Erica Bramham.
“An irresistible songstress, owing more to Joni Mitchell than Nina Simone, Erica has the kind of voice that you wish could be there to tuck you in each night – until you realize, that is, that the words coming out of her mouth tell stories that start with teeth biting into your flesh. Enter at your own peril, but make sure to enter.”
“Her singing, meanwhile, rings with humour, sadness and truth, without trying to be jazzy or arty: just a voice of sweet timbre airily delivering the words and melodies with captivating guilelessness. Immerse yourself in what she sings and be enchanted. ”
Contemporary vocalist, composer & multi-instrumentalist
Melbourne, Australia / Znojmo, Czech Republic
2021 Music Victoria Awards Nominee: Best Folk Act
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★★★★ - The Age / Sydney Morning Herald
★★★★ - All About Jazz
Erica Bramham is a contemporary vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist whose genre-blurring work draws on folk, pop, jazz, and experimental traditions. She blends voice, double bass, guitar, mandolin and field recordings with digital processing and contemporary production, transforming and reframing these acoustic sounds.
Her work can be at once poetic, melodic and surreal, moving with deft confidence between song, textural soundscapes and improvisation.
Her debut album Twelve Moons, was named as one of the top 10 releases of 2016 on All About Jazz. Since then she has released two more critically acclaimed albums of original music, along with several EPs and singles. She is a 2021 Music Victoria Awards nominee and recipient of the Sustaining Creative Workers Grant.
Erica is currently writing, recording and producing new music under her solo project Cassiope.
Erica is available for freelance performances across jazz, folk, pop and ambient styles — for live concerts, private events and studio sessions. See her showreel and get in touch here. ⟶
In addition to her performing and recording work, Erica offers one-on-one music lessons in voice, double bass, guitar, ukulele, songwriting and theory — both in Melbourne and online. Learn more about lessons here. ⟶
She holds a Bachelor of Music with Honours from the Victorian College of the Arts.
“Working in a musical world where a fine mist obscures any lines between jazz, folk, improvisation and rock, [Bramham] writes songs that often feel like settings for poetry rather than lyrics”
“Bramham and her band have made a fine record of forward looking modern vocal jazz that shows a way to make interesting, lyrically inventive improvised music—let’s just hope that the world is listening.”
“It’s an odd tale wonderfully told, and a Christmas song for all seasons — a serious statement of intent from this singular and talented artist.”