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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: Putting together the pieces of Meredith Monk, and Christine Anu wins the 2025 NAIDOC Creative Talent Award
Description: 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 he...