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DESCRIPTION:Image Credit: William Turner 'Slave Ship' (with permission MFA 
 Boston)\nThe Last Of The Human Troubadours is the fifth and latest album o
 f songs from Jackie Marshall\, featuring long-time collaborator Chris Pick
 ering\, and new friends\, the inimitable Black Square Quartet\, performing
  exquisite arrangements of said songs by renowned composer Robert Davidson
 .\nThe title (and also opening) track of the album delivers a coda-like fi
 rst-person lament on the fate of the imagined ‘last’ organically formed tr
 aveling song artist\, in the implied face of a fast-moving artificially in
 telligent takeover of the arts in all its multifarious parts\, in equation
  with the inevitability of the dowsed sentient spirit springing up anew on
  the planet at some point in the distant future long after life in its pre
 sent form has been forgotten.\nThe album and accompanying concert series f
 eatures songs written by Marshall exploring various aspects of ‘how to get
  on with things’ in good spirits and maddening times (Nobody Tell The Bird
 s\, Chop Wood Carry Water\, The Next Right Thing)\, a song dedicated to Au
 nty Delmae Barton on owning and expressing one’s sovereign voice (I Am Hea
 rd)\, an obscure Joni Mitchell cover (Nathan La Franeer)\, an Irish/Scotti
 sh traditional (The Parting Glass)\, a co-write with Greg Cathcart about d
 isconnected friend (Cool\, Calm\, Connected)\, a treatise on being-versus-
 doing (Crickets For Claudia)\, a poem by Slovene legend Uroš Zupan set to 
 music (A Prayer)\, and finally\, the oldest surviving written musical comp
 osition in the Western canon\, the 2000 year old Seikilos Epitaph\, with i
 ts simple lyric “While you live\, shine\, hold no grief at all… Life exist
 s only for a short while\, and time demands its due”.\nThe pairing of Blac
 k Square Quartet with Jackie Marshall is a meeting of soulful virtuosity d
 elivered with intention\, supporting an unapologetically rugged truth and 
 tunefulness\, resulting in a life-affirming creation even greater than the
  sum of its parts. Jackie Marshall is many things: an inveterate creative\
 , multi-artform explorer\, and “that rare thing: an Aussie original” (Week
 end Australian). But she might describe herself as many other things too: 
 mother\, mystic\, restless spirit\, moon-gazer\, forest-lover\, survivor\,
  spontaneous adventurist\, heart-centred anarchist\, and eternal optimist.
  With her unrestrained spirit and immense talents\, this Wiradjuri-born Ma
 gandjin-based artist shines as an acclaimed singer\, musician\, songwriter
 \, poet\, illustrator and actor.\nChris Pickering is a songwriter\, compos
 er\, academic and musician based in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. He was bo
 rn and raised on Githabul Country in south-east Queensland\, and learned t
 o play guitar\, drums\, bass\, and piano alongside writing songs and playi
 ng in bands. From 2009-2013 he moved to Nashville and Memphis\, Tennessee\
 , USA\, where he wrote songs on Music Row and performed and toured as an i
 ndependent artist. He has released four full-length albums of original mat
 erial\, and composed many works that bridge the worlds of popular and art 
 music.\nFormed in 2018\, the beautifully haunting Black Square Quartet tak
 es its name from Kasimir Malevich’s influential minimalist painting. The q
 uartet is known for championing new and Australian works\, having premiere
 d music by Thomas Green\, Cathy Likhuta\, Brenda Gifford and others\, and 
 collaborating with artists such as Trichotomy\, Sarah Curro and Steve Newc
 omb.\n \nTour Dates 2026\n \nCoolum Civic Centre\nSaturday 11 July | Time:
  7pm | Location: 2-4 Park St\, Coolum Beach | Tickets: events.humanitix.co
 m\nMaleny Community Centre\nSunday 12 July | Time: 4pm | Location: 23 Mapl
 e St\, Maleny | Tickets: events.humanitix.com\nRedland Performing Arts Cen
 tre\nFriday 24 July | Time: 7pm | Location: 2/16 Middle St\, Cleveland | T
 ickets: TBA\nMajestic Theatre\nSaturday 25 July | Time: 7pm | Location: 3 
 Factory St\, Pomona | Tickets: TBA\nEudlo Hall\nSunday 26 July | Time: 4pm
  | Location: 19 Rosebed St\, Eudlo | Tickets: events.humanitix.com\n \nThi
 s project is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queenslan
 d. Supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund - a partnership between
  Queensland Government\, through Arts Queensland\, and Sunshine Coast Coun
 cil to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.\n       http
 s://redchair.com.au/what-s-on/event/636-the-last-of-the-human-troubadours
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LOCATION:South East Queensland (Brisbane QLD\, Australia)
SUMMARY:The Last Of The Human Troubadours
URL:https://redchair.com.au/what-s-on/event/636-the-last-of-the-human-troub
 adours
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