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TROPIC • MUSIC
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Nurturing You’ve probably heard Eves Karydas’
bops on the radio, and you might have
native talent even seen her perform last February at I used to tell them “a
Tanks. If you’ve followed her journey
closely, you’d know she cut her teenage
PROFILE candle loses nothing by
teeth at the old Mondo’s music nights
Tropic spoke to Eves Karydas on at the Hilton Cairns. And with a mentor lighting another candle” –
her Cairns upbringing and its like Terry Doyle, who “didn’t tolerate
covers”, she went on to achieve big things. it was a really encouraging
influence on her stellar journey Headlining a national tour and hitting environment
as one of Australia’s leading the ARIA charts with her debut album,
pop singers. kind of big. Terry Doyle
Hannah Evyenia Karydas – known
Words: Annabel Bowles in the music world as Eves Karydas,
and formerly Eves the Behavior – is “I also used to busk to sunbaking
undoubtedly one of the biggest stars to backpackers on the Esplanade and play at
come out of Cairns. the Tanks Markets on the weekend.
She’s supported international names like “I would not be doing what I’m doing now
Dua Lipa and George Ezra, and her hit if I didn’t have those experiences along
single Further Than The Planes Fly, part of the way.”
her debut album summerskin, went on to Following Terry’s strict songwriter-only
reach Gold level sales on the 2018 ARIA program, Hannah actually performed her
charts. first original song at Mondo’s. Soon after
Although she only spent her first fifteen she put out Fairytales, a five-song EP.
years here, Karydas told Tropic her “I could pick a kid from a mile off that
musical journey really bloomed before was going to have something to do with
she and her family moved to Brisbane. music, and Hannah was one of them,”
“When I was in primary school, Redlynch Terry told Tropic.
State College, I would write songs at “We had a great thing going on at
home and I always wanted to have a song Mondo’s for about 10 years.
on the radio,” she said. “It was a pretty unique starting point for a
“Then at thirteen I started watching lot of original songsters here in the North,
Emma Louise play shows at Mondo’s on like Emma Louise, Drunk Mums, Nikki
Thursday nights, and eventually joined Jensen, Davy Simony and Eves Karydas
in too. of course, plus a host of local songwriters
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