and recording. She has released 3 solo albums and has been called
“a national treasure†by Rolling Stone magazine. Her second album, ‘In Dreams I Live’ received 2 Aria nominations. Jodi toured through the US and Canada to promote it and record some songs for her third album, “For Lovers, Artists and Dreamers†with Ron Sexsmith’s drummer, Don Kerr at his studio in Toronto.
Jodi also formed the alt/country pop group, The Dearhunters with husband,
Tim Oxley in 1999 and they recorded the album ‘Red, Wine and Blue’ which received 4 star reviews around the world.
Jodi and Tim have a recording studio in their home by the sea in NSW (www.myspace.com/thekitchenrecordinghouse) where they create their beautiful albums and write and record music for film and television. Jodi has turned her hand to writing for children’s television and has written songs for all three series of the Beyond production of New MacDonald’s Farm on chanel 9. Jodi and Tim have also teamed up as the music supervisors for the See Thru Film production of “The Combinationâ€, directed by
David Field.
Most recently, Jodi and Tim have joined forces to form Roger Loves Betty. Their debut long player "Let Love Begin" is out now through www.myspace.com/rogerlovesbetty, Itunes and most good record stores.
Roger Loves Betty's 2nd album is almost complete, so stay tuned for previews.
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