"Mia
Dyson is an amazing talent. She had a variety of guitars scattered around
her, which she swapped all through the night and sang. She was amazing.
They all were, but she stood out." ABC Online The Broad Tour
"She’s a guitarist, songwriter and singer, but it’s her
voice - more guttural than just gravelly, more touched than merely smoky
- that is the show stopper. Skinny young white girls aren’t supposed
to sound this big, soulful and black.” (The Basement) Weekend Edition
SMH
When Mia Dyson packed her guitars, her band and a portable recording studio
into her car and headed out to a friends mud brick house in Daylesford
Victoria, she had no idea she was about to make one of the most talked
about debut albums of 2003. Cold Water was nominated for an ARIA award
and jettisoned the then 22 year-old into a continuous touring schedule
both here and overseas. Taking in major festivals such as the East Coast
Blues and Roots, Falls, Womadelaide, NXNE in Canada and The Edinburgh
Festival in Scotland, Mia was wholeheartedly embraced by audiences and
critics alike. In 2005 she returned with her self-produced sophomore album
Parking Lots, which earned her an ARIA for Best Blues and Roots Album
and a nomination for Best Female Artist. After a stellar 2006 touring
the US and Australia supporting the likes of Ani Di Franco and playing
sell-out shows with Deborah Conway’s Broad Festival, Mia looks forward
to the release of her yet-to-be-named album and even greater success in
2007.