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The latest music project Charlie Needs Braces, comes from Naarm musician Charlie Woods. Charlie is a proud GuriNgai woman, a direct descendant of Bungaree and Matora. The lands running from the central coast of NSW along the mouth of the Hawkesbury river and into Northern Sydney. Having played on stage with bands such as Teskey Brothers ,Casey Donovan, The Seven Ups, Gang of Youths, WVR BABY, and TEK TEK Ensemble, Charlie is venturing out on her own to launch the solo project - Charlie Needs Braces. Since graduating from the VCA in 2014 Charlie has worked full-time as a professional musician. She currently plays with several bands including ‘The Teskey Brothers’, ‘The Seven Ups’, ‘TEK TEK Ensemble’, and ‘WVR BABY’, as well as developing her own ensembles including 'Ogopogo', 'Chaos Magnet', and 'Mangelwurzel'. Her further experience includes forming, arranging, and playing in an all female horn section for the 2019 and 2020 ABC New Years Eve concert, and appearing on 'Spicks and Specks', 'The Set', and the 'Channel 9 Morning show' with The Teskey Brothers. Charlie has played at 'Fuji Rock', 'Womadelaide', 'Blues Fest', 'Woodford', 'Rainbow', 'Meredith', 'Splendour in the Grass', 'Darwin Festival', 'Queenscliff Music Festival', 'White Night', 'SummerSalt' and many more. As well as toured Europe, Japan, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Australia's capitals and regional centres. In 2021 she has begun developing a new solo project - Charlie Needs Braces. Charlie Needs Braces has performed at ‘Melbourne Music Week’, ‘St Kilda Film Festival’, ‘Firelight Festival’, supported ‘The Seven Ups’ Album Launch, and Ziggy Ramo. In 2022 drawing on her own personal experiences Charlie has developed an album that is influenced by her new braces. She also draws on the experience of discovering and learning about her Aboriginal heritage.