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A lifelong Sydneysider, Parkinson's first band was Strings and Things, formed with the children of famed cricketer Sid Barnes. Parkinson’s musical tastes matured and in 1967 he explored psychedelic rock with The Questions. The group would support The Who, tour nationally with Small Faces and place second in the finals of the prestigious Hoadleys Battle of the Sounds. Before the ‘60s were finished, the singer formed a new band Doug Parkinson in Focus, whose reworking of The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” was a national smash. His new group would go one better in the Battle of the Sounds, t...

Georgia is releasing an ‘Ultimate Thrills Edition’ of this year’s album with new remixes. After starting 2020 by releasing her Thrills LP and going on to secure a Mercury Prize nomination, Georgia is ending it with a cover of Kate Bush‘s Running Up That Hill as the record gets an expanded reappraisal. “Closing my live sets with Running Up That Hill has been a pure joy, and it sparked the idea to record it,” Georgia says. “But, it didn’t start there, Kate Bush has been part of my life and a major influence on my work since I could sing a note.