Janette Geri

Janette Geri (1961 – 29 June 2018[1]) was an Australian singer-songwriter.

Geri was born in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst in 1961. Her style, sometimes compared to Joni Mitchell's, incorporated Celtic, soul, jazz-blues and folk music. She performed with international artists including Jean Paul Wabotai, Abdul TJ Rokoto, the Fureys and Maria Forde.[2]

Geri's compositions "The Return" and "Olliebod's Jig" (written with Mykl Losin) featured on the Celtic Paradise (Best of International Celtic Artists) album,[3] and "The Return" was selected for inclusion on the ABC Airplay album vol.1 in 1998.[4][5] This album was designed to collect some of the sought after and hard-to-find songs heard on ABC Local Radio and make them available to ABC listeners. Its success led to the annual release of ABC Airplay CDs.[6] In Christmas 2009, Geri's "Dragonfly" from The Bastard's Daughter album was released on a double CD put together for charity by Rob Davies who organises the Ryedale Live music shows in North Yorkshire, UK.[7][8] She and co-writer Mykl Lozin jointly won The Best Fiddle Composition Award Australia and NZ for their fiddle tune "Olliebod's Jig" at the Australian Inaugural Golden Fiddle Awards in 2005.[9] She performed at the Melbourne Concert Hall, Melbourne's Continental Cafe and the Port Fairy Folk Festival.

Geri's music has been played on ABC Radio[10] and international radio stations. She performed live on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia and the Ernie Sigley show.

Geri toured the UK in 2008[11][12][13] and 2010.[14][15][16]