Natalie Pa'apa'a
Natalie Pa'apa'a is an Australian roots musician with Samoan and Mexican roots. Together with Carlos Santone , she founded the Australian roots band Blue King Brown .
Life
Natalie Pa'apa'a was born in the United States to a Mexican father and a West Samoa mother. A year later, she moved to Melbourne with her family and grew up there until she was 13 years old. She then attended high school in Byron Bay , on the north coast of New South Wales. There she began her musical career as a street musician, which she stayed for the following seven years. She originally played with Carlos as a percussion duo and partly as part of the band Skin . Skin became a precursor to Blue King Brown.
Natalie and Carlos attended the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Center in Lismore , where she majored in guitar and he majored in bass. In 2004 they moved to Melbourne. There they concentrated their work in the 8-piece urban roots collective , today Blue King Brown. Her debut single "Water" ran on Australian radio stations in heavy rotation and won the 2006 AIR Chart award.
In recent years Natalie has increasingly become the face of the band.
In 2015 she released a solo album as Nattalie Rize with the reggae artist Notis .
Discography
- Nattalie Rize / Notis 2015: New Era Frequency , album
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- ↑ Blue King Brown on ABC North Coast
- ↑ Interview with Natalie Pa'apa'a
- ↑ the job-ready graduate: underpinning independence ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s3236962.htm
Web links
- Natalie Pa'apa'a in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pa'apa'a, Natalie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian roots musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |