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STATE OF CULTURE 2015

Thursday 26 November, 7.30pm (doors)
John Curtin Hotel, 29 Lygon St, Carlton
Tickets: $10 (on the door or $8.50 presale at johncurtinhotel.com)

The night will feature an epic showcase of artists from MAV's music programs featuring performances from: 
• Ethio-jazz, reggae and dancehall power force Nhatty Man-ChaChu ቻቹ &The LALIBELAS
• 760 years of Kora tradition transported through The Senegambian Jazz Band
• Hip hop and urban beats from 9 artists from the Producers’ Lounge Project
• West Papuan rhythms and harmonies from the Black Orchid Stringband
• Hazaragi poetry and soundscapes from LAPKAT ft. Farkhonda Akbar
• Persian vocalist Saharnaz Kia
• Plus live beats, soundscapes and spoken word from budding producers and poets

This showcase launches four new albums from Visible, a music mentoring program giving a kick start to emerging and professional musicians from refugee and asylum seeker communities; ReMastered Myths that brings together artists from diverse musical and cultural backgrounds to collaborate over a series of creative development sessions to devise new material; Producers Lounge for young emerging producers from culturally diverse backgrounds to develop skills in production under the guidance of respected artist and producer Mohamed Komba (a.k.a Momo, Diafrix); and Common Ground, an inter-faith spoken word program exploring the role faith and identity play in our everyday. 

To be released on multiculturalartsvic.bandcamp.com and multiculturalarts.com.au.

State of Culture is supported by Scanlon Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts, Creative Victoria, City of Melbourne, Victorian Multicultural Commission and PBS.