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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that the following program may contain the name and voices of people who have died.
Meredith Monk is the subject of Billy Shebar's documentary Monk in Pieces, which will have its Australian premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival. Monk, now 82, has a storied career as a composer, vocalist and choreographer as well as many other artistic pursuits, leading to savage reviews and bumpy relationships with traditional opera companies across her career. But her unique creativity has inspired people like David Byrne and Björk, both of whom appear as her advocates in Monk in Pieces. Billy Shebar joins Andy to trace the process by which he assembled the pieces.
Australian music icon and proud Torres Strait Islander Christine Anu has just been given the NAIDOC Creative Talent Award for 2025. Last year, she released her first album of new music in 20 years. Waku-Minaral A Minalay was recorded across the Pacific in places like New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait Islands and the Solomon Islands - utilising traditional percussion instruments like the Warup (drums), the Urub (shakers) and the Kulap (seed pot rattles). It’s a deeply personal bilingual album which includes songs written by Christine Anu, her grandfather and her daughter.
By ABC5
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that the following program may contain the name and voices of people who have died.
Meredith Monk is the subject of Billy Shebar's documentary Monk in Pieces, which will have its Australian premiere at Melbourne International Film Festival. Monk, now 82, has a storied career as a composer, vocalist and choreographer as well as many other artistic pursuits, leading to savage reviews and bumpy relationships with traditional opera companies across her career. But her unique creativity has inspired people like David Byrne and Björk, both of whom appear as her advocates in Monk in Pieces. Billy Shebar joins Andy to trace the process by which he assembled the pieces.
Australian music icon and proud Torres Strait Islander Christine Anu has just been given the NAIDOC Creative Talent Award for 2025. Last year, she released her first album of new music in 20 years. Waku-Minaral A Minalay was recorded across the Pacific in places like New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Torres Strait Islands and the Solomon Islands - utilising traditional percussion instruments like the Warup (drums), the Urub (shakers) and the Kulap (seed pot rattles). It’s a deeply personal bilingual album which includes songs written by Christine Anu, her grandfather and her daughter.

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