Local String Band - Shakura, have just returned from performing at the Australasian World Music Expo recently held in Melbourne, Victoria.
Reports from Radio Australia said “Shakura impressed the Melbourne Recital Centre's audience with their 'jangling', lively and occasionally amorous songs”
Acoustically it was a world away from how they are used to hearing the band, with the auditorium's high ceilings and open design reflecting the group's sound brightly.
AWMW is a unique event which has been described as the 'South by South West' of World and Indigenous music. By day AWME is a trade fair which attracts some of the world's most prominent and influencial festival bookers, talent agents, record labels and media workshops, panel discussions snf industry networking.
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Further Arts is a charitable association based in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
The organisation was incorporated in December, 2000. Our main objective is to develop and promote Vanuatu artists and musicians, their products, and other cultural activities both within Vanuatu and overseas.
The Further Arts Website was developed to help reach our overseas audiences, as well as to promote communication within Vanuatu. We launched the site on the 9th of July 2004, and we update the site regularly.
Further Arts is a charitable association based in Port Vila, Vanuatu. 