The HEATHER FRAHN TRIO has quickly become one of Australia's finest live roots music acts. They formed in January 2007 and just three weeks later received the only standing ovation at the Australian Blues Music Festival in Goulburn, NSW. Since then they have been working hard in the rehearsal room, the studio and on the road, and were recently featured in the Adelaide International Guitar Festival. This stand-out trio present an energetic, interactive and thoughtful live show. They mix roots, blues, reggae, funk and folk creating their own earthy sound that resonates with any audience. The trio has been compared to the likes of Ani DiFranco, Michael Franti, John Butler Trio and Dave Matthews Band.
The trio is made up of Heather's multi-award winning vocals, her custom-made 8 string hybrid guitar-bass, which can also be played as a lap-slide guitar, Ryan's stirring harmonica and Daniel's accomplished drums and percussion. Heather is sponsored by Salvi's Fine Guitars.
SYNERGY, the Trio's new CD, was recorded in August 2007 and was produced by David Briggs of the Little River Band (Guitarist/Songwriter) and Australian Crawl (Producer). SYNERGY captures the Trio's unique powerhouse, funky, roots sound and has been featured on Australian radio including national airplay on Triple J's ROOTS N ALL program and Nova FM's HOMEBREW show across South Australia.

The Trio's list of accomplishments over the past year includes:
FINALIST, BEST NEW TALENT, AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC AWARDS February 2008
HEADLINED BEAUFORT MUSIC FESTIVAL (VIC) February 2008
ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL GUITAR FESTIVAL December 2007
REGIONAL VIC/NSW TOUR October 2007
WINTER TOUR (VIC, NSW, TAS) July 2007
EASTERN STATES TOUR (VIC, NSW, ACT) April 2007
AUSTRALIAN BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL February 2007

Add this to Heather long list of accolades, including:
SCHEDULED RETURN INTERNATIONAL SOLO TOUR ; BELGIUM & SCOTLAND - 2008
INTERNATIONAL SOLO TOUR - BELGIUM - 2006
WE ARE ONE solo album, PRODUCED BY RICHARD PLEASANCE (Kate Ceberano/Jimmy Little/Deborah Conway) 2006
AUSTRALIA DAY YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2006
SAMI AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING INSTRUMENTALIST 2005
SAMI AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE VOCALIST AWARD, MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE SOLO ARTIST AWARD - 2004
SAMI AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING ALBUM ARTWORK AWARD, MOST OUTSTANDING ALBUM RELEASE NOMINATION - 2003
dB MAGAZINE READER AWARD - BEST FEMALE SOLO ARTIST NOMINATION - 2003
dB MAGAZINE READER AWARD - BEST LIVE MUSIC EVENT (PRODUCER) THE FEAST OF FEMALE VOICE 2003
SAMI AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE VOCALIST AWARD 2000
WINNER OF THE SCALA FESTIVAL SONG WRITING COMPETITION - 1997
SAMI (SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY) AWARD - MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE VOCALIST AWARD NOMINATION - 1996
Has supported the likes of JOHN BUTLER, LIOR, GEORGE, MICK HART, LUKA BLOOM, NATACHA ATLAS, DEBORAH CONWAY and RENEE GEYER

Heather has performed professionally for half her 28 years, starting at the age of just 14. Over this time she has toured nationally on numerous occasions and also toured Belgium in 2006. Heather has been invited to return to Europe in 2008 as she will be Belgium with the aim to also play in Germany and Scotland.
Heather;s music is fueled with a vibrant young woman's passion & delivered with a deep, dynamic voice that is undeniably her own. Her lyrics express lessons learned and explore questions asked about humanitarian, philosophical, social, spiritual & political issues. Its easy to see why Heather's lyrical intent has been compared to the likes of Michael Franti, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan & India Arie.