
darby – Show #240 (part 2), 10 April 2022
Katie welcomes singer-songwriter, producer, animator and visual artist darby (Bec O’Brien) to the JOY studio to talk about her recent move to Melbourne from Sydney, her work as a professional animator, living in an artists’ cooperative in Sydney, her new EP Songs from Alpha House vol. 2, the beauty of the ‘quiet’ songs on albums, and more. She also shares some tracks by artists she loves, and plays a song live in the studio. Here is the playlist:
- Like It More – Jem Cassar-Daley
- Our Way – Kaurna Cronin
- Run Back Home – Jack Rayne
- Suburbia – darby
- Saxophone – River Dreams
- The Big Heart I Have – darby (live in the studio)
- St Kilda Beach – Tamara & the Dreams
- If You Don’t Know Me, Who Am I – Josh Pyke
- A Newtown Old Again – darby
Visit darby’s official website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.
Above: Photo of darby by Katie Purvis – please visit this Miss Chatelaine Facebook photo album for more pics!
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