She is perhaps best known for collaborations with avant-garde composer and musician John Rodgers, including their "sex-and-death-cabaret-rock" band Madam Bones Brothel which developed a cult following in Brisbane and Melbourne.

Her musical ensmebles included Madam Bones Brothel, acoustic prog-rock duo Diastima, Robin Casinader's folk-noir ensemble Hood,[2] stadium-disco band Butt Funky, Latin/cabaret quartet Las Tangolitas alongside solo performances as a singer-songwriter.

She performed lead vocals in a 2007 show for the Queensland Music Festival The Dream Catchers, also written by John Rodgers, held in Innisfail.

As a composer, John is highly regarded for his creative genius[12] and a vast amount of this uniquely brilliant music has been written for Pearly to perform.

The material in Madam Bones Brothel (composed by John) ranged from funk to rap, jazz to rock, country to flamenco, often in the same set.

In recent years, John has received several major grants to compose music for large shows and Pearly has often been included in the cast.