Women of Soul is Australia’s premier collective of soulful female artists. Since 2011 Women of Soul have presented live original music written and performed by female artists from across Australia including Clairy Browne; Stella Angelico; Kylie Auldist; Chelsea Wilson; Mojo Juju; Shirley Davis; Rita Satch; Thando; Shannen Wick (Fulton Street); Raleigh Williams (Cookin’ on 3 Burners); Randa and the Soul Kingdom; Tara Lynch (The Transatlantics); Talei Wolfgramm; Candice Monique; Alphamama; May Johnston; Milan Ring and many more. Backed by their incredible house band made up of musicians from acts such as SPIRE Ensemble, Deep Street Soul and more, the show is a high octane, energetic soul review designed to get the crowd up and moving.
Performance highlights include sell out appearances at Melbourne Recital Centre, Federation Square, The Corner, Meeniyan Town Hall, Castlemaine Theatre Royale, Brunswick Music Festival, Stonnington Jazz Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Perth Fringe World and PBS 106.7FM’s Soul a Go Go New Years’ Eve party. In 2014 their debut self-titled album ‘Women of Soul’ featuring 10 new recordings was nominated for Best Soul/R’n’B Album at The Age Music Victoria Awards.
Women of Soul have been featured on ABC Radio National, PBS 106.7FM, RRR 102.7FM, and were guest hosts on triple J’s Roots ‘N’ All program. They also performed a live set broadcast from the M- Pavillion for Australian Music Week ABC Radio.
Women of Soul started in 2011 as a collaboration between Randa Khamis (Perth), Chelsea Wilson (Melbourne) and Candice Monique (Adelaide). The series has grown exponentially over nearly a decade of live shows and recordings with over fifty artists involved in the series. Curated by Chelsea Wilson (vocalist, broadcaster, DJ and Australian Music Prize Nominee), expect new releases and a national tour to celebrate 10 years of the collective in 2021.