Claire Tonti is a teacher turned podcaster turned musician.
The Briefing24 Feb 2023

Claire Tonti is a teacher turned podcaster turned musician.

Why are all the good songs written for people in their twenties? Why is it, as we get older and have partners, and children, pets and parents-in-law, mortgages and muscle aches, that music stops being written about our experiences?

Claire Tonti is trying to change that. She’s a teacher turned podcaster turned musician and she’s just released her debut album Matrescence.

Eleven original tracks, stripped back acoustic folk, Claire sings about everything from birth trauma to what it means to be a woman, loss of identity and independence and the transition to motherhood.

In this chat with Jamila Rizvi, Claire Tonti talks about taking risks, changing careers in mid-life and making music for the person you once were.

THE WEEKEND LIST:

See: Rocky Horror the Musical at Theatre Royal

Watch: Not Dead Yet on Disney+

Visit: Feared and Revered at the National Museum of Australia

Eat: Pialligo Estate Winery: Farm To Table Dining

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Drowning tragedy: How to save a life, without losing your own

Drowning tragedy: How to save a life, without losing your own

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The Tiktok trending weight loss drug

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Chloe Fisher's persistent pursuit of motherhood

Chloe Fisher's persistent pursuit of motherhood

Chloe Fisher married her now-husband, Grammy-nominated DJ Fisher, in 2020. It was on their wedding night that Chloe fell pregnant for the first time. She would miscarry shortly after. It was from that...

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Mindful Drinking: the success of Heaps Normal

Mindful Drinking: the success of Heaps Normal

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January 26: A day of mourning for Indigenous Australians

January 26: A day of mourning for Indigenous Australians

Australians across the country will “celebrate” Australia Day today, January 26.  Many believe it ought to be scrapped as a day of celebration out of respect for Indigenous Australians who consider th...

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Why Machu Picchu is off the bucket list, for now

Why Machu Picchu is off the bucket list, for now

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24 Jan 202324min

Could 2023 be the year Julian Assange is released

Could 2023 be the year Julian Assange is released

Twelve years ago, ‘cable gate’ was published by Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks.  251,000 confidential cables from the US State Department were released, disclosing corruption, diplomatic scandal...

23 Jan 202320min

Vaping:  I was addicted to nicotine

Vaping: I was addicted to nicotine

Having a nicotine addiction used to only be associated with cigarette smokers who’d have a pack a day and always try to bum a cig. Now vaping has become the newest nicotine addiction source, with a qu...

22 Jan 202319min

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