Education
Penny Flanagan attended high school at Monte Sant" Angelo Mercy College and is a Sydney based singer/songwriter/musician and novelist.
Penny Flanagan attended high school at Monte Sant" Angelo Mercy College and is a Sydney based singer/songwriter/musician and novelist.
Her musical career began in 1989 as one half of the widely acclaimed folk-popular duo, Club Hoy. The duo released three EPs and the album "Thursday"s Fortune" (in 1991) before Flanagan went solo. The first single from her debut album, "Bravado" was "" which hit #52 in Triple J Hottest 100, 1994.
The album was produced by Martin Armiger and featured Paul Hester from Crowded House on drums.
She also received significant radio and Music Television play for her cover of Prince"s "When You Were Mine" from her European Parliament, "Seven Flights Up" which was released on her own independent label, Penny Dreadful Records. In 1997, she contributed an offbeat cover of Kylie Minogue"s "Better the Devil You Know" to the soundtrack of the Australian film, "Dust Office The Wings" and released a music video for the song that aired on Music Television and Rage.
Her next release, "Light Sleeper" was praised by Australian Rolling Stone Magazine as "a mature and intelligent release from a genuine talent, deserving of wider success.” The album was produced by Tim Powles of The Church and featured a duet with Steve Kilbey on the track "Into the Sun".