Songs of the Sea - Triabunna
Event description
Songs of the Sea
Oceans are vast, deep and mysterious. Their waters contain more than simply salt and marine life. For all of humanity’s existence they’ve sustained our bodies, swallowed them whole and carried people vast distances to foreign lands. Oceans connect us and keep us apart. Floating on the swell of an ocean’s turbulent seas are grand, lyrical narratives that are forever evolving – stories, myth and song.
Steering the audience through Songs of the Sea is Mikelangelo (Michael Simic of the folk quintet, Mikelangelo and The Black Sea Gentlemen) – a raconteur, salt-crusted storyteller and bittersweet bard. In his deep baritone, Mikelangelo explores the heart’s stormy reaches; indulges in absurd overboard shanties; and catches secrets freed from the sea’s breaking tides. Shipwrecked sailors, bewitching mermaids and wily fishermen are all characters in Mikelangelo’s songbook.
Joining Mikelangelo are Van Diemen’s Fiddles; and the internationally renowned folk artists Luke Plumb and Dave McNamara on mandolin and accordion. Together they draw on maritime folk music styles, experimental and classical composition to evoke in song the salty smack of open water.
Featuring special guests: Maria Voices!