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Leah Flanagan is an Australian singer-songwriter and arts administrator from Darwin, Northern Territory. based in Sydney. She has released several albums and has toured Australia with her music and as a part of festival ensembles.
She studied classical music at the Elder Conservatorium of Music in Adelaide.
From 2009 to 2011, Flanagan performed in the productions Murundak, Hidden Republic, and Dirtsong with the touring company The Black Arm Band at many major festivals across Australia. Her performances in this period included one at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In 2010 she appeared at the Melbourne International Arts Festival's production Seven Songs To Leave Behind with John Cale, Rickie Lee Jones, Snead O'Connor, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Gurrumul with Black Arm Band members Ursula Yovich, Dan Sultan, and Shellie Morris. Nocookies | The Australian
Flanagan was invited by Deborah Conway to be part of her Song Trails project for the 2009 and 2011 Queensland Music Festivals, which led to her collaborating with Australian artists Peter Farnan (Boom Crash Opera), Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) and Rebecca Barnard (Rebecca's Empire) to deliver a series of workshops and to perform concerts across regional Queensland. Making Song Trails in north Queensland – ABC North Qld – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Flanagan composed a show entitled Midnight Muses, based on the work of Brisbane poet Samuel Wagan Watson, for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2011. Leah Flanagan – Midnight Muses | ArtsHub Australia It later appeared at the 2013 Sydney Festival. Leah Flanagan Live at Sydney Festival – The Live Set – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
She was invited to perform as a featured soloist in the first Australian production of Leonard Bernstein's MASS at the 2012 Adelaide Festival. Adelaide Festival // Mass
In late 2015 Flanagan was invited by Archie Roach to record a duet of his song "I've Lied" with Marlon Williams for the 25th Anniversary release of Charcoal Lane. Rolling Stone Australia gave the anniversary album four-and-a-half stars.
In 2017 she featured in 1967: Music in the Key of Yes alongside Dan Sultan, Adalita Srsen, Thelma Plum, and Ursula Yovich, as part of the Sydney Festival. The show celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Australian referendum through song.
In January 2020 Flanagan was appointed First Nations export producer at Sounds Australia. The role entails attending key international events such as SXSW, The Great Escape Festival, Folk Alliance International, and WOMEX, as well as establishing an international bursary program for Indigenous artists. Her first assignment in the role was attending the International Indigenous Music Summit in New Orleans, United States.
She has also appeared on the light comedy sports programme Marngrook Footy Show, performing a version of Stevie Wonder's For Once in My Life.
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Flanagan has appeared on the Australian TV music quiz shows Spicks & Specks and RocKwiz; on the latter performing Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding in a duet with composer David Bridie. LEAH FLANAGAN ON SPICKS & SPECKS Pt 1 – YouTube Faboriginal and RocKwiz. Leah Flanagan – Rockwiz – Youtube
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National Indigenous Music Awards
The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) recognise contributions to the Northern Territory music industry. They commenced in 2004.
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