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Bertie Blackman

Bertie Blackman's first encounter with her artistic self came as a child sashaying across her mother and father's paint strewn studio floor. The daughter of iconic Australian artist Charles Blackman, not many musicians can boast a foundation of emotional expression like Bertie, “I come from a family of painters, so everything I do is pretty visual. You can see and feel my music.” Bertie first stepped onto the scene with Headway (2004), her folk-inspired debut album powered by acoustic guitar. The album’s single “Favourite Jeans” became Bertie's radio breakthrough and saw her dubbed “Australia's underground queen”. On her second album, Black (2006) Bertie returned armed with an electric guitar delivering a sexier, gritty rock sound.