Miriam Lieberman is a singer songwriter known not only for her unmistakable voice and songwriting, but for playing the 21 string West African harp – the kora. She draws her influences from far and wide – she’s given concerts in cities in West Africa and peace festivals in Japan, she’s studied and performed with Mali’s multi Grammy award winning kora player Toumani Diabate, and has performed from the South of Mexico to Ecuador, to Istanbul and India, as well as far and wide in her home Australia. Her songs seamlessly blend contemporary folk with West African influences and are in essence a collection of stories, beautifully told through strings, powerful lyrics and her emotive voice.
Miriam is joined by exceptional string players – violinist Lara Goodridge (FourPlay/Baby et Lulu) and bassist Liz Frencham. Adding their sublime strings and lush vocal harmonies, there is a chemistry between these musicians and their instruments that open out the songs to a soaring beautiful soundscape.
Miriam is releasing her much anticipated fifth album ‘Full Circle’ at The Old Church, with her trio. Having worked once again with talented producer Josh Schuberth, Adams and Goodridge, ‘Full Circle’ is an album harking back to the early work of Joni Mitchell, infused with a feminine perspective and the light and shade of the human experience – rhythm, the stars, the sea, love and the impermanence of things are ever present in this work.
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