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Megan Washington

in the belly of the whale

About Me

word. words. birds.

chanteuse
noun(literary) a female singer, especially one who sings on the stage in a theatre or bar where elegant people fall about in frantic and frenzied splendour.

I mostly feel like a bear on a unicycle.

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Member Since: 2/17/2006
Band Website: meganwashington.com
Band Members: Megan Washington - ivories, voice, brain
Influences: Rufus Wainwright, Billie Holiday, The Decemberists, The Magnetic Fields, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The macabre, Captain Ahab, Radiohead, Gillian Welch, Tim Burton, Coco Rosie, Nick Drake, Jon Brion, Elana Stone, Martha Wainwright, The McGarrigle Sisters, Pat Matheny, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Folds, Leonard Bernstein, Mahalia Jackson, Van Dyke Parks, Antony and the Johnsons, Bach, Sufjan Stevens, Danny Elfman, Edgar Allen Poe, Paul Simon, Neil Young
Sounds Like: Fishes singing underwater.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Review in The Age

In Melbourne's Age, Monday 8 October 2007"The first thing you notice is the voice: pure and light, with an ability to float from note to note as gracefully as a butterfly. And just as a butterfly move...
Posted by Megan Washington on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:36:00 PST

Put on your lifejacket and blow your whistle!

Hi kidsWell, I'm more aware than anyone that things've been a little quiet on the ol' Washington front for a few months... I've been doing a lot of writing and planning and thinking and travelling. (I...
Posted by Megan Washington on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:21:00 PST

Europe with OMR

Dear Human-BeingsDue to an uncanny combination of fate, illness, myspace, egg-shakers and open-chords, I'm heading off to Europe tomorrow to play some shows with Ohad Rein ('Old Man River'). We're st...
Posted by Megan Washington on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:26:00 PST

Japanese Fan

It probably would've been far more interesting for me to have written about my Japan trip when I was actually IN Japan, but everybody knows how hard those foreign-language keyboards are. You never app...
Posted by Megan Washington on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:59:00 PST

The Poison Doughnut

www.thepoisondoughnut.blogspot.comThis is my sister's food blog. I don't really use recipe books anymore, I just go here and make one of her recipes. (Can recommend the Berry Muffins!)Sort of unrelate...
Posted by Megan Washington on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:43:00 PST

Sky Blue Skies, Steel Strings and Sydney.

Update:Been braving the early Melbourne cold, earning my stripes in the woolliest of woolies and Ugg Boots. Indoors only, of course.Been listening to the new Rufus Wainright album, and the new Wilco a...
Posted by Megan Washington on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:01:00 PST

MAP Magazine Review

MAP Magazine, May 07Nightlight - Brisbane is absolutely oozing with world-class jazz musicians! Indie-jazz chantuse has already made quite a splash in the Australian jazz scene. Having performed at fe...
Posted by Megan Washington on Fri, 11 May 2007 11:17:00 PST

ONLINE SURGERY

Hello hello - just a little note to say that this myspace page is going to be pretty much the only web presence I'll have for a little while, as my website wheezes with the death rattle. It's going to...
Posted by Megan Washington on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:16:00 PST

Review in The Aussie

Review in today's Australian - 31/03/07
Posted by Megan Washington on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:32:00 PST

Courier Mail Review of 'Nightlight'

From The Courier Mail, Saturday 17 March..">...
Posted by Megan Washington on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:29:00 PST