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CMU Approved
Approved: Jac Stone
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 11 January 2011
Singer-songwriter Jac Stone has been gaining increasing attention in her native Australia over the last six months. Interest picked up as she began working with Darren Middleton, guitarist of the recently retired Powderfinger, one of the country’s most domestically successful rock bands. The story goes that Middleton was looking for a guest vocalist for his solo work, but once he’d seen her live realised that she should be allowed to stay up front on her own.
It’s easy to see why he was so enamoured. Stone has a strong, distinctive voice and some sharp songwriting skills that belie the fact that she’s just twenty and is yet to release a record. She has been in the studio, though. Working with Middleton and producer Yanto Browning she’s translated her acoustic songs to a full band set-up for her debut EP, ‘Leave Me Here’, which will be released in Australia by Amplifire Music next month.