Microwave Jenny

The great thing about Woodford Festival is the unexpected, delightful discoveries that keep unfolding.... sure you can have a mission and a list of things to do, or you can go with the flow, keep your nose to the ground and come across some exciting new talent that makes your toes tap, your hips sway and puts a smile on your face.

MICROWAVE JENNY would have to be darn near the top of my Woodford discovery list [along with Swamp Thing, Rosewater + Vodka Slushies, the Secret Service and chocolate-filled organic doughnuts - but more on those awesomes later]

I love Tess' style - it's kinda Billy Holiday  meets Bjork

A self-described Pop-Folk-Love duo, Microwave Jenny are a supremely talented real-life couple who's easy onstage banter is as smooth as their lyrical harmonies. The songs! the style! the happiness! I was seriously blown away - Tess and Brendon deserve to be successful and famous and feted.

I'm not the only one to think this: I observed their legion of young fans mobbing them for autographs after the show and the Festival store sold out of their CD (boo-hoo for me).

Their song mash-up at the end of the show was sooooo good...I cant find a copy of the Woodford gig, but here's an example of what they did....





they sing other people's songs extremely well [not so easy to do, when the song is already a hit]





and then there's this cover....





but they write their own songs as well....




and here's an earlier song...



and if you're interested in hearing some more check this out... its around half an hour long but I guarantee you will be doing some toe tapping and smiling by the time its finished.




You would have to agree....these guys deserve a lot more recognition. I hope they're available when we are booking acts for the Kings Cross Festival, later this year!

The name MICROWAVE JENNY is a  nod to that classic Aussie movie The Castle, so you love them already, right?