Coco's Lunch Explained

Coco's Lunch
Years Active:	1994–present
Origin:	Melbourne, Australia
Genre:	A cappella
Current Members:	Jacqueline Gawler Emma Gilmartin Gabrielle MacGregor Lisa Young
Past Members:	Sue Johnson Nicola Eveleigh Anita Skandarajah
Associated Acts:	Lisa Young Quartet

Coco's Lunch is an a cappella musical group based in Melbourne, Australia. The group was founded in 1994 by vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Lisa Young (voice, percussion) and Sue Johnson (voice, percussion), with Nicola Eveleigh (voice, percussion, flute), Jaqueline Gawler (voice, percussion), and Gabrielle MacGregor (voice, percussion). The group's sound is influenced by jazz, blues, classical, African and Carnatic traditions, and has been compared to artists such as Sweet Honey in the Rock and Bobby McFerrin.

In 2003, Coco's Lunch won the award for "Best Folk/World Song" at the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards for "Thulele Mama Ya", from the album A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed, which in turn was runner-up for the "Best Folk/World Album" category. In the same year, their song "All the Wild Wonders", written by Sue Johnson in collaboration with author Elizabeth Honey, was nominated for the category "Most Performed Jazz Work" in the APRA Music Awards of 2003.

Coco's Lunch received nominations at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 in the category Best Children's Album for their album Rat Trap Snap and in the category Best World Music Album for their album Blueprint. In 2015, they won the "Best Song Composed or Originally Performed by (OPB) an AUS/NZ" category of the A Cappella Recording Awards, presented by Vocal Australia, for Lisa Young's song "Other Plans", which was also nominated for the category "Best Jazz Song".

Members

Current

• Jacqueline Gawler
• Emma Gilmartin
• Gabrielle MacGregor
• Lisa Young

Past

• Sue Johnson
• Nicola Eveleigh

Guest Members/Subs

• Libby O'Donovan
• Annemarie Sharry
• Miriam Crellin

Discography

Albums

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Album details
Raise The Tender Heart	Released: 1996 Label: Newmarket Music (NEW 2014.2) Formats: CD
Wally Wombat Shuffle	Released: 1998 Label: Coco's Lunch Formats: CD
Invisible Rhythm	Released: 1999 Label: Newmarket Music (NEW 3020.2) Formats: CD
A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed	Released: 2002 Label: Newmarket Music (NEW 3097.2) Formats: CD
Blueprint	Released: 2007 Label: Sound Vault Records (SV0562) Formats: CD
Rat Trap Snap	Released: 2007 Label: Sound Vault Records (SV0571) Formats: CD
I Wanna Be A Mermaid	Released: 2012 Label: Coco's Lunch Formats: CD, digital
Misra Chappu	Released: November 2020 Label: Coco's Lunch Formats: CD, digital

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.! |-|rowspan="2" | 2007| Blueprint| Best World Music Album| |rowspan="2" ||-| Rat Trap Snap| Best Children's Album| |-

References

Notes

Sources

• News: United in Song . . Alexander . Deepa . 14 November 2013. 29 November 2016.
• Web site: ARIA Awards . . 2007 . . 29 November 2016.
• Web site: Most Performed Jazz Work . . 2003 . . 30 November 2016.
• Web site: 2003 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners . . 2003 . . 29 November 2016.
• Web site: Winners - AUSACA: PLAY A Cappella Recording Awards . Vocal Australia . 14 September 2015 . . 29 November 2016.
• Young . Lisa . Andrian Pertout . Coco's Lunch: Invisible Rhythm . 'Mixdown' Monthly . Melbourne . 6 October 1999 . 29 November 2016.

External links

• Coco's Lunch website