Artist:Courtney Barnett
Song:Need a Little Time
Album:Tell Me How You Really Feel
Singer songwriter Courtney Barnett has had success mostly in her native Australia. Her singing style is probably too laconic and deadpan for her to ever be a big star. With that in mind, I don't think a big record company would spend money to promote her. But she is doing what she wants and performs all over the world. I suppose it depends what her ambitions are. Courtney was born Nov. 3, 1987 in Sydney, Australia. Her family moved to Hobart, Tasmania and she attended high school there and the Tasmanian School of Art. Courtney moved to Melbourne and played guitar in the band Rapid Transit. She started her own band The Olivettes. Then she was a member of Immigrant Union led by Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols. Courtney started her own label Milk! Records with singer songwriter Jen Cloher. Courtney then signed with London based indie label Marathon Artists to get global distribution and with Mom + Pop to get US distribution. Courtney released her 2015 debut album Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit. She toured to support it and appeared on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Then she released the 2017 album with Kurt Vile Lotta Sea Lice on his label Matador. Need a Little Love is from Courtney's 2018 album Tell Me How You Really Feel. As with all her albums, she wrote and produced with Burke Reid. Courtney has been positively reviewed by the music press though there are complaints that she is a little too languid. That's how I feel. Courtney's music is not for me but it might be for you. Not everybody wants to be famous. She released her latest album in 2021. And there is a 2023 documentary about Courtney called Anonymous Club. Here's the video for Need a Little Love by Courtney Barrett.
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