I'm Talking: My life, my words, my music

by Kate Ceberano, Tom Gilling

For the first time, Kate Ceberano, one of Australia's best-loved entertainers, shares her story.

In her own unmistakeable voice, Kate Ceberano takes us on a very personal journey from her suburban childhood, her immersion in the Melbourne club scene of the eighties and her rise to stardom at the age of fourteen when she fronted the wildly popular funk band I'm Talking , to the life of a female performer and recording artist in London, Los Angeles and New York.

With parallel careers as a pop and jazz singer and songwriter, Kate has received the highest awards in the Australian music industry including the ARIA for Best Female Artist. She has delighted audiences in Harry M. Miller's hugely successful Jesus Christ Superstar , won a legion of fans when she won Dancing with the Stars , and made a triumphant debut for Opera Australia in South Pacific. Now she reveals, for the first time, just what that was like.

People have been talking about Kate Ceberano since she was a Hugh Jackman described her as having 'truly one of the great voices this country has produced'; for Rolling Stone she is 'pure, soulful and powerful'. Now Kate is talking for herself.

Accompanied by never before seen photos.

Genres: Biography, Music

331 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 25, 2014

Reviews

[Wendy Sice · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was a huge fan of Kate Ceberano in the eighties and nineties, impressed by the strength of her voice and the pretty melodies in her songs. I even managed to meet her when I worked at Brashs and she visited the Hay Street store to promote her album at the time. She was an absolute sweetheart! I wasn’t as dedicated to her music from the 2000s until now, missing quite a few albums (more than I realised) and her appearance and subsequent win on Dancing with the Stars. As I found out in this book, Kate Ceberano has not stopped working all this time. In fact, she is touring right now, singing great songs by other Australian artists. Her voice is still entrancing, her songs still catchy and her smile still radiant. I had always thought she was an uber confident person with not a worry in the world, and was shocked to find that her story holds many moments when she was frustrated, down and doubted her own talents. I’d love to see her in a West End production in England with an interview on the Graham Norton show. It’s never too late for world domination, I say, and she has the history and the talent to continue to woo audiences. A surprisingly candid story from an Australian legend that was a delight to read.

[Jennifer Rolfe · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a big fan of Kate's singing and I found the book took me behind the scenes of the music industry in Melbourne. Very well written and so easy to read.