Airdate: Blasko

As part of ABC’s Ausmusic month, a special Blasko will profile singer / songwriter Sarah Blasko.

Sarah Blasko is a pioneer of the Australian indie music scene, and has been a steadily growing music icon since the early 2000s. She has been nominated for countless awards and has gone on to become one of Australia’s most successful female singer song writers, walking the line between commercial success and artistic integrity with dignity. Sarah’s music is filled with a cinematic sense of wonder and melancholy. Her new venture will be her most courageous undertaking yet.

Blasko will follow Sarah as she creates an album of songs from scratch in a live theatre space with long-time collaborators. Together they will create this album in a high concept setting – a theatre space in at an arts centre complete with film projections, mirror ball and lighting – a very different way to write an album! With unique and intimate access, the creative process of one of Australia’s most acclaimed singer songwriters is laid bare. Weaving through an intimate ob-doc style are bio beats that tell the story of Sarah’s life from childhood to adulthood. The drama lies is in the fact that Sarah has never attempted anything like this before.

9.30pm on Tuesday 14 November on ABC.