Our
feature artist, Donna Williams has an extensive array of
achievements, and we spoke to her to find out more about
her music. Listen again and learn more about Donna
below.
Donna Williams
Donna Williams was born in 1963 in Melbourne,
Victoria. Not only is she a singer/songwriter, she is a
best-selling author, artist, screenwriter and sculptor
diagnosed with autism after being assessed as a
psychotic infant in 1965 at age two, tested multiple
times for deafness and labelled disturbed throughout
childhood, before treatment for gut, immune and sensory
perceptual disorders in adulthood.
Williams' first album, Nobody Nowhere was published in
2000 with Paul Farrer, two tracks from which (Sometimes
and Beyond The When) feature in the TBS international TV
series Things You Taught Me.
In 2005, she followed this album with a second titled,
Mutation which she made with an Australian music
composer, producer and arranger named Akash. Both albums
feature music and lyrics by Williams with the second
album also featuring spoken word poetry.
We spoke to Donna Williams
on the show this week about her music and her plans with
the Aspinauts. Listen again below.
View a
slideshow of the transition of autistic author, artist,
singer-songwriter Donna Williams from infancy to
adulthood with a parallel journey told through her
artworks.
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tell us about your tunes and we'll get you on the air!
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