World Music Institute Presents Small Island Big Song
World Music Institute Presents Small Island Big Song
Small Island, Big Song is an award-winning multimedia concert featuring eight artists from a collective of island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The event combines music, spoken word, and live cinema -- with footage collected during a 3-year film trip across 16 countries, guided by the artists in their homelands. The ambitious project explores the cultural connections between the seafaring descendants of islands that are now on the frontline of global climate change.Small Island performs a joyous mix of Pacific and Indian Ocean traditions -- from the unique string music of Madagascar to the indigenous-language pop of Taiwan, to the upcycled ocean-trash instruments of Mauritius -- buoyed by a generous splash of reggae and island soul.