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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}
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|background = solo_singer
|background = solo_singer
|origin = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
|origin = Sydney, Australia
|genre = [[Adult contemporary music|Adult contemporary]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[pop rock]]|
|genre = [[Adult contemporary music|Adult contemporary]], [[Folk music|folk]], [[pop rock]]|
|occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[musician]], [[author]] |
|occupation = Singer-songwriter, musician, author |
|years_active = 1989–present
|years_active = 1989–present
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'''Penny Flanagan''' (born 1970) is an [[Australians|Australian]] singer and author.
'''Penny Flanagan''' (born 1970) is an Australian singer and author.


==Early life==
==Early life==
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Her next release, ''Light Sleeper'', was praised by Australian ''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]'' magazine as "a mature and intelligent release from a genuine talent, deserving of wider success."<ref>[http://cdbaby.com/cd/pennyflanagan CD Baby: PENNY FLANAGAN: Light Sleeper<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The album was produced by [[Tim Powles]] of [[The Church (band)|the Church]] and featured a duet with [[Steve Kilbey]] on the track "Into the Sun". After the release of ''Light Sleeper'' she retreated from performing to focus on raising her three children.
Her next release, ''Light Sleeper'', was praised by Australian ''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]'' magazine as "a mature and intelligent release from a genuine talent, deserving of wider success."<ref>[http://cdbaby.com/cd/pennyflanagan CD Baby: PENNY FLANAGAN: Light Sleeper<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The album was produced by [[Tim Powles]] of [[The Church (band)|the Church]] and featured a duet with [[Steve Kilbey]] on the track "Into the Sun". After the release of ''Light Sleeper'' she retreated from performing to focus on raising her three children.


She has also written three books, the novels ''Sing to Me''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sing to me|last=1970-|first=Flanagan, Penny|date=1998|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140274693|location=Ringwood, Vic.|oclc=38833731}}</ref> and ''Surviving Hal'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Surviving Hal|last=1970-|first=Flanagan, Penny|isbn=9781925780369|location=Glebe NSW|oclc=1083522583|date = November 2018}}</ref> and children's book ''Changing The Sky''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Changing the sky|last=1970-|first=Flanagan, Penny|date=1994|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=0340599391|location=Sydney|oclc=38341981}}</ref>
She has also written three books, the novels ''Sing to Me''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sing to me|last=1970–|first=Flanagan, Penny|date=1998|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140274693|location=Ringwood, Vic.|oclc=38833731}}</ref> and ''Surviving Hal'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Surviving Hal|last=1970-|first=Flanagan, Penny|isbn=9781925780369|location=Glebe NSW|oclc=1083522583|date = November 2018}}</ref> and children's book ''Changing The Sky''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Changing the sky|last=1970-|first=Flanagan, Penny|date=1994|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=0340599391|location=Sydney|oclc=38341981}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Discography==
==Discography==


'''Bravado''' (1994) - AUS No. 68<br />
'''Bravado''' (1994) – AUS No. 68<br />
1. Lap It Up<br />
1. Lap It Up<br />
2. Someone Else's Shoes<br />
2. Someone Else's Shoes<br />

Revision as of 10:31, 4 September 2020

Penny Flanagan
Born1970 (age 53–54)
OriginSydney, Australia
GenresAdult contemporary, folk, pop rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, author
Years active1989–present

Penny Flanagan (born 1970) is an Australian singer and author.

Early life

Flanagan attended high school at Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College and is a Sydney-based singer, songwriter, musician and novelist. Her musical career began in 1989 as one half of the folk-pop duo Club Hoy. The duo released three EPs and the 1991 album Thursday's Fortune before Flanagan went solo.

Career

The first single from her debut album, Bravado, was "Lap It Up" which hit No. 52 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1994. The album was produced by Martin Armiger and featured Paul Hester from Crowded House on drums.

She also received significant radio and MTV play for her cover of Prince's "When You Were Mine" from her EP Seven Flights Up which was released on her own independent label, Penny Dreadful Records.

In 1997, she contributed an offbeat cover of Kylie Minogue's "Better the Devil You Know" to the soundtrack of the Australian film Dust Off The Wings and released a music video for the song that aired on MTV and Rage.

Her next release, Light Sleeper, was praised by Australian Rolling Stone Australia magazine as "a mature and intelligent release from a genuine talent, deserving of wider success."[1] The album was produced by Tim Powles of the Church and featured a duet with Steve Kilbey on the track "Into the Sun". After the release of Light Sleeper she retreated from performing to focus on raising her three children.

She has also written three books, the novels Sing to Me[2] and Surviving Hal,[3] and children's book Changing The Sky.[4]

Personal life

Her father, John Flanagan, is an Australian author best known for the Ranger's Apprentice novel series.[5] She is the sister of actress and comedian Kitty Flanagan and since 2010 has toured with Kitty as part of her stand-up comedy shows. She writes original music for and performs songs in Kitty's show. [6] She also has a brother, who is a chef and runs a coffee shop in the snowfields of Japan.[5]

Discography

Bravado (1994) – AUS No. 68
1. Lap It Up
2. Someone Else's Shoes
3. Coming Around
4. The Sky
5. Uncertain Sins
6. Blanket
7. God Damn These Clowns
8. Piece of You
9. Dig
10. Big Parade
11. Lies
12. Flesh and Bone
13. The Sky (Radio Edit)
14. The Sky (Extended Mix)
15. The Sky (Dub Madness)

Seven Flights Up (1996)
Light Sleeper (1998)

References

  1. ^ CD Baby: PENNY FLANAGAN: Light Sleeper
  2. ^ 1970–, Flanagan, Penny (1998). Sing to me. Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin. ISBN 0140274693. OCLC 38833731. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ 1970-, Flanagan, Penny (November 2018). Surviving Hal. Glebe NSW. ISBN 9781925780369. OCLC 1083522583. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ 1970-, Flanagan, Penny (1994). Changing the sky. Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0340599391. OCLC 38341981. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Showbiz a family affair for Flanagan | Illawarra Mercury 26 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013
  6. ^ Purrfect sister act | Newcastle Herald 19 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2013

External links

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