Keir Nuttall
Keir Nuttall is a Brisbane guitarist, singer and songwriter. He performs and records in the band of his partner Kate Miller-Heidke, the Brisbane singer-songwriter and Sony-BMG artist, as well as in the progressive rock trio Transport.
Kate Miller-Heidke has recorded or performed a number of songs written by Nuttall,[1] including her 2004 turntable hit Space They Cannot Touch, her ARIA-nominated 2007 single Words[2] and other tracks on Little Eve (2007). Nuttall and Miller-Heidke have increasingly written together, and they collaborated on all of the songs on Miller-Heidke's 2008 album Curiouser.[3]
As 'Franky Walnut', during Kate Miller-Heidke concerts, Keir Nuttall has performed his comic songs Where Have I Been All Your Life? and Three Word Review, both of which he has recorded.[4] His first solo album as Franky Walnut, "The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster was nominated for Best Comedy Release at the 2014 ARIAs. [5]
Before joining Transport and Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall played in a number of Brisbane bands,[6] including Complicated Game, experimental rock-funk trio More (formed in Toowoomba with Phil Lepherd and Lachlan Stewart) and 80s covers band Space Invaders.
Caught In The Crowd
In May 2009 Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall were awarded the $US25,000 Grand Prize in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition for their composition "Caught in the Crowd".[7]
Discography
Albums
- The Franky Walnut Reflective Drink Coaster (2013) (as Franky Walnut)
References
- ↑ Profile by Noel Mengel, Something for Kate among the rock hits, Brisbane Courier-Mail, 10 August 2006
- ↑ "DIVERSITY RULES THE DAY!" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
- ↑ Mengel, Noel (17 October 2008). "Kate Miller-Heidke finds a songwriter in her heart". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
- ↑ "MySpace page: Franky Walnut". MySpace.com. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/music/aria-music-awards-2014-the-full-list-of-nominees/story-fniwj43s-1227082452534?nk=a2fa7a0044a2d5429bd93a092bc88e6c Retrieved 25 November 2014
- ↑ Chris Spencer et al., Who's Who of Australian Rock, Five Mile Press, 5th edition (2002),
- ↑ "ISC: 2008 Grand Prize Winner". International Songwriting Competition. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
External links
- Transport: official website (Archived) at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 February 2008)
- Space They Cannot Touch lyrics at SongMeanings
- Kate Miller-Heidke official website
- 'Franky Walnut' at MySpace
- 'MORE' at MySpace