Anti-Capitalist Creativity, Quitting Their Music Label and Family Estrangement With Musician Montaigne

About this episode

The episode features an interview with musician Montaigne discussing their career, creativity, and personal challenges.

Today’s guest is Jessica Cerro, AKA Montaigne. Montaigne is one of Australia’s most distinct and exciting musicians. The 30-year-old has a certified platinum hit, an ARIAs Breakthrough Artist of the Year title, and represented Australia on the Eurovision stage in 2021. They also compose music for video games. Montaigne released their fourth studio album It's Hard to Be a Fish last year, and is about to head out on the Glorious Heights 10th anniversary tour across the country this August. You can buy tickets here and follow Montaigne on Instagram here . You can watch the interview on YouTube here . Thank you for listening! Jas & Mags xo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guests: Jessica Cerro, Montaigne

Topics covered

• anti-capitalism
• music industry
• family estrangement
• creativity
• Australian music
• Eurovision

Keywords

• Montaigne
• anti-capitalist
• music label
• family estrangement
• Eurovision
• Australian musician
• It's Hard to Be a Fish

Sponsors

FEELD, Saily

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: It's Hard to Be a Fish

Places: Australia

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