"Briscoe’s music shimmers evocatively" ”

Jazz Da Gama - Raul Da Gama

A potent First Nations performance with stirring vocals, storytelling and words of protest.

5 STAR REVIEW : Jessi Ryan DEC 12, 2023

BLAKTIVISM delivered a stirring and powerful night of story, song and protest. With an all-star cast, the 2023 edition of this performance ​​series explored the songlines of Skylore, which connects all First Nations cultures across the country through stories, from the rise of the Evening Star in the Kulin Nations to the rise of the Morning Star in West Papua.

Closing the performance, Deline Briscoe’s incredible soaring vocals lifted the roof off Hamer Hall and brought the entire audience to a standing ovation.

At this current moment, when artists across stages in Australia are being targeted for simply expressing their democratic right to free speech and protest, BLAKTIVISM reminds us that the central mechanism of art and performance is storytelling, and that art is inherently political.

 

Deline Briscoe

Wawu Review

"A powerful message this is contagious...This is uplifting music in a time of sensory overload." - Sound in Review, Shannon Smith