BANNED! Songs They Tried to Silence

Politics. Prejudice. Sex. Drugs. Murder. These are the songs that were banned from radio and Nicola Milan with Perth’s hottest jazz musicians are unleashing them on stage this FRINGE WORLD. From the jazz age to today, music that was too bold, too risqué, too political or simply too rebellious was silenced. Some were censored for exposing prejudice, others for daring to use “naughty words,” and some for rattling society out of its comfort zone. 

You’ll be surprised how many are household favourites you already know - hits you’d never guess were once forbidden. Acclaimed vocalist Nicola Milan, backed by a sizzling jazz ensemble, revives these censored songs with cheeky anecdotes and tales of rebellion. Intimate, defiant, unforgettable; this is the music they didn’t want you to hear.