Kara Grainger is an Australian soul blues and roots rock singer-songwriter, based out of Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
16 Facts About Kara Grainger
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Kara Grainger played with the Papa Lips band starting in 1994.
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Kara Grainger signed as a solo artist with Craving Records in 2006.
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Kara Grainger was always singing, and started learning how to play the guitar at age 12, improvising by her mid-teens.
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Kara Grainger taught herself to play while listening to musicians such as Etta James, John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Little Feat.
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Kara Grainger grew up in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, known for its pubs and live music venues that caters to jazz and blues music.
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Kara Grainger played in several bands during secondary school, and was encouraged by a teacher to perform live, and she took guitar lessons from a local instructor, Mark Williams who had connections to professional musicians, which lead to regular opportunities to play at one of Sydney's premiere music venues, The Basement.
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In 1994, when Kara Grainger was 16 and just out of Balmain High School, she formed the band Papa Lips with her brother Mitch Kara Grainger who had recently left his previous band, the Bondi Cigars.
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The band changed their name to Kara Grainger and were in the studio for a period of two years recording an EP, "Sky Is Falling", and an unreleased album.
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In September 2001 Kara Grainger traveled along with her brother Mitch to New York to meet with American record labels, Atlantic Records, Sony BMG, Virgin Records and Elektra Records.
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In 2006, Kara Grainger signed as a solo artist with the Australian label Craving Records, releasing her solo EP Secret Soul in 2006.
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Kara Grainger was invited to perform at the Folk Alliance International in 2006,2007, and 2008 in Austin, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee.
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Kara Grainger toured throughout the US, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and has opened for several well-known artists, such as Buddy Guy, Marc Cohn, Peter Frampton, Robert Plant, Heart, Taj Mahal, and Jonny Lang.
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On 1 June 2018, Kara Grainger released Living with Your Ghost, on Station House Records.
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Kara Grainger moved to Texas for a while, where she got to play with Eric Johnson.
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Kara Grainger moved back to Los Angeles for a period of time, where she eventually found herself at home with the community.