The unsung career of Margret RoadKnight
<p>Margret RoadKnight is a gem. A rough diamond, perhaps. She is plain-speaking and extremely direct, with a flash of wonderful pink in her long, straw-coloured hair. “Eighty years old,” she says, “60 years of performing music this year and 50 years since my first album.”</p>
<p>But the veteran singer of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and traditional music — whose career has been largely unsung in mainstream Australian culture -is now wondering whether it might be time to slow down. She first appeared on Melbourne’s folk scene in 1963. Modern conditions for musicians and performers don’t fill her with joy. Streaming is awful, she says, and it wasn’t too long ago that punters at a show would “shut up, look and listen”.</p>
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