Foreign correspondent turned folk singer Ange Takats has done some strange things in her life. She landed in a folk rock band in Bangkok, chased love all the way to Ontario, joined a knitting group, met an Irish nudist and has a song for every tale on her debut album Aniseed Tea.

The Q Song Award Winner has been gathering a steady following in folk festival circles over the past two years but her audience expanded by a million listeners when Fran Kelly's top rating Breakfast Show on Radio National decided to feature her as 'Album of the Week'.

“Her music manages to combine the songwriting talents reminiscent of Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell with a modern day fervour and sass” – Musicadium

“Takats has some interesting stories to tell but the hook is that soulful voice she tells them with. There’s real grit and passion there." – The Courier Mail