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A trio of people share a laugh over a song. The woman on the left has a vivid blue blazer over a muted green shirt, smiling away from the camera at the guitarist on the right. An Asian woman with short greying hair stands between the pair, the only one smiling at the camera. The man on the right looks natural and at ease with his intricate looking guitar. What to SEE at Melville Storylines
What to SEE

What to SEE at Melville Storylines

3 October 2022

Melville Storylines is taking us to all corners of the City in a month-long celebration of storytelling in all its unique shapes and sizes.

Reading time • 10 minutesMulti-arts
Two indigenous performers, both dressed in black, a man playing guitar and a woman singing Celebration of music’s transforming power
Reviews

Celebration of music’s transforming power

28 February 2022

A beautiful and uplifting evening on the shores of the Derbarl Yerrigan shows how hope and strength can rise from tragedy and oppression, David Zampatti writes.

Reading time • 7 minutesPerth Festival
LR: Russell Holmes, Ben Vanderwal, Jessie Gordon and Lucky Oceans. Four musicians (LR: Russell Holmes, Ben Vanderwal, Jessie Gordon and Lucky Oceans) stand at a street corner, some leaning against the trunk of a paperbark tree. Blues songstress goes bush
The Festival Sessions

Blues songstress goes bush

11 January 2021

Local jazz and blues hero Jessie Gordon gives Seesaw readers an insight into Ballads, Banksias and Beauty, a program that immerses the audience in memories of growing up in Western Australia.

Reading time • 7 minutesFringe World Festival
Australia nostalgic
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Australia nostalgic

11 February 2020

In Ballads, Banksias and Beauty, Jessie Gordon shows she’s the complete package, even if she’s a little road-weary, David Zampatti says.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Jess with Barrelhouse, Kidogo, Fremantle, 12 December 2018 Jess with Barrelhouse, Kidogo, Fremantle, 12 December 2018 Playing landscapes on guitar
The Festival Sessions

Playing landscapes on guitar

24 January 2020

Fremantle-based musician Lucky Oceans loves pushing the pedal steel guitar in new directions and he does just that in “Ballads, Banksias and Beauty”.

Reading time • 7 minutesMusic
Reading time • 2 minutesFringe World Festival
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Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio