Christa Hughes
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Christa Hughes is an Australian singer, known for her wild on-stage antics and powerful voice.
From age 15 she did gigs with her father, jazz
pianist and journalist Dick Hughes. At age 17 had a regular set at Sydney
's Shakespeare Hotel.
She used to sing in the band Machine Gun Fellatio
(as KK Juggy) and currently has a solo career.
Christa Hughes is currently Ring Mistress with Circus Oz
.
, Australia. She is the granddaughter of Richard Hughes
.
She first started singing at the age of 15 with her father, jazz pianist, Dick Hughes. She opened and sang with international blues artists when they were in Sydney such as Brownie McGhee
, Swamp Boogie Queen Katie Webster and Champion Jack Dupree. After she turned 21, Christa travelled around the world, singing in NYC, Edinburgh, London and Paris.Christa Hughes came back to Australia in 2000 and wrote and starred in shows Beer Drinking Woman, Sleepless Beauty and Temptation. She was also singing (as KK JUGGY) with Machine Gun Fellatio. From 2006 - 2008 she was the ring mistress with Circus Oz. In 2010 Christa and her father, Dick Hughes, released the album 21st Century Blues.
In November 2011 Christa released Shonky with The Honky Tonk Shonks.
Other
From age 15 she did gigs with her father, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pianist and journalist Dick Hughes. At age 17 had a regular set at Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
's Shakespeare Hotel.
She used to sing in the band Machine Gun Fellatio
Machine Gun Fellatio
Machine Gun Fellatio was an Australian alternative rock band, formed in 1997. They were well-known for their provocative on-stage antics and humorous lyrics, as well as the musical merit of their songs. Their outrage-provoking name gives some idea of the attitude that pervades the band's work...
(as KK Juggy) and currently has a solo career.
Christa Hughes is currently Ring Mistress with Circus Oz
Circus Oz
Circus Oz was founded in December 1977, with its first performance season in March 1978. Circus Oz was the amalgamation of two already well-known groups - Soapbox Circus, a roadshow set up by the Australian Performing Group in 1976, and the New Ensemble Circus, a continuation of the New Circus,...
.
Biography
Christa Hughes was born and raised in SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia. She is the granddaughter of Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes (journalist)
Richard Joseph Hughes was an Australian journalist who spent much of his life in the Far East as correspondent for The Times, The Economist and the Far Eastern Economic Review...
.
She first started singing at the age of 15 with her father, jazz pianist, Dick Hughes. She opened and sang with international blues artists when they were in Sydney such as Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown McGhee was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.-Life and career:...
, Swamp Boogie Queen Katie Webster and Champion Jack Dupree. After she turned 21, Christa travelled around the world, singing in NYC, Edinburgh, London and Paris.Christa Hughes came back to Australia in 2000 and wrote and starred in shows Beer Drinking Woman, Sleepless Beauty and Temptation. She was also singing (as KK JUGGY) with Machine Gun Fellatio. From 2006 - 2008 she was the ring mistress with Circus Oz. In 2010 Christa and her father, Dick Hughes, released the album 21st Century Blues.
In November 2011 Christa released Shonky with The Honky Tonk Shonks.
Works
Discography- Carrot Day (EP) - 2001 (as Christa Hughes)
- Carrot Day
- Dirty Old Man pt1
- Stink Of Desperation
- (Let Me Be Your) Dirty Fucking Whore
- Dirty Old Man pt2
- Shonky (Album) - 2011 (with The Honky Tonk Shonks)
Other
- Singer for Machine Gun Fellatio (as KK Juggy)
- Acting role in Away with WordsAway with wordsAway with Words is a 1999 auteur trilingual film by Christopher Doyle co-scripted by Doyle and Tony Rayns and starring Tadanobu Asano and Mavis Xu...
by Christopher DoyleChristopher DoyleChristopher Doyle is a cinematographer. He has won the AFI Award for cinematography, the Cannes Technical Grand Prize, Golden Osella, the Golden Horse awards , and Hong Kong Film Award . Doyle is an affiliate of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers.-Biography:Doyle was born in Sydney,... - Il Trovatore gargled on the Misfits compilation CD
- Singer in 2005 stage production of the opera The Eternity ManThe Eternity ManThe Eternity Man is a chamber opera in one act and seven scenes by the Australian composer Jonathan Mills to a libretto by Dorothy Porter. It deals with the life of Arthur Stace who was known as "The Eternity Man" because he chalked the word "Eternity" about 500,000 times in over 35 years on...
and in its 2008 film adaptation
External links
- Christa Hughes is way Shonky Maynard.com.au