Gigging since the 1990s as a member of Sydney folk rock group Acquiesce and then, briefly, electro outfit Sorija before releasing her debut solo album, The Overture & the Underscore, in 2004, multiple ARIA Award-winning Sarah Blasko knows gigging deep down in her bones.
And yet, watching her soul-sundering rendition of epic new record, I Just Need to Conquer This Mountain, her first solo material since 2018’s Depth of Field, at the Northcote Theatre late last year as part of Victoria’s Always Live music festival, Blasko seemed surprised, regularly thanking the crowd for coming, listening and enjoying.
