Description: Wanita, the renegade redhead - a rough-talking, hard-drinking, singer/songwriter - views life through an autistic lens and is committed to the sound of a bygone age in Country Music. An inductee to the Australian Country Music ‘Hands of Fame’ in 2023.
HOME BIO MUSIC + VIDEOS WANITA - RED HOT COOKIN' MOMMA THE MOVIE PHOTOS NEWS SHOWS STORE CONTACT SIGN UP AUSTRALIA'S QUEEN OF HONKY TONK Wanita is Australia’s recognised Queen of Honky Tonk. This renegade redhead - a rough-talking, hard-drinking, singer/songwriter - views life through an autistic lens and is committed to the sound and stars of a bygone age in Country Music. In her own words, “I’m in the wrong era and so is the music I play.” Despite not always being at one with Australia’s mainstream Countr
Described by US Country music legend Billy Yates from Nashville as “… so consistently good” , Wanita’s voice is respected around the world. She’s toured in Europe and in 2013, owned the UK’s highest selling Country Music import album of the year . She’s even been the subject of a multi-award winning documentary film I’m Wanita , which in 2022 won ‘Best Music Documentary’ at London’s Raindance Festival and ‘Best Australian Documentary Feature’ at the Sydney Film Festivals among other selections in Nashville
With three albums already released and her latest, titled ‘Facets’ out now, Wanita is building a body of work in this genre that stands alone within her homeland.