Now based in London, singer and songwriter KATE MILLER-HEIDKE is well known in her native Australia for her innovative, occasionally-operatic, sci-fi pop music. In addition to earning rave reviews from the media for her sophomore album Curiouser, which is nearing double platinum in Australia, she continues to build an ever-growing hoard of devotees worldwide thanks to her viral hit (and fan favorite), Are You F**king Kidding Me? (The Facebook Song), which has had the Twitterati buzzing from its initial debut.
With the song Caught in the Crowd, Kate and her collaborator/husband Keir Nuttall made history as the first Australians to win the Grand Prize in the prestigious International Songwriting Competition (based in Nashville). The song was handpicked from more than 17,000 entries to woo judges including Tom Waits, The Shins’ James Mercer, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Neil Finn and The Kinks’ Ray Davis. They were awarded the prize in 2009, the same year that saw Miller-Heidke’s critically-acclaimed turn as Baby Jane in Jerry Springer: The Musical at the Sydney Opera House.
Over the past year, Kate has become very involved with the issue of human trafficking, the second largest illegal trade in the world after drugs. In September '09, she traveled to Nepal to meet with young women, who have suffered the practice of human trafficking, at a shelter and rehabilitation center and she performed at the "MTV Exit Concert", an event to raise awareness on trafficking. She also traveled to Vietnam in late March to perform at an MTV Exit benefit concert in Hanoi. Her performance from last September by the foothills of the Himalayas in a small town called Pokhara and discussion about her journey to Nepal were captured by Iain Shedden from The Australian and included in the half-hour film Rise: A Tough Ascent.
Thanks to the ever-growing wildfire enthusiasm of fans on the internet, and the audiences nationwide who have embraced Kate’s unique vocal and performance dynamics, the news about Miller-Heidke is now spreading across the US, the UK, and Europe.
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