BLAK N BLUES

A new, dynamic collaboration!  BLAK N BLUES is a ‘conversation in Blues music and poetry’ presented by Fiona Boyes and Wiradjuri elder Uncle Glenn Loughrey.  Set up in a way reminiscent of ‘songwriters in the round’, the interplay between music, words, and yarning, opens a space of dialogue between two different traditions.

Proud Wiradjuri man Uncle Glenn Loughrey is an artist, public speaker, published author, and poet.  Loughrey has been recognised as a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize, the Mandorla Art Prize, and the Blake Art Prize, amongst others. His observations and witty, incisive poetry speak from a distinctive indigenous perspective.

Fiona Boyes plays deep Blues, reflecting influences from a wide range of regional styles.  She draws inspiration from the classic sounds of New Orleans, Chicago, and Memphis, and her decades-long immersion in the oral history of the Blues tradition, while writing refreshingly new and finely crafted original songs.

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