Aussie icon Vika Bull will join forces with another formidable music diva, Debra Byrne, to perform and celebrate Carole King’s pop masterpiece, Tapestry at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre next week.
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Vika is well known to Australian audiences as one half of the soulful Bull Sisters and has performed for Nelson Mandela and the the king of Tonga and performed with Billy Joel, Paul Kelly and Iggy Pop, to name a few.
Growing up she always wanted to be a singer.
“The moment I realised I would make it was when we were recording with Joe Camilleri and we recorded Chained to the Wheel,” Vika said.
Joe became somewhat of a mentor to both her and her sister, Linda.
“Joe took us around the world, him and Paul Kelly became mentors for us and are two people in the industry that have looked after us, given us advice and made sure we got to sing lead as well as backing vocals.”
People in the industry have continually remarked on how she is improving with age, with Vika saying it comes down to having the life experience to interpret the song and sing it with depth and feeling.
One of the first songs that really touched Vika was hearing Aretha Franklin sing Natural Woman on the radio, not knowing that Carole King had written it.
Vika and Debra Byrne along with The Brill Band, featuring some of Australia’s finest musicians, reimagine the songs of the most successful and revered female songwriter in pop music history in Tapestry.
Both artists have been inspired by the work of Carole King and the Tapestry album and they have joined forces to pay tribute to this incredible artist.
For 25 years, the glorious voice of Vika has comprised one of the most distinctive, versatile and emotionally charged sounds on the Australian music landscape.
Since a multi-platinum conquest of pop radio with the Black Sorrows in the late 1980s, Vika Bull has forged a diverse pathway into soul, gospel, blues, country and the island music of her Tongan ancestry.
Like Vika, Debra is an Australian music icon.
At age 14 she was chosen as one of six original team members of Young Talent Time.
By the time Debra was 16 she had won a Logie and the Queen of Pop award and had a single at number one for seven weeks. She has gone on to have a succesful career in musical theatre.
For further information or to purchase tickets contact the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre Box Office on 1300 788 503.