Kavisha Mazzella is an ARIA award winning singer songwriter who does not believe in world music.It's just music!!! Music unites us and creating imaginary titles such as world music is silly! She enjoys crossing musical boundaries and create community experiences in her shows.She first came to National attention with her appearance in the Franco Di Chiera documentary " Joys Of The Women" in 1993.

Drawing on her rich Mediterranian heritage she creates contemporary songs with haunting melody and lyrical depth.

While her early influences come from the singer songwriter tradition of the likes of Sandy Denny,Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, over time due to her passion for italian regional folksong,she has absorbed influence from the East with its modal tones and ecstatic singing styles of Indian,Arabic, Southern Italian and Gypsy influenced song and links these with western folk music influences.

Other influences that have made an impression on Kavisha's music are her interest in meditation and mysticism through the teachings of Osho ,Sufi ,Tibetan Buddhist Masters and Advaita teachings.Kavisha leads a chanting singing group called Empty Sky.

Warmth and humour spice her performance. Whether performing solo, writing for theatre or directing a choir Kavisha brings a joy of life and sensitivity into the music.Kavisha has been a guest vocal tutor at Victorian College Of The Arts,Swinburne,and is the founder and choir conductor of Melbourne's vivacious Italian Women's choir " La Voce Della Luna"(The Voice Of the Moon)"

She has been documenting italian regional folksongs remembered by Italian migrants to Australia since 1988. It is from this 500 year old repetoire that the choir La Voce Della Luna sings.

Mama Kin

Mama Kin is equal parts raconteur and soulstress: a sassy femme fatale who draws on her experiences of love, life and heartache. Her bittersweet melodies soar with stomping piano and swampy beats, traversing the riotous, the raw and the intimate.

Drawing inspiration from the songbird greats, Mama Kin’s music is powerful and gut-wrenchingly honest. She opens her heart to reveal a strength and vulnerability that is at once arresting and inspiring. Born into a family of Maltese extraction, where music reigns and talent abounds, Mama Kin is Danielle Caruana, the youngest of six siblings.

Intimidated by the natural ability of her older brothers Michael and
Nicky (Bomba), she was a diligent classical piano student, focussed on honing her technical skills, but pining for the musical and improvisational freedom of her brothers.

It was her sister Carmen who inspired Mama Kin to sing, paving the way for her rich vocal exploration. Through Carmen, she discovered Joan Armatrading, Bonnie Raitt and Aretha Franklin, and a fragility and
resonance that now defines her hauntingly powerful croon.

From her father’s record collection, Mama Kin found the country greats, lamenting storytellers such as Johnny Cash and Charlie Pride, together with the lounge and swing of Dean Martin and Louis Prima, not to
mention a wealth of traditional Maltese troubadours.

She taught herself old favourites at the piano, hoping to throw off the shackles of her classical training, but never believed she could move beyond hobbyist tinklings.

“I was completely petrified,” Mama Kin says. “After growing up under two incredibly diverse musical brothers and a really musical family, I think I just made a decision early on that I wasn’t good enough, that I
wasn’t as good as them.”