Talking with Greta Bradman

August 26, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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Soprano Greta Bradman is described as one of Australia’s finest young singers. Until late last year, singing was a passion and a rather successful hobby, but it was still secondary to full-time study towards a Master of Clinical Psychology and a PhD.

With much prompting from friends and mentors, Greta finally decided to embrace singing as her primary career.

In March this year she recorded the album Forest of Dreams with renowned musician, producer and director, John Foreman. The album, released this month, is a collection of lullabies from around the world.

Greta is in Perth to perform with Aled Jones, who was my guest yesterday morning, at Burswood Theatre tonight and she joined me in the studio at 98.5 Sonshine FM this morning. It truly was a delight to speak to Greta this morning. She’s a remarkable young lady and I hope that her musical career goes from strength to strength.

You can hear our chat by clicking the play button at the bottom of this post.



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Talking to Aled Jones

August 25, 2010
by Rodney Olsen
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Aled Jones began singing in public around three decades ago. He joined the choir of Bangor Cathedral when he was just nine and was lead soloist within two years.

His remarkable voice led to a recording career and before his voice broke at the age of sixteen he had already sold more than six million albums, sung for the Pope performed a private recital for Prince Charles and Lady Diana, and sung at the wedding of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates.

After his voice broke he studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

In 1995 he secured the leading role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and met his future wife, Claire Fossett, while touring in Blackpool. The couple married in 2001 and now live in London with their two young children, Emilia and Lucas.

These days he has a busy broadcasting career working in both radio and television.

In an age where those who find fame early tend to turn their careers and lives into a train wreck, it’s refreshing to see someone like Aled who still has his feet firmly planted on the ground.

He’s in Perth this week for a concert at Burswood Theatre and so I caught up with him during my morning programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM this morning.

I last spoke to Aled a couple of years ago by phone so it was a real delight to meet him face to face today. If you’d like to hear what we chatted about just click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.



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In conversation with Aled Jones

October 20, 2008
by Rodney Olsen
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reasontobelieve.jpgAled Jones has been a household name for over 25 years. He joined the choir of Bangor Cathedral when he was just nine and was lead soloist within two years.

His remarkable voice led to a recording career and before his voice broke at the age of sixteen he had already sold more than six million albums, sung for the Pope performed a private recital for Prince Charles and Lady Diana, and sung at the wedding of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates.

After his voice broke he studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

In 1995 he secured the leading role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and met his future wife, Claire Fossett, while touring in Blackpool. The couple married in 2001 and now live in London with their two young children, Emilia and Lucas.

These days he has a busy broadcasting career working in both radio and television.

He’s in Perth this Thursday for a concert at the Concert Hall and so I caught up with him  98.5 Sonshine FM.

Aled was a real delight to speak with and if you’d like to hear what we chatted about just click the play button on the audio player at the bottom of this post.



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