Gordi fills an empty Sydney Opera House with her magnetic presence and expansive songs – The Guardian

I did think the first time Id be here there would be a few more people in the crowd, but Im imagining you all like an NRL match cardboard cutouts.
The Canowindra-born, Sydney-based singer-songwriter Gordi, AKA Sophie Payten, sits at a grand piano, talking straight at me. She is on the stage of the Sydney Opera Houses Joan Sutherland theatre; I am at home, in Melbourne. That quip, issued by Payten in a deep, resonant speaking voice not dissimilar to the soft-edged baritone she sings in, is recei…

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