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'A beautiful and moving memoir about passion, creativity and fearlessness from one of Australia's true creatives, singer/songwriter Lo Carmen, inspired by the lives and careers of other remarkable Australian women - such as Renee Geyer, Chrissy Amphlett, Robyn Archer and Wendy Saddington.
'If you don't know Lo, you don't know sh*t. This is the best music book of the year, a dream-like celebration of women and song. A triumph.' Noah Taylor
'We've all got them, the lighters of the way, those mythological wonders who glow in our dark. These are the ones I got to be close to, whether in a real or allusive sense; these are the ones that got to me in a way that still flows through my veins. I think you'll understand why soon...'
Lo Carmen was discovered at sixteen working in a Kings Cross pizza bar and cast as in the seminal Australian film The Year My Voice Broke, for which she was nominated for an AFI award. But even before that, Lo has lived a bigger life than most. From being backstage at Rolling Stones concerts when she was a baby to writing her first song at eight; performing an original song onstage at nine; having a baby while barely out of her teens; forming her first band at twenty one; touring Europe without a manager, funds or a safety net; and all the while making music her life and her art. In all this, Lo has been inspired by a handful of women - all icons, one way or another, of modern Australian life.
'Lo Carmen weaves her own remarkable story as a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter together with compelling portraits of the women who have influenced her life and career: bold creative visionaries, trailblazers, provocateurs, pioneers, feminists and activists such as Renee Geyer, Chrissy Amphlett, Robyn Archer and Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, exploring the often complex lives of these fascinating women as a way of understanding her own life and choices.
'A tender, joyous, messy, vibrant and wholly inspiring investigation of creativity, passion, purpose, art and music.' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Lost and Found in the Music
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19 March 2022; (p. 18)
— Review of Lovers Dreamers Fighters 2022 single work autobiography -
Lo Carmen : Lovers Dreamers Fighters
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2022;
— Review of Lovers Dreamers Fighters 2022 single work autobiography 'Lo Carmen’s memoir celebrates some of the fearless creative women who have shaped Australian popular culture, and her connections to them.'
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Lo Carmen : Lovers Dreamers Fighters
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , April 2022;
— Review of Lovers Dreamers Fighters 2022 single work autobiography 'Lo Carmen’s memoir celebrates some of the fearless creative women who have shaped Australian popular culture, and her connections to them.' -
Lost and Found in the Music
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19 March 2022; (p. 18)
— Review of Lovers Dreamers Fighters 2022 single work autobiography