‘Well travelled music saturated in Soul’
‘Whilst the strum, strum, sing, sing folk musician is part of the furniture in most pubs around Australia, at least certainly Fremantle, Grealy also uses her voice, her greatest asset, together with a loop pedal and at times a stomp box to create a sort of one-man-band, or should I say woman, in order to create her own flavour of folk. It is this innovation that sets Prita apart from the other folk musicians in the local scene, and it’s this point of difference that will hopefully see the success of her new disc..’ Soulshine Review 2009
As a solo artist Prita layers vocal harmonies live with her loop pedal, accompanied by hand percussion beats and acoustic guitar. Her jazzy, bluesy voice, over simplistic acoustic guitar riffs and beats creates a sometimes folk bordering on soul, with a sound blending Tracy Chapman, Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse. For the past 2 years Prita has focused on building her profile as a solo artist in the Perth Roots scene, playing regular gigs in Fremantle and Perth and touring regional WA both solo and with her band ‘the Perfect Strangers’.
2009 was a big year in which Prita Supported Ed Kowalczyk of ‘Live’ at the Octagon theatre, toured northwest WA with Toby on the Resurrecting the Roots tour, opened for Carus, Paul Greene and Nathan Gaunt in Fremantle, played at Nannup Music Festival, debuted solo tour in Melbourne playing 7 venues in 9 days, supporting Tin Pan Orange and Mosaic. She launched her second EP Bootleg Live, and debuted solo tour of Europe playing in Athens, Berlin, Tartu, Copenhagen, Milton Keynes, Manchester, with a mix of house concerts, bars, and pubs. More recently she has supported Ross Wilson & the Urban Legends and John Paul Young.
The latest project has been forming the band ‘Prita and the Perfect Strangers’ with jazzy trumpet, funky bass lines, and grooving drum beats, acoustic guitar and melodic vocals. Creating a spacious, melodic, jazzy outfit and playing at venues such as Mojo’s, JB O’reillys, and residencies at the X-Wray Café.
2010 looks like a big year with Prita playing at major Australian folk festivals – Nannup Music Festival and Fairbridge Festival, touring down south with her band ‘Prita and the Perfect Strangers’, and solo adventures on the east coast.
Following up from her first two EP’s (Prita EP 2005, and Bootleg Live 2008) Prita’s first full-length album ‘New Life’ was released April 2010 at the Ellington Jazz Club, Perth and is being promoted around the country with radio, print media, online presence and touring.
