Georgia Wonder

Georgia Wonder

Stephanie Grant, vocals - Julian Moore, music
Background information
Origin UK
Genres Folk-rock
Years active 2002 - present
Labels Self released
Website Georgia Wonder Website
Members Stephanie Grant (vocals)
Julian Moore (music)

Georgia Wonder is a British folk-rock duo consisting of vocalist Stephanie Grant and musician Jullan Moore. Georgia Wonder once described their music as The Carpenters driving Tom Petty to an R.E.M. gig but getting crushed under the wheels of Pink Floyd's tour bus while arguing over whether to listen to 'Love Shack' by The B-52's or 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac.[1]

History

Awards and achievements

Their song "Girl You Never Knew", taken from their debut Hello Stranger EP was named “Song Of The Day” by Popjustice on 6 August 2008 who said it was "one Grey's Anatomy soundtrack appearance away from being an international hit single."[2]

It also claimed “Song Of The Day” on 29 August 2008[3] and “Song Of The Week” for the week of August 29[4] on the Record Of The Day website, who called it "a simple, restrained, haunting ballad which sounds classic but not dated".

Radio

Georgia Wonder’s first BBC radio appearance was on "whispering" Bob Harris's BBC Radio 2 show on 27 January 2007 when he played the track ‘Hello Stranger’.[5] He followed this up by playing their unreleased track ‘Two Weeks To Live’ during the following show on 3 February 2007.[6]

They have also performed live on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Southern Counties Radio.[7]

Tours and appearances

Georgia Wonder supported Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall on the UK leg of his 2008 tour,[8] and performed at the London American Embassy on US election night 2008.[9] They also played at the American Ambassador's house in Regents Park, London for Independence Day celebrations 2009.

Other

In January 2009, Georgia Wonder released their EP, Hello Stranger, onto file sharing sites and quickly entered the top twenty "most shared" songs on The Pirate Bay.[10]

They were nominated for an Interactive Music Award for their 'Hello Stranger' CD campaign in 2009 [11]

Discography

EPs

  1. "Girl You Never Knew"
  2. "Hello Stranger"
  3. "Falling Down"
  4. "Would Love To Meet"
  5. "Carnival"
  1. "Destroy"
  2. "Two Weeks To Live"
  3. "Genius"
  4. "Cool Again"
  5. "Love About You
  1. "No Credit"
  2. "Siren"
  3. "Unknown Legend"
  4. "Fly"
  5. "Follow The Light'

References

  1. ↑ http://georgiawonder.com/destroy/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=28
  2. ↑ "Song Of The Day: Georgia Wonder: Girl You Never Knew". Popjustice. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  3. ↑ "Record Of The Day: Georgia Wonder: Girl You Never Knew". Record Of The Day. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on April 9, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  4. ↑ "Record Of The Week: Georgia Wonder: Girl You Never Knew". Record Of The Day. 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  5. ↑ "Bob Harris Playlist January 27th 2007". BBC Radio 2. 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  6. ↑ "Bob Harris Playlist February 3rd 2007". BBC Radio 2. 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio Georgia Wonder feature". BBC Local Radio. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  8. ↑ "Georgia Wonder support Mick Hucknall". Simply Red Website. 2008-07-03. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  9. ↑ "The American Embassy whoop it up in style for the elections". Superrich Lifestyle. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
  10. ↑ "Unsigned Band Thrilled It's One Of The 'Most Pirated'". Techdirt. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  11. ↑ "Hello Stranger CD campaign". Interactive Music Awards. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2008-03-01.

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