An extract from a recent REVIEW of Joannas Candlit Soirees at Kidogo.18th June 2020
from the famous Fremantle Shipping News
Words by Bill Lawrie, Photographs by Claire Moodie
"sing for no one - sing for everyone."
photo ©Claire Moody 2020
KAVISHA GIGS 2020
SONGS OF TRANSFORMATION Reunion
Kavisha accompanied by John Reed in Concert.
Thursday July 9th Albany Performing Arts Centre WA
Harbourside Series
Tickets ph 08)8445005
$34/under 25's =$25
Friday July 10th Noggeraup Hall
$20 /children free
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RICHARD FRY 08)97322115
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October 2020
Mandurah Arts centre WA
ITALIAN Soiree with Kavisha; Friends and Family :
date and time to be announced Stay Tuned
JOANNA’S CANDLELIT SOIRÉES
"Kavisha takes the stage with John Reed, with whom she first played in 1981 and with whom she has performed many times, notably in the band ‘Rich and Famous’ in the late 1980s-early 90s. John plays cittern, a bouzouki type instrument, as well as ukulele. He also provides some back up harmony and irreverent humour. Kavisha has her nylon string guitar and her amazing voice. There is an easy rapport and fine musical understanding between two first-class musicians.
From the first song, the haunting ‘Invisible/Indivisible’, Kavisha has, not just a voice but an approach to the performance that is all conviction, as if she is out to join heaven and earth. Some moments have the immediacy of a nearby lighting strike. She tells a story about folk music legend Liam Clancy telling her to banish the internal critic and “see the song inside”, then moves into ‘The Fearless Note’ a song about authenticity in life and song. There are more songs about people and places by the sea from Fremantle and around the world. One song about street life and generosity in St Kilda sounds like it would have been a great duet with L Cohen, another servant of the song. Folk music at its best."
photo ©Claire Moody 2020
Kavisha Mazzella AM Biography
Aria award winner, songbird and folkloric explorer Kavisha's original song's lyrical ingredients include humour, poetry, social justice and the spiritual. Combine this prowess with the voice of an angel and you have the experience of a Kavisha concert. Singing in English, Italian and other languages, she will take you on an uplifting boundary riding journey of well-crafted stories and songs ringing with echoes of Celtic, Fado and Gypsy influences that will strike a resounding chord within. In 2011 she was awarded an Australia Day Honour for services to music and community.
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NEWS!
EMPTY SKY Sacred Songs and Chants
Dear Friends, EMPTY SKY Sacred Songs and Chants ( holy songs for crazy times) has just come out ( on Friday 13th of March 2020! in late 2019 I collaborated with respected World musician Nicolas Lyon in his studio in Central Victoria to create this soulful acoustic album that's sure to become a good companion for yoga, meditation practice or simply chilling out. Featuring voice, nylon string guitar, tibetan bells ,drum and recorder, I am accompanied by Nicolas Lyon on bowed double bass, harp and glockenspiel.
My songs include a soulful version of Jarek Czechowicz's "Love ,I call Your Name ", a reworking of the popular "Magnificence" by Peter Makena, my version of of the Gayatri Mantra, Heart Sutra, Om Mani Padmi Hum, and the words of the mystic poets such as Kabir and Saint Francis. Finally ending with a rallying call for Mother Earth responding to a talk by Eco-Theologian Matthew Fox who I met recently at the Common Dreams Conference in Sydney in 2019.These are songs to soothe the heart and an antidote to these crazy times ! Enjoy !
You Can Listen to "Love I call your name " on YOUTUBE
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Thankyou !
- The Fearless Note (2017) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Riturnella (2014 ) Italian folksongs of 600 years also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Love and Sorrow ( 2010 )also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Silver Hook Tango ( 2003 )also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Fisherman's Daughter (1998 ) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Mermaids In The WEll ( 1995 ) also Digitally available on Bandcamp
- Canberra Cork Calgary...live (2000) also Digitally availble on itunes
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Kavisha on Youtube
- RITURNELLA from Riturnella Italian Folk songs 2014
- GECKO SONG from Love and Sorrow 2011
- LOVE I CALL YOUR NAME from Empty Sky 2020
- SING FOR NO ONE from The Fearless Note 2017
- THE FEARLESS NOTE from The Fearless Note 2017
- INVISIBLE INDIVISIBLE from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- WE ARE ANGELS from Mermaids In The Well1995
- VULUMBRELLA Italian Folk Song from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- WEDDING SHEETS from Suitcase Serenata 2010
- SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR from Mermaids In The Well 1995
- FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTER from Fisherman's Daughter 1998
- ROSE IN THE BONES from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- VENEZUELA from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- KINDNESS OF STRANGERS Xmas Carol 2016
- ALL GODS BEGGARS from Silver Hook Tango 2003
- AMOUR from Love and Sorrow 2011
- BELLA CIAO di Risaia with I Viaggiatori Italian Folk from Suitcase Serenada 2010
- VA PENSIERO with La Voce Della Luna Italian Folk from Luna Yarra 2007
- LOVE and JUSTICE Choir Women's Anthem with VICTORIAN WOMEN'S TRUST CHOIR 2008