Mahalia Barnes is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n singer/songwriter, daughter of well-known Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...

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She began performing as part of kiddie pop group The Tin Lids

Tin Lids

The Tin Lids were an Australian group comprising Mahalia Barnes, Eliza-Jane Barnes, Elly-may Barnes and Jackie Barnes. All are children of Australian rock icon, Jimmy Barnes. The band released three albums following their first hit single, "Walk the Dinosaur". The first, in 1991, was a collection...

 with siblings, Eliza-Jane and Jackie

Jackie Barnes

Jackie Barnes is a Thai Australian musician. He has been performing since the age of five and has appeared on almost a dozen albums since 1990. He is currently the drummer in father Jimmy Barnes' band.-Early life:...

; but has since become a respected session and backup singer.

She performs regular live gigs around Australia and also backs other artists including R&B singer Jade MacRae

Jade MacRae

Jade MacRae is an Australian R&B/Soul singer and the daughter of two professional New Zealand musicians living in the UK. Her debut single "You Make Me Weak" debuted in the top 50 of the Australian singles charts in November 2004...

, live 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...

 band The Hands (whose members include in-demand session musicians Clayton

Clayton Doley

Clayton Doley is an Australian musician, singer, song writer, television musical director, arranger, and record producer best known for his Hammond Organ virtuosity.-Songwriter and producer:...

 and Lachlan Doley) and father Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...

. She has also done session work for MacRae

Jade MacRae

Jade MacRae is an Australian R&B/Soul singer and the daughter of two professional New Zealand musicians living in the UK. Her debut single "You Make Me Weak" debuted in the top 50 of the Australian singles charts in November 2004...

, The Hands, Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...

 (a duet they recorded, "Gonna Take Some Time"; was released as the second single from his album Double Happiness

Double Happiness (album)

Double Happiness is an album by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 18 July 2005 on CD and vinyl. The album contains duets Barnes performed with various solo artists and bands.-Track listing :...

), Gary Pinto

Gary Pinto

Gary Pinto is an Australian singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent. His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indian Catholics...

 and uncle Johnny Diesel

Johnny Diesel

Johnny Diesel is an Australian musician, who has released material as leader of Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, under his birth name, or by the epithet Diesel...

. (She is also the half-sister of Australian singer David Campbell

David Campbell (Australian musician)

David Joseph Campbell is an Australian singer and stage performer. He has performed and recorded many different genres of music from rock to classics. He is the son of singer Jimmy Barnes.-Theatre career:...

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Her debut album Volume 1 was released in June 2008.

Discography

solo:

• Live At The Basement (EP) (digital release only) (2006)
• Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates (with the Soul Mates) (EP) (2008)
• Volume 1 (with the Soul Mates) (Album) (2008)

with Jimmy Barnes:

• Two Fires
  Two Fires
  Two Fires is the fourth studio album for Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, and his first US release for Atlantic Records. It was released in Australia by Mushroom Records and was his fifth consecutive No. 1 album, peaking on release on 9 September 1990 and remaining at the position for 4 weeks...
  
  - backing vocals on "When Your Love is Gone" (also issued as a single) (1990)
• Double Happiness
  Double Happiness (album)
  Double Happiness is an album by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 18 July 2005 on CD and vinyl. The album contains duets Barnes performed with various solo artists and bands.-Track listing :...
  
  - duet on "Gonna Take Some Time" (also issued as a single), Liberation Records (2005) (#31 Australia)

with Tin Lids:

• "Walk the Dinosaur" (single) (1991)
• Hey Rudolph (1991)
• Snakes and Ladders (1992)
• Dinosaur Dreaming

External links

• Official Myspace page