Meg Washington ‘Live at Hamer Hall' with the MSO

Live at Hamer Hall - with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
"One of the world’s finest singers, songwriters and performers" -- Fin Review

In late January/early February 2024, Meg Washington performed three stunning shows with the Sydney, Tasmanian and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras, unveiling another facet of her genre defying talent. The Melbourne performance at Hamer Hall was captured in its entirety and is being released today on all streaming platforms including Youtube.   The full power and virtuosity of Meg’s voice are in force with the gorgeous backdrop of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vanessa Scammell.
 
The concert featured 14 songs from across Meg's illustrious career including ‘Sunday Best’, ‘How To Tame Lions’ and ‘Batflowers’.  Meg also premiered two new songs - the recently released, dreamily arresting ‘Honeysuckle Island’ and piano-led 'Poetrymotion', performed as a duo with her long-time collaborator Ben Edgar on guitar.
 
The finale was a triumphant performance of ‘Lazarus Drug’ in which a mirror ball bathed the room in spectacular light during the song’s magnificent crescendo. ‘Lazarus Drug’ comes from Meg’s critically acclaimed and ARIA award-winning fourth LP, Batflowers, which was also shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize.

‘Lazarus Drug’ was recently featured at the end of ‘The Sign’, a special 28 minute episode of the juggernaut TV Show ‘Bluey’. Joe Brumm, the show’s creator, said of ‘Lazarus Drug’ that it is “one of the greatest songs written this century”. This was a beautiful full-circle moment for Meg, who also plays a character on the show, having voiced the role of Bluey’s teacher Calypso since 2018.

Working deeply across film and music, Meg wrote all the songs in the upcoming musical feature film, ‘The Deb’ - produced and directed by Rebel Wilson, which will have its world premiere on the closing night of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
 
With her partner, Nick Waterman, Meg is also the co-writer and producer of a feature film adaptation of Paul Kelly’s classic song ‘How to Make Gravy’ which is coming to the big screen later this year.
 
“You’ll be spellbound” -- The Guardian
“There’s truly nothing that Meg Washington can’t do" -- Rolling Stone
‘That jaw dropping instrument in her throat was enough to send everyone off on a high” -- The Australian

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