Jane Saunders was born in 1966 at Windsor, New South Wales. When she was young her family moved to the Blue Mountains in which she described the area as ‘pretty, picturesque with not many neighbours’. A track from her promotional tape was used on a compilation, 'The Best Of Australia', and she was subsequently signed to ABC Records. She wrote several songs on her debut album 'Stranger To Your Heart released in 1994. ''Life In A Small Town'' was nominated for Song Of The Year in the Australian Country Music Awards. Her producer was John Kane of the Flying Emus and she has worked with John’s sister, Genni, and Shanley Del as Saunders, Kane and Del, a country harmony group that owes much to the trio album by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. On her second album 'Poetic Justice' released in 1999 she did poetic justice to Bob Dylan’s ''I Threw It All Away'' and the Byrds’ ''Ballad Of Easy Rider''. She also released her first gospel album 'In His Hands' and her last album 'Reflections' is a compilation of Jane's music including duets with Greg Champion, Anne Kirkpatrick, Brent Parlane and more.
Jane was also picked by Garth Brooks to open his tour dates of Aust and NZ.
ReplyDeleteGenni Kane is John Kane's sister - not his wife.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Fixed
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