When it comes to "totally epic weeks of music" in Sydney, rarely do you get more "epic" than the week of Big Day Out. Not only does the festival and its sideshow dictate most of your nights out, but so do the Sydney Festival shows, the emerging Laneway sideshows and even the odd "Police"-esque stadium spectacular. 

Beginning with dark, sultry piano tinkering, a man’s
mysterious voice rings out: “Music is emotion made manifest, words bring
meaning to music, music brings wings to words, together they are song, I am the
singer, you are the singer.”.

Melbourne's Paris Wells has made quite a name for herself a skilled songstress, with talent well beyond her years and a collection of tracks with quality few can match. And now, with the Mushroom Music Publishing behind her, Paris has arrived in Sydney to preview her new album, the brilliant Various Small Fires.