Coco's Lunch


Coco's Lunch is an a cappella musical group based in Melbourne, Australia. The group was founded in 1994 by vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Lisa Young and Sue Johnson, with Nicola Eveleigh, Jaqueline Gawler, and Gabrielle MacGregor. The group's sound is influenced by jazz, blues, classical, African and Carnatic traditions, and has been compared to artists such as Sweet Honey in the Rock and Bobby McFerrin.
In 2003, Coco's Lunch won the award for "Best Folk/World Song" at the Contemporary [A Cappella Society#Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards|Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards] for "Thulele Mama Ya", from the album A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed, which in turn was runner-up for the "Best Folk/World Album" category. In the same year, their song "All the Wild Wonders", written by Sue Johnson in collaboration with author Elizabeth Honey, was nominated for the category "Most Performed Jazz Work" in the APRA Music Awards of 2003.
Coco's Lunch received nominations at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 in the category Best Children's Album for their album Rat Trap Snap and in the category Best World Music Album for their album Blueprint. In 2015, they won the "Best Song Composed or Originally Performed by an AUS/NZ" category of the A Cappella Recording Awards, presented by Vocal Australia, for Lisa Young's song "Other Plans", which was also nominated for the category "Best Jazz Song".

Members

Current
Past
  • Sue Johnson
  • Nicola Eveleigh
  • Sallie Harvey
Guest Members/Subs
  • Libby O'Donovan
  • Annemarie Sharry
  • Miriam Crellin

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
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