Wanita is back with a new single, and a new album on the way.
Red Hot Cookin’ Momma, the first single taken from Wanita’s upcoming album Facets, is out now via Gyrostream, and the fiery queen has some things to say about the song:
“Hello! ‘I’m Wanita’. And ‘ I’m red-headed crazy and mean!’, especially towards extremely foolish young floozies that may be thinking of sneaking around my back door when my hubby’s supposed to be home alone!
So, take this song as a ‘ not so gentle’ and theatrical warning to keep your mitts off my man! Or…. face this ” Red Hot Cookin’ Momma” head on! And if you do happen to listen to the words of my song closely….Do so at your own risk!”
With the album Facets set for release in early 2025, fans of Wanita will get to hear some of her new songs live when she takes to the stage at Gympie Music Muster on August 25. Be sure not to miss her.
ABOUT WANITA
This renegade redhead – a rough-talking, hard-drinking singer / songwriter – views life through an autistic lens and is committed to the sound and stars of a bygone era in Country Music. In her own words, “I’m in the wrong era and so is the music I play.” Despite her induction into the Australian Country Music ‘Hands of Fame’ in 2023,
Described by US Country music legend Billy Yates in Nashville’s famed Beaird Recording Studio as “… so consistently good”, Wanita’s voice is respected around the world. She’s toured in Europe and owned the UK’s highest selling Country Music import album of the year in 2013. She’s even been the subject of a multi-award-winning documentary film (I’m Wanita), which in 2022 won ‘Best Music Documentary’ at both the London and Sydney Film Festivals among other awards from Nashville, Calgary and New Orleans. The film also won ‘Best Feature Documentary’ at the AIDC Awards.
With three albums already released and her latest work titled ‘Facets’, to be launched in February 2025, Wanita is building a body of work that stands alone in this genre within her homeland.
Wanita has led a turbulent life. She’s renowned as much for her monumental stage presence, exceptional vocal capacity, and her deep connection with traditional Country music, as she is her torrid mood swings. The latter are inevitably brought on by those who display laziness, incompetence, racism, prejudice, or dishonesty, as Wanita also genuinely cares about people.
This magnificent red-haired, red-lipped, real, and raw woman, brings new, original Honky Tonk music to our lives complete with a story of triumph over the struggle of our everyday lives. This is Wanita.
TIMELINE
1971 – Born 22 June
1984 – Won 1st talent quest, with another 46 in a row
2010 – First album release: Wanita & The Honky Tonk Bar Dwellers
2012 – Second album release: The Original Wanita
2013 – Sweden Tour
2013 – UK’s ‘Best Honky Tonk’ Album of the Year
2013 – UK’s highest selling country music import album of the year
2014 – Filming of “I’m Wanita” documentary began (filmed over 7½ year period)
2018 – Beaird Studio (Nashville, US) recording of ‘I’m Wanita’ Album
2021 – Documentary “I’m Wanita” featured world premiere at Hot Docs Canada
2021 – Third album release: “I’m Wanita”
2022 – “I’m Wanita” documentary – best music documentary at the London Film Festival
2022 – “I’m Wanita” documentary – best overall documentary at the Sydney Film Festival
2022 – Voted into the top 10 Australian films for 2021
2022 – Won the 2022 AIDC Award (Australian International Documentary Conference)
2023 – Wanita inducted to the Australian Country Music Hands of Fame in Tamworth
2024 – 1st single ‘Red Hot Cookin’ Momma’ off Fourth album “Facets” released August 2.
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