Margret RoadKnight is coming back to Brisbane! Margret lived here for 12 years, returning to Victoria in 2008. While here she made a wonderful impact on the vocal abilities of so many - with performances and workshops in numerous venues and genres. We're delighted to welcome Margret back for an exclusive concert and 'Instant Singing' workshop. (Margret's last Brisbane performance was during her 2013 Golden Jubilee tour.)
Saturday 14th October: Part 1: 'Instant Singing' Workshop: 2 - 4pm (funds to go to Brisbane's Murri School); Bookings
Part 2: Evening Concert: 7.30pm. Bookings
Margret's professional singing debut was at a Melbourne theatre in 1963, and the subsequent decades have taken her around the globe, often representing Australia. She has recorded ten albums, appeared on many more, and her timeless Australiana '70s hit "Girls in Our Town" remains an iconic benchmark.
Margret is renowned for her "lyrics of wit & wisdom" [Musica Viva], powerful & versatile vocals, unique wide-ranging roots-based repertoire, and her sense of humour & history.
"... her strength as a performer lies in her remarkable ability to ingest her own personality into the songs she sings. Add to that her soaring voice – which has been likened to those of Bessie Smith or Nina Simone – and imposing presence and you start to get to grips with what makes RoadKnight such a commanding performer. ..." Ian Mcfarlane.
Margret has sat on Arts Advisory Committees, been an Eisteddfod Adjudicator, an overseas correspondent on the gospel music scene, was the first singer added to the Montsalvat Jazz Festival Honour Roll, and Artist of the Year at the 1998 Port Fairy Folk Festival, and recipient of the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Folk Festival. She has presented 5 programs with the South Australian Theatre Company; was Musical Director of the touring Paul Robeson tribute theatre show, "DEEP BELLS RING"; provided material for and performed in One Extra Company's "PEOPLE LIKE US", hk; guested in the cabaret version of "BRAN NUE DAE" in Broome; co-produced "A Smile, a Strum and a Hand Up Your Bum" with the Sydney Puppet Theatre; performed in the Sydney Opera House season of "CINDERELLA ACAPPELLA"; devised and toured the centenary celebrations "ROBESON KEEPS ROLLING ALONG" and "Malvina Reynolds: FROM WAY UP HERE", and her own musical biography "ADJUSTING THE REARVIEW MIRROR".
Saturday 14th October: Afternoon Instant Singing Workshop - Bookings (funds to Brisbane's Murri School)
Evening Concert, 7.30pm. Bookings