World Music
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Xavier Rudd Brisbane Review @ The Tivoli Theatre
The murmurs within The Tivoli Theatre (12 August) hush and Xavier Rudd kicks off the second night of back-to-back Brisbane shows solo with guitar and stomp pedal, singing “I
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5 Best Dad Jokes With Sean Mackenzie
Labelled a 'a master storyteller' and 'an eccentric wizard' by music critics, composer, producer, pianist and percussionist Sean Mackenzie is a master in the fusion of world
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Xylouris White Brisbane Review @ GOMA
Bewildering figures filled Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (8 June).
From fleshy mounds excreting nectar to pig-human hybrids suckling their offspring, Australian... -
OKA Bring The Sunset Sessions West
OKA will return to WA this May to perform four shows launching their newest album, ‘The Sunset Sessions’.
They'll be bringing their signature, feel-good Australian... -
La Pegatina Bring The Party To Australia
After winning over Australian audiences last year with their rumba-infused ska stylings, Catalan seven-piece La Pegatina return for another round of high-energy
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Gurrumul: End Of The Rainbow
In 1996, Melbourne-born musician and producer Michael Hohnen was teaching music industry skills to indigenous youth on Elcho Island (off the Arnhem Land coast) when he met a
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Songs That Made Me Brisbane Review @ QPAC
Though it can be easy to forget that English isn’t universal, there are thousands of languages and dialects around the world.
But though language can be a barrier... -
Digging Roots' Shoshana Kish Takes Part In Songs That Made Me
ShoShona Kish is one-half of the Canadian First Nations power couple Digging Roots.
Formed in 2004, the duo have travelled the world with their radical message of... -
WOMADelaide 2018 Review @ Botanic Park
WOMADelaide 2018 (9-12 March) will inevitably be remembered as the year of the feathers.
On each of the festival’s four nights, aerial circus company Gratte Ciel... -
Thievery Corporation Melbourne Review @ Forum Melbourne
It’s been just over two years since the Washington collective of Thievery Corporation, centred around Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, played Australia.
Then, the... -
Havana Meets Kingston Brisbane Review @ The Tivoli Theatre
Wow. Just wow. Last night's Havana Meets Kingston Brisbane concert - which Mista Savona declared a world premiere of Cuban and Jamaican musicians performing live on stage
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Tinariwen's Desert Rock Lands At WOMADelaide
The Grammy Award winning (for their 2011 album 'Tassili') Saharan desert-rock group Tinariwen (fresh off a 2018 Grammy nomination for 'Elwan') are headed to Australia
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Soweto Gospel Choir: Showing Off With Song In Adelaide
Multiple Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir brings South Africa's greatest vocalists together.
The choir will perform songs in a number of South Africa's... -
Premiere: Listen To Zannah's Debut Song 'Twisted And Wild'
A ten-year veteran of Brisbane's contemporary music scene, Zannah (Susanna O’Leary), will release her debut single 'Twisted And Wild' tomorrow (16 February).
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Lamine Sonko & The African Intelligence Promote Cultural Diversity With Their Music
Knowledge is power, and Senegal-born musician Lamine Sonko is harnessing the ancient knowledge of his people to promote cultural diversity through his band The African
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Havana Meets Kingston Are Ja-Making Great Music
In 2015, Australia's leading dancehall and reggae producer Jake 'Mista' Savona set out to unite the musical cultures of Cuba and Jamaica, giving birth to the truly unique
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WOMADelaide Adds 54 More Bands To 2018 Line-up
With an already monster line-up announced earlier this spring, WOMADelaide return
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5 Favourite Prime Numbers With Atom TM
Atom TM is Uwe Schmidt, a German artist known for his experimental productions exploring ambient, techno and glitch aesthetics.
His Señor Coconut project is... -
South Australian Government Secures WOMADelaide Until 2024
WOMADelaide, Adelaide's annual, iconic four-day festival celebrating a world of music, arts and dance has secured a five-year license extension the South Australian
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Joseph Tawadros Trio Brisbane Review @ QPAC
If you’ve ever wondered what it’d look like to have a room full of people chair-dancing to ‘world music’, you’ve probably never seen Joseph Tawadros perform
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