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TROPIC • MUSIC

What’s your favourite live music
memory? Standing in an audience of
450 people, in the Tanks Arts Centre,
Roz Pappalardo is teaming up with fellow watching an intimate and powerful
local artist Leanne Tennant for an intimate Midnight Oil show. Life changing and
show at Brother Jenkins, Thursday 22 April. soul shaking, witnessing legends at
Limited tickets available via Eventbrite.
work in the best venue in Australia.
Favourite live music venue in the Far
North? Tanks Arts Centre! What’s
How are you involved in the arts in store for 2021? The release of
industry? I’m invested in the arts my new single and album, a lovely
in every part of my life – even my collaborative CD launch in Brisbane
dog, Pebbles, sits up and listens at the Judith Wright Centre in June,
when I play music. I’m a songwriter, acting in a Jute Theatre Production
a playwright, an actor, a producer, in October which I have co-written
an arts programmer, a community with two local artists, Kathryn Ash
Meet Roz engagement and regional arts driver, and Frank Dangelico, and putting out
Pappalardo and an ideas gal. Describe your style another record I accidently wrote with
in three words? Heartfelt, passionate,
a Brisbane-based collaborator. What’s
driven. What influences your music? the last album you listened to? The
Tropic had a yarn to Roz My environment, local stories, my latest Amy Shark record. She’s a Gold
people. What are some artists you’ve
Pappalardo ahead of the launch played with? The Indigo Girls, The Coast artist, regional, she’s revealing a
of her single Won’t Be Quiet on Waifs, Kate Miller-Heidke – most highly sustainable artist pathway, and
now she’s collaborating with the best.
16 April and following album of immediately memorable! Who would Any fun facts about yourself? Pebbles
the same name on 14 May. you most like to collaborate with? is my best friend and I’m learning how
Countless ... but for the sake of to cook – never too old right?
continuing to develop and diversify
my style, I’d love to collaborate with MORE: rozpappalardo.com
Briggs or Sampa The Great.

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