I’ve been in a bit of a musical rut today. The tunes I listened to were fine, but I’ve never wanted to share “fine.” I was craving something that I couldn’t identify, something to make me sit up and take notice, a sound that set itself apart. And then I found it in the music of Kook Joey, an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Naarm/Melbourne. She’s just dropped her latest single “Forget Me Not,” a vintage lullaby which sounds like it could have come from the Gershwin songbook. It’s the follow-up to “Miracle,” a swinging country-blues number with a cool ‘60s feel. What she’s doing is so out of the box and brilliant, you’ve got to get your ears around it.
