Cold Water is the debut album

Album

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 from Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 and roots

Roots revival

A roots revival is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. Often, roots revivals include an addition of newly-composed songs with socially and politically aware lyrics, as well as a general modernization of the folk sound.After an...

  singer Mia Dyson

Mia Dyson

Mia Dyson is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She shot to fame with her 2003 album Cold Water and her subsequent follow-up album, Parking Lots, which won "Best Blues & Roots album" at the 2005 ARIA Awards....

 and was released in May 2003.

Cold Water highlights Mia Dyson

Mia Dyson

Mia Dyson is an Australian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She shot to fame with her 2003 album Cold Water and her subsequent follow-up album, Parking Lots, which won "Best Blues & Roots album" at the 2005 ARIA Awards....

's song writing and musicianship and the dynamic collaboration between Mia, Dean Addison and Carl Pannuzzo. Apart from the vocals, Mia plays electric, baritone, acoustic and lap steel guitars on the album as well as a little piano.

Cold Water also introduces guest musicians including Steve Hesketh (Sime Nugent/Dan Brodie

Dan Brodie

Dan Brodie is an ARIA Award nominated singer/songwriter from Melbourne, Australia.His debut EP, I'm Floatin' Mama was independently released in 1998; followed by his debut album, Big Black Guitar. Backed by The Broken Arrows , Brodie signed to EMI who re-released his debut album...

) on Hammond and piano, Sime Nugent and Kylie Auldist on backing vocals and Jaimi Faulkner on guitar.

Included on the album is a beautiful track "St Kilda Lament" written by Ashley Davies, played solo on acoustic guitar.

The album was recorded by Lloyd Barratt in a mud brick farmhouse just outside Daylesford

Daylesford, Victoria

Daylesford is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. It is a former goldmining town about 115 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range. At the 2006 census, Daylesford had a population of 3,073...

 and mixed by Craig Pilkington at Audrey Studio in Richmond

Richmond, Victoria

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Cold Water was nominated at the 2003 ARIA Award

ARIA Music Awards of 2003

The 17th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 21 October 2003 at the Sydney Superdome.-ARIA Awards:*Album of the Year**Powderfinger – Vulture Street...

s for 'Best Blues and Roots' Album

Track listing

1. Lonely
2. Return
3. Roll On
4. Through This Town
5. Precious Thing
6. The Judgement Song
7. Sweet Struggle
8. Tali Karng
9. Deilaphelia
10. St Kilda Lament
11. Make A Stand