By Luke Voogt
For Melbourne-based singer Bloom, Amanda Canzurlo is just a mask for the world.
“She’s a singing teacher, she’s wedding singer, she’s just an ordinary person,” she told the Indy.
“But when I’m on stage I’m someone else – Bloom is me.”
Like Pink or Beyonce, her stage name defines her, she said.
The 30-year-old singer will bring her latest “sell-out show” – The Adele and Amy Songbook – to Geelong next month.
While there were many Adele and Amy Winehouse tribute acts, few combined the two artists, who were more closely connected than some might think, Bloom said.
“It was actually one of Amy’s songs that inspired Adele to pick up the guitar and start writing.”
The show was not an imitation of two modern greats, Bloom said.
“It’s more just to celebrate their music. I didn’t actually realise how talented they were as songwriters until I sat down and did the show.”
Bloom recently moved to Melbourne from Perth and released her first EP last year.
“I came here for the first time when I was 18 and loved the vibe,” she said.
“I felt I had grown as much as I could in Perth.”
Bloom has often given audiences a taste of her own music at her shows.
“At the end I sneak in a couple of originals for people so they can get to know Bloom,” she said.
“If you like Lana Del Rey and those earthy tones like Adele and Amy, they’re in my songs.”
Bloom said she loved connecting with her audience through songs of love, loss and death.
“There’s this exchange of energy in the room, I think it’s really powerful when you don’t know people but your song can make them cry.”
Recently, she joined Australian music legends like John Paul Young, on a cruise ship tribute to John English.
“I don’t think I would have gotten those opportunities over in Perth,” she said.
“I’ve just loved singing with a bunch of rock royalty which I looked up to as a kid.”
Bloom will perform for the first time in Geelong on 11 November at the Gateway Hotel.
