Lo Carmen is a cult singer-songwriter, and an AFI nominated actor in the much loved films 'The Year My Voice Broke', 'Red Dog' and the notorious TV docu-drama 'Blue Murder'. Carmen has earnt critical acclaim as a solo artist, and has opened for Renee Geyer, Paul Kelly, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dirty Three, Kinky Friedman and The Drones as well as touring Europe and the US. She has also published essays and stories in Vogue, Meanjin, Neighborhood Paper and the 'Women of Letters' collections. She has recently returned to Australia after living in the US for the past seven years with her husband, actor Aden Young and their children.