- Iota (entertainer)
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Name = iOTA
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Occupation =Singer ,Songwriter ,Actor
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Instrument = Vocals,Guitar
Label = Black Yak Records
Associated_acts =iOTA is an ARIA nominated musician [ [http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=I&artist=Iota Aria Awards] , iOTA's award history] and a
Helpmann Award winning actor. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/sundayarts/txt/s2057192.htm Sunday Arts] iOTA]Music
iOTA's first album "The Hip Bone Connection" was released in 1999. This album was iOTA labeled as a acoustic/blues/roots musician, [http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1935/30/ Rave magazine] iOTA] a label he does not like. His second, "Big Grandfather", was considered less accessible, more atmospheric and was not as successful as his first. His third, "La Caravana", "is about the nomadic life of a musician". [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/28/1062050605549.html?from=storyrhs Sydney Mornig Herald] One iOTA] His fourth and most recent is "Beauty Queen of the Sea" and uses a full electric band, moving towards rock and away from his previous roots label. [http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/1935/30/ Rave magazine] iOTA]
Discography
Albums:
*The Hip Bone Connection (1999)
*Big Grandfather (2001)
*La Caravana (2003)
*Beauty Queen of the Sea (2006)Singles / EPs:
*Iota (EP) (1998)
*Little Carlos (EP) (2000)
*Struttin' Rock Rooster (2001)
*Million Miles (2001)
*Wooden Skeletons (2002)
*Scars (2002)
*Pockets (2002)
*Pigs (2003)
*I Want It Again (2004)
*Handle On It (2006)
*Come Back For Me (2006)Acting
As an actor iOTA has performed on stage as an angel in Sydney Dance Company's "Berlin", as Frank-N-Furter in "
The Rocky Horror Show " and as Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". His acting has won him aHelpmann Award as the Best Male Actor In A Musical, beatingHugh Jackman . [ [http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22769599-5003423,00.html Courier Mail] iOTA looks beyond Berlin] [ [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23251351-5016476,00.html The Daily Telegraph] Star iOTA on a Rocky road]References
External links
* [http://www.myspace.com/iotamyspace Myspace page]
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