Category: Music

Tafanduhi : ukuleles for West Papua, August 2014

THURS 11 August 2014, Bar 303, High Street, Northcote (Melbourne) SAT 13 August 2014, B1 Ballarat Art Space SUN 14 August 2014, Lot 19, Castlemaine Relentless ukuleles for West Papua! featuring the Black Orchid Stringband (West Papua), Joe Geia, the Melbourne

Hand-hewn bass, heart and soul of Black Orchid String Band, 2017

A hand-hewn old-wood ‘sten bass’ features on several recordings on a new CD released in Melbourne on 1 July 2017 by West Papua’s Black Orchid String Band.  The bass was brought to Melbourne in 2003 by Black Paradise, another West

Sampari 2016: art, poems, cartoons, film, melanesian culture

SAMPARI 2016 ART EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ACU Art Gallery, 26 Brunswick St, Fitzroy OPENS  Friday 2 December 2016 : 6pm CLOSES  Sunday 11 December 2016 : 5pm GALLERY HOURS Monday-Wednesday 11-6pm Thursday-Friday 11-8pm Saturday-Sunday 10-4pm Sampari, the name of

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