The World Music Café presents a special regional show for the Red Earth Arts Festival on Friday 15 May, plus an Indian music workshop on Saturday, 16 May at the Red Earth Arts Precinct in Karratha.
The Friday night Dinner & Show event features Slide Summit, starring Lucky Oceans and Praashekh Borkar, plus local Indian dancers from the Hindu Association of Pilbara, Roebourne musician Patrick Churnside, plus a delicious supper meal.
Slide Summit was born out of the unusual migration of two of the world’s top slide instrument players to Perth. Sarod player, Praashekh Borkar from India and pedal steel guitarist, Lucky Oceans from the United States of America, both having won the highest music awards in their respective countries. Completing the quartet are Indian-Australian multi-instrumentalist, Tao Issaro on percussion and Cuban bassist, Arvis Mena. Together, their unique global repertoire explores a musical fusion of Jazz, Blues, Indian Folk, North African rhythms, and Irish reels. There’s nothing like the Slide Summit ensemble anywhere else in the world. Their boundless musical curiosity and desire to explore emotion-filled musical stories with outstanding musicianship makes this new group truly exceptional.
The World Music Café Dinner & Show event also includes a delicious supper created by local multicultural Karratha caterers.
“We’re delighted to present this spectacular concert of extraordinary music that reflects the contemporary global culture of Australia,” said World Music Café producer, Jon Cope.
Described by the UWA Centre for Social Impact as ‘An Oasis of Integration in Our Country,’ World Music Café was a national ‘Social Entrepreneur of the Year’ finalist in the 2022 Australian Third Sector Awards.
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INDIAN MUSIC WORKSHOP: FROM CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY
10am – 11.30am, Saturday 16 May, REAF, Karratha
Come and meet Praashekh Borkar, an accomplished sarod player who loves to explore the boundaries of Indian music. In this presentation workshop, Praashekh will introduce you to the sound of the sarod, and its experimental e-sarod modification, and explain the 23-note octave in advanced Indian classical music. He will teach you a simple raga for playing on any instrument and share the rules of raga for a collective jam.
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Partnership Acknowledgement
World Music Cafe acknowledges the City of Karratha; and project assistance by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.