Thu 5 Nov · 6pm
Bird's Basement · Melbourne
a string quartet and pop voices launching an eight year album
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The Crossing Machine launch their new album The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet at Bird's Basement. Eight years in the making they can’t wait to share it with the world.
Also on the program is a preview of a couple of songs of a new pop art cycle by Melbourne composer Stuart Greenbaum and lyricist Ross Baglin.
The band will also entertain with some other sweet surprises.
Classically trained string players Marianne Rothschild and Matthew Rigby on violins, Margaret Butcher viola and Charlotte Jacke on cello join forces with incredible pop vocalists Jordan Z and Annie Jones.
Quick answers
When is The Crossing Machine: Album Launch?
Thu 5 Nov 2026, 6pm.
Where is it?
Bird's Basement, Melbourne, VIC.
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