Annie-Rose Maloney has a simple ethos when it comes to writing a song: it must have a pulse, it must feel nice to sing, and it must bear a truthfulness about our human experiences.

We talked about the mixed bag of emotions that come with releasing music, the decisions she’s had to make to be uncompromising with her art and the nourishment that comes from growing her own food and sharing meals with her bandmates during rehearsals.

The seven songs on Circle Walking are all tethered by being grounded in deep truth, and came out “a bit like an exhale - I almost always cried when I wrote them.” It was written over many years without any set intention, songs often blooming subconsciously from a seed of a lyric, or melody line - “I tended to let things reveal themselves to me. Like an archaeologist uncovering a hidden and delicate treasure.”

Annie-Rose's recipe is a garden pie, which is packed full of any veggies you have around, in crispy filo pastry.

You can find Annie-Rose Maloney's Garden Pie recipe on our website!

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Emily Wurramara (she/her) has had a huge past 12 months. After her historic win at the ARIA awards, and in celebration of her multi award winning album ‘NARA’, she has announced an encore tour. Emily is a Lutruwita/Tasmania-based artist, activist, author and proud Warnindhilyagwa woman hailing from Groote Eylandt & Milyakburra/Bickerton Island.

Emily reflects on her formative experiences with music, such as learning the violin as a child, and the sensory memories of the foods she grew up with. The conversation also explores the financial challenges and realities that artists face, with Emily emphasising the importance of financial education and sustainability in the music industry. Throughout the discussion, Emily emphasises the power of art, music, and food to connect, express, and nourish the soul.

Emily shares her Pork Adobo recipe with us, which reminds her of her childhood, family gatherings and her Lola's perfectly balanced flavours.

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Manisha Anjali is a writer and an artist. She is the founder of Neptune, a research and documentation platform for dreams, visions, and hallucinations.

She is the author of Naag Mountain, published by Giramondo in April 2024. Naag Mountain was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award at the Queensland Literary Awards in 2024.

Manisha grew up in Suva, Fiji, surrounded by nature, food and books. She has a deep connection to storytelling and mysticism, which we explore in our chat. Living in Melbourne currently, maintaining that connection is something Manisha finds extremely important to do.

Talking about art and food, she says "...they make life worth living. Food is a physical necessity and art is the soul’s necessity, so you’re feeing your soul with art and you’re feeding your body with food and you just need both to enjoy this time on earth."

Manisha shares her Dhal recipe with us and explains that growing up she’d have it almost every day. It was the foundation for everything else she ate. She associates it with a comfortable and homely feeling.

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