Ange Takats
Performance Times - Friday 5th June @ 9pm • Saturday 6th June @ 2pm • Sunday 7th June @ 12pm
Born in Sydney but now based on the Sunny Coast, singer songwriter Ange Takats somehow managed to begin her musical journey in Bangkok where she was based for two years as a foreign correspondent. She spent her days on the road with a TV news crew, and her nights singing Joni Mitchell songs in a small music bar...Ange was able to mix her two greatest passions. She was then asked to join a folk rock band, teaming up with some of Thailand's top musicians and performing every Friday and Saturday night at one of Bangkok’s most popular acoustic music venues.
Singing songs from the early 70s, drinking sweet Thai whiskey and learning from Buddhist musicians with big hearts, Ange's songwriting has been greatly influenced by her time overseas. Strangely enough, her Americana music influences came from the guitarists and singers she hung out with in Thailand who owned old hippie records left by US-soldiers during the Vietnam War. They introduced her to singers like Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joan Baez and groups like The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers and The Band. Following her adventures in Asia, Ange enjoyed four years of chasing summer around the globe – spending time in the Middle East, Canada, Ireland, Spain and getting back to her Hungarian heritage in Eastern Europe.
"Her storytelling is laced with honesty and grace and it is the ease in which she breathes life into her intimate memories that makes for a well-balanced and gratifying listen. Songwriting ability aside, it’s Ange’s voice that is truly the star of the show. Reminiscent of American folk singer and longstanding friend of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Takats’ exceptional voice is fine, smooth and almost effortless as it slips from her lips" - Polly, Tsunami Magazine, 8/10
"Whether you are looking for something uplifting or a more heart-wrenching ballad, this album has it all. And weaving amongst the beautiful music is Ange’s incredible vocals which lift you up and take you on an aural magic carpet ride.” – esp magazine, 4/5 stars
“There is such disarming honesty to these songs… the arrangements reflect Ange’s on stage performance style; they are mostly understated and always graceful...this album shouts potential and possibility” – Lonnie Martin, The Folk Rag