Paula Baxter

 

London born multi-faceted vocalist, songwriter, performer and vocal teacher Paula Baxter, started her musical journey at the age of 6 influenced by artists such as Nina Simone, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson. After graduating from Hammersmith and West London College with a Degree in Performance Art, Paula went on to perform with various bands before being snatched up by Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) to sing backing vocals for one of his projects.  After several years of playing live venues Paula relocated to Australia and quickly immersed herself in the Sydney music scene. 

 

It didn’t take long before Paula was a vocalist in demand being called upon to lend her vocals to artists such as; Christine Anu, Richard Clapton, ‘1927’, James Morrison, Paul Mac and Jessica Mauboy to name a few. Paula has also performed as backing vocalist to International touring artists; Tony Hadley (Spandou Ballet) Belinda Carlisle (The Go Go’s) Josh Groban (USA) and Michael Franti (Spearhead), shared a stage with the great Smokey Robinson and appeared as a backing vocalist on Sunrise, The Today Show, The voice, XFactor, Rove Live and Good News week.  Paula's love for teaching has given her the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience with up and coming singers, to expand on this knowledge Paula decided to go back to University and is currently studying for a BA in Contemporary Music at Macquarie University.

 

Also a budding writer and composer, Paula’s original music is a blend of reggae, soul, funk, disco, house and pop which she delivers with a unique vocal style that is sultry, soulful, powerful, distinctive and truly captivating.  Her debut EP ‘Experience’ co -written with Paul Searles (Skunk Hour) was released in 2009 to rave reviews, the follow up EP 'AMA' is due for release early 2015.