Coco's Lunch a cappella group

Coco's Lunch has built an impressive reputation as one of Australia's most outstanding and innovative A cappella groups. Their music is unique, weaving earthy songs with driving percussion, drawing on the sounds of the world in a distinctly Australian way. For the past eight years they have performed throughout Australia at leading festivals and venues along with performances at schools throughout Australia and parts of Asia with the "Musica Viva in Schools" program, inspiring children to sing and create their own music through improvisation. They have also performed many regional evening concerts for Musica Viva's Countrywide program. This group of five outstanding singers perform heartfelt original works with an irrepressible sense of joy. Coco's Lunch features Nicola Eveleigh, Jacqueline Gawler, Sue Johnson, Gabrielle MacGregor and Lisa Young. They have released four CDs, most recently "A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed" which has been nominated for an ARIA award in 2002.

Discography

A Whole New Way Of Getting Dressed

The five young women singers who call themselves Coco's Lunch have got rhythm, they've got music, and they've got that swing (the kind that it don't mean a thing if you ain't got it)! For the five years they've been together they've built a reputation as one of Australia's most outstanding and innovative a cappella groups. They weave earthy songs with driving (non-vocal) percussion (and there is your odd flute passage), drawing on the sounds of the world in a distinctly Australian way. "Dressed" is Coco's third CD, following "Invisible Rhythm" and "Wally Wombat Shuffle." The Songs (all written and/or composed by group members) are: "Shine," "Thulele Mama Ya," "Nature's Vanishing Points," "All The Wild Wonders," "A Whole New Way," "Fly Away," "Shifting Time," "Sleepless," "Night Reserviert," "Unity" and "Sister My Sister." The words, all included on the nice-looking liner notes, are moving poems of freedom, love and wildness. "Dressed" is a fun, refreshing, toe-tapper of a CD that satisfies on many levels!

Listen to "A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed" and "Thulele Mama Ya" in Real Audio.

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Rat Trap Snap

Australia's hottest and most innovative all-woman a cappella quintet Coco's Lunch are dedicated to composing and performing original and inspiring music, and they succeed with relish on "Rat Trap Snap!" These 14 group-written and composed songs are clever, jazzy, catchy and fun. Check out the faux horns on the bouncy "Let's Dance," tap your feet to the rhythmic, saucy salsa tune "Fire" and soaring "Away" ( both with non-vocal percussion), enjoy the silly, jazzy "Little Miss Muffet," the McFerrinesque "Nip," and the highly instructional "Baby in Her Belly." "I Sweep My Feet" enters the mind of a precocious child, "Nowhere Train" rolls on a vocal percussion track, and "Rain" and the title tune are surreal romps. "Snap" is a refreshing, surprising joy.

Invisible Rhythm

Invisible Rhythm received an ARIA award nomination for best contemporary album. This highly successful recording by Coco's Lunch was a finalist in the Australian World Music Awards and was featured as World Music CD of the Week in the Sydney Morning Herald. Featuring the brilliant harmonies with sophisticated rhythms of these five skilled musicians and composers, Invisible Rhythm transcends cultural borders. Their songs are in variety of musical styles with lyrics that are earthy and spiritual. Although many of the songs were written be one person, it is obvious that the final product is the result of the closeness and compatibility of the group. Try the soulful "Seven Sisters" or the improvised "Goodnight."

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