Poetry
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Luka Lesson & QSO Wave Festival Review @ Brisbane Powerhouse
Orchestral music has a bit of a rep for blandness.
It’s easy to think it’s all about the slow, bafflingly frivolous pieces our great-great-grandparents adored, and... -
Luka Lesson Writes, Raps and Interrogates
WAVE Festival plays host to the Greek-Australian poet Luka Lesson this April, in a typically provocative performance that features the Queensland Symphony
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Solli Raphael Serves Up A Supermassive Slam
Solli Raphael is a precociously talented poet.
The Coffs Harbour local has become a revered slam poet, winning the 2017 National Australian Poetry Slam, all before... -
Neil Hilborn Brisbane Review @ The Zoo
Brisbane’s spoken word scene is, frankly, epic. When it comes to poetry, this town punches well above its weight.
Even so, when you get a chance to see... -
We Are Born At Sunset: The Elton Bastos Duo One Night Only In Brisbane
Inspired by Portuguese poet and icon Fernando Pessoa, the upcoming exclusive gala event will present The Elton Bastos Duo playing their entire album ‘Essencia
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5 Things That Inspired Mirror By Robbie Greenwell At Sydney Fringe
The idea that identity is fixed may be outdated but how many personas is too many?
In the one-man show 'Mirror', performer Robbie Greenwell explores five... -
Alphamama: Finding Your Authentic Self With Art
Vibrant and powerful, Alphamama is the human intersection of art, music and global culture.
The singer, poet, feminist and entrepreneur fuses her Indonesian and... -
Luka Lesson Sees The Future As History Repeating
Greek-Australian poet and hip hop rapper Luka Lesson has teamed with indigenous musician Kahl Wallis for the single 'Living Artefacts'.
Luka says the collaboration... -
Queensland Poetry Festival: Distant Voices On Show
In the past, it’s been hard to talk up poetry festivals. Poetry has a bit of a bad rep. For many, it’s that traumatic or tedious subject at school, filled with brooding white
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Daydreamer Wolf: A Cross-Cultural Intertwinement At Umbrella
A storytelling experience of a different kind, Daydreamer Wolf is the expressive and spontaneous showcase of an Afghani refugee, visual artist and poet Elyas Alavi’s longing
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5 Black Girl Magicians (Icons And Inspirations) With Poet Candy Bowers
For the first time in HERstory, the Pan Afrikan Poets Cafe will be hitting Sydney.
Zimbabwean storyteller, Poets Cafe founder, radio broadcaster and educator Sista... -
Rhymes Causing A Ruckus At New Globe Theatre
The Ruckus Slam Poetry group has made a name for itself after holding open mic slams once a month in Brisbane and Melbourne.
Gearing up for their monthly show as... -
A Record 180 Acts Headed To The 2017 Illawarra Folk Festival
Next month, a record 180 musical acts from around the world, across Australia and locally will descend on the 32nd annual Illawarra Folk Festival.
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Lord Byron’s Don Juan @ 2016 Adelaide Guitar Festival Review
Spanish guitar melodies seduce one great Scot.
The tagline for this year’s Adelaide Guitar Festival is 'strumming to every beat'. This is intended to convey that... -
Katie Noonan And The Brodsky Quartet @ QPAC Concert Hall Review
Last Thursday's premiere performance by Katie Noonan And Brodsky Quartet at QPAC’s Concert Hall (28 April) was a stunning tribute to the artistic brilliance of Queensland’s
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The Road To Anywhere (Festival)
A stellar programme for Brisbane’s fifth annual Anywhere Festival will be on display this May, with music, comedy, theatre and everything in-between.
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5 Facts You Didn't Know About Lord Byron's Don Juan
Lord Byron's 'Don Juan' is a feast of music and adventure, following the life of one of the most magnetic and seductive heroes in western literature, and his equally
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Open Letter From Deborah Emmanuel
“Definitions are confounding. To me, everything is a formless mass,” says Deborah Emmanuel – Multi-slam winning Singaporean spoken word artist.
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5 Poets… And Why You Should Read Them By Tape/Off
Brisbane alt-rockers Tape/Off will be dragging their instruments into West End tomorrow (25 September) for a show.
But not before band member Nathan Pickels... -
5 Poetic Songs With Australian Poetry Slam Feature Performer Denni Proctor
Twenty-two-year-old Palawa singer-songwriter Denni Proctor hails from Tasmania, now lives in Adelaide, and will be the feature artist performing at the SA Poetry Slam Heat
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