SHORT BIOG
Georgia Wonder are Stephanie Grant (vocals) and Julian Moore (music) and come from the UK. They have self-released two EPs, 2008's 'Hello Stranger' and 2009's 'Destroy'.
They are currently working on a third release under the Made In Nevada project, where they are recording everything in the Nevada Music store. The second release from the project, 'Siren' enjoyed unprecedented exposure over four weeks on We7.com and was Pop Justice Song Of The Day.
Georgia Wonder's 2009 EP release 'Destroy' was pressed and printed entirely from fan donations, and it's title track was Record Of The Day on the music industry tipsheet of the same name who called it 'another belter - a brilliantly overwrought, theatrical show-stopper of a song'.
Their song 'Girl You Never Knew' taken from their 2008 release 'Hello Stranger' had also previously won this accolade, with Record Of The Day and also Record Of The Week, was the Pop Justice Song Of The Day in August, and was aired on Bliss TV for over three months.
Initilly picked up by the legendary 'whispering' Bob Harris who played their demo's twice in two weeks on his BBC Radio Two saturday night show, Georgia Wonder supported Simply Red's Mick Huckanll on a sell out 7 date UK tour culminating with two dates at London's Ingig02 at the dome. They were warmly received by Simply Red fans both through the Simply Red forums and the gigs themselves, at which they won new admirers and signed an awful lot of CDs.
They also played for the Independence Day celebrations at the US Ambassadors house in Regents Park, London a few months after impressing the audience at the London American Embassy on THAT historic Obama election night, and also became the 14th most downloaded band in the world for a week in 2009.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS IN REVERSE ORDER
Raised £850 for a video camera to record their 'Made In Nevada' project within 10 days from fans alone who wanted to see the project happen (5/12/09)
Launched 'Made In Nevada', Georgia Wonder's project to record their next album entirely in their local music shop (15/11/09)
Chosen to be a 'We7 Presents' artist by the We7.com website where the EP 'Destroy' enjoyed 10 weeks on the front page (15/11/09)
The song 'Destroy' from the Georgia Wonder's EP of the same name got Record Of The Day, the second song of theirs to do so (10/11/09)
Released their second EP 'Destroy' with the CD run being paid for entirely by fan presales. (24/9/09)
First glossy magazine write up for the band in PC PLUS magazine, a three page spread showing how the band are blazing a trail online (1/11/09)
Invited to perform and talk at the first ever All2gether Now music conference in Berlin, Germany where they shared a joint Q&A session with Amanda Palmer (15/9/09)
Performed at the American Ambassador's house in Regents Park, London as part of the 4th July celebrations (4/7/09)
Sailed into the top 20 most shared music on the planet (22/1/09)
Nominated for the Eurosonic Interactive Award for their 'Hello Stranger' CD campaign (16/1/09)
Rocked the London American Embassy on THE historic election night (4/11/08)
Launched Hello Stranger promotional campaign with coverage from PopJustice (29/10/08)
Spotlight artist on Peter Gabriel's new 'We7' site where all 5 tracks from our EP were in the top 10 downloads for the week with 'an exceptional response' (28/09/08)
Record Of The Week - Record Of The Day website (5/9/08)
Record Of The Day - Record Of The Day website (29/8/08)
Bliss TV music channel (Sky 372) start airing video to 'Girl You Never Knew' twice a day
Song Of The Day - Pop Justice Website - 'Girl You Never Knew' (6/8/08)
Released their debut 'Hello Stranger EP' on their own label (7/08)
Opened for Simply Red's Mick Hucknall on a 7 date UK tour playing in front of over 14,000 people during the week (7/08)
Won 'Best Song' category in Expess FM / Native TV's first ever 'Golden Plectrum Awards' for their song 'Hello Stranger' (7/07)
'Hello Stranger' played on BBC Radio 2 on Bob Harris's show (2/07)
'Two Weeks To Live' played on BBC Radio 2 on Bob Harris's show (1/07)
First unsigned band to be played on the South's largest commercial radio station, Original FM
Won the demo panel on The White Room / Talksport FM national radio
First aired on Resonance FM London
Played their first ever gig in a lesbian club for a Tsunami fundraiser
Georgia Wonder are Stephanie Grant (vocals) and Julian Moore (music) and come from the UK. They have self-released two EPs, 2008's 'Hello Stranger' and 2009's 'Destroy'.
They are currently working on a third release under the Made In Nevada project, where they are recording everything in the Nevada Music store. The second release from the project, 'Siren' enjoyed unprecedented exposure over four weeks on We7.com and was Pop Justice Song Of The Day.
Georgia Wonder's 2009 EP release 'Destroy' was pressed and printed entirely from fan donations, and it's title track was Record Of The Day on the music industry tipsheet of the same name who called it 'another belter - a brilliantly overwrought, theatrical show-stopper of a song'.
Their song 'Girl You Never Knew' taken from their 2008 release 'Hello Stranger' had also previously won this accolade, with Record Of The Day and also Record Of The Week, was the Pop Justice Song Of The Day in August, and was aired on Bliss TV for over three months.
Initilly picked up by the legendary 'whispering' Bob Harris who played their demo's twice in two weeks on his BBC Radio Two saturday night show, Georgia Wonder supported Simply Red's Mick Huckanll on a sell out 7 date UK tour culminating with two dates at London's Ingig02 at the dome. They were warmly received by Simply Red fans both through the Simply Red forums and the gigs themselves, at which they won new admirers and signed an awful lot of CDs.
They also played for the Independence Day celebrations at the US Ambassadors house in Regents Park, London a few months after impressing the audience at the London American Embassy on THAT historic Obama election night, and also became the 14th most downloaded band in the world for a week in 2009.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS IN REVERSE ORDER
Raised £850 for a video camera to record their 'Made In Nevada' project within 10 days from fans alone who wanted to see the project happen (5/12/09)
Launched 'Made In Nevada', Georgia Wonder's project to record their next album entirely in their local music shop (15/11/09)
Chosen to be a 'We7 Presents' artist by the We7.com website where the EP 'Destroy' enjoyed 10 weeks on the front page (15/11/09)
The song 'Destroy' from the Georgia Wonder's EP of the same name got Record Of The Day, the second song of theirs to do so (10/11/09)
Released their second EP 'Destroy' with the CD run being paid for entirely by fan presales. (24/9/09)
First glossy magazine write up for the band in PC PLUS magazine, a three page spread showing how the band are blazing a trail online (1/11/09)
Invited to perform and talk at the first ever All2gether Now music conference in Berlin, Germany where they shared a joint Q&A session with Amanda Palmer (15/9/09)
Performed at the American Ambassador's house in Regents Park, London as part of the 4th July celebrations (4/7/09)
Sailed into the top 20 most shared music on the planet (22/1/09)
Nominated for the Eurosonic Interactive Award for their 'Hello Stranger' CD campaign (16/1/09)
Rocked the London American Embassy on THE historic election night (4/11/08)
Launched Hello Stranger promotional campaign with coverage from PopJustice (29/10/08)
Spotlight artist on Peter Gabriel's new 'We7' site where all 5 tracks from our EP were in the top 10 downloads for the week with 'an exceptional response' (28/09/08)
Record Of The Week - Record Of The Day website (5/9/08)
Record Of The Day - Record Of The Day website (29/8/08)
Bliss TV music channel (Sky 372) start airing video to 'Girl You Never Knew' twice a day
Song Of The Day - Pop Justice Website - 'Girl You Never Knew' (6/8/08)
Released their debut 'Hello Stranger EP' on their own label (7/08)
Opened for Simply Red's Mick Hucknall on a 7 date UK tour playing in front of over 14,000 people during the week (7/08)
Won 'Best Song' category in Expess FM / Native TV's first ever 'Golden Plectrum Awards' for their song 'Hello Stranger' (7/07)
'Hello Stranger' played on BBC Radio 2 on Bob Harris's show (2/07)
'Two Weeks To Live' played on BBC Radio 2 on Bob Harris's show (1/07)
First unsigned band to be played on the South's largest commercial radio station, Original FM
Won the demo panel on The White Room / Talksport FM national radio
First aired on Resonance FM London
Played their first ever gig in a lesbian club for a Tsunami fundraiser
Georgia Wonder
Julian Moore / Stephanie Grant