James Roach

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[gentle music] Today's guest is the incredible Tanya Donough-Doco, the powerhouse voice behind Bachelor Girl, whose music has become part of the soundtrack to Australian life.

She and James Roache formed Bachelor Girl in 1992, and their debut album, Waiting for the Day, went double platinum, won the ARIA Award for Producer of the Year, and delivered Buses and Trains, a song that won APRA Song of the Year, sits at Australia's 100 Greatest Songs, double platinum success and one of Australia's most played songs for the past 25 years.

Tanya's career has been anything but ordinary.

Now, Bachelor Girl celebrates their iconic debut album with a beautiful reimagined release, featuring artists including Delta Goodrem, Jessica Mauboy, Darren Hayes, Tommy Emmanuel, and yes, my husband, Guy Sebastian.

... was very worried about it.

But then in comes James.

You know, I meet James, who's James Roachan, Bachelor Girl, who plays keyboards for my then singing teacher, who would get his students up, you know, to sing and bludge at the bar while, you know, he was chatting up girls.

So it's about an alligator.

and it's by Dr. James Roach.

So the story here is I'm distributed by Virgin Music Group, and there's an employee at Virgin Music Group who is from New Orleans.

And she came to me and said, I have a relative.

I think if I get this queued up right anyway.

And then we'll probably wrap things up.

This is, and I believe it is because of the way I've got this thing cued, Guigui Solange, Dr. James Roach.

Sweep the dream path clear Listen, children, oh, listen well What the tortoise behaved to tell What a purpose they have to fill it Dreamland open here Keep the dream path clear.