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She may not have the flamboyance of big brother Rufus or the history of mom and pop Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle. but Martha‘s music has the drama to equal any of them. Despite her immersion in the world of music since birth. it took the Montreal-born singer/songwriter until she was 28 to get round releasing her first album. That eponymous debut was worth the wait. autobiographical and perhaps predictably folksy in places but also layered with brittle pop and darker. often vitriolic flashes.

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Didgeridoos, barbecues and kangaroos. As cultural stereotypes go those applying to Australians are as entrenched as you can get. Nice of BOMBA then to throw caution to the wind and set the flag flying for that most un-Australian of concepts: a righteous, funked up, reggae party band. Here they get soulful with our Q&A.

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