Bio and profile of Megan Washington

Acclaimed jazz singer

"Megan has that indefinable quality that lets you know she's a real jazz singer. It's not just that she swings, it's the way she takes a song and makes it her own that really sets her apart."
-James Morrison

"I recently had the great pleasure of listening to, and performing with Megan Washington. She has an uncommonly beautiful voice and a sensitivity to her art which suggests a great future in music... I suspect we will hear wonderful things from her."
-Tony Gould

At just twenty years, indie-jazz chanteuse Megan Washington has already made quite a splash in the Australian jazz scene. Having performed at festivals such as the Woodford Folk Festival, Wangaratta Jazz Festival, the Brisbane Festival, she is also studying at the Qld Conservatorium of Music, majoring in Contemporary voice.

She has recently completed a collaborative ep with Sean Foran, of misinterprotato fame, entitled 'nightlight', available in June 2006. Winner of the James Morrison Generations in Jazz Vocal Scholarship 2004. Finalist in the Wangaratta National Jazz Awards 2005.