Shows
KAVISHA MAZZELLA with THE BAKER SUITE
TRINITY SESSIONS PRESENTS KAVISHA MAZZELLA. General Admission. Fully Seated. Music 8.00pm Doors 7.30pm. Licensed bar. Food at interval by Little Seeds Catering
It's exciting to welcome back Kavisha Mazzella to Trinity Sessions. Unfortunately Doug Ashdown is having shoulder surgery and is unable to play guitar so can't do the support; he will be doing a couple of songs with Kavisha. However, we have The Baker Suite back to play with Kavisha.
Kavisha is an ARIA award winning singer songwriter who does not believe in world music. It's just music!!! Music unites us and Kavisha enjoys crossing musical boundaries and create community experiences in her shows.
Drawing on her rich Mediterranean 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.
She is a winner of various awards including the 1996 Greenroom Theatre award for musical direction for Emma Celebrazione! The 1998 ARIA award for her album " Fisherman's Daughter" as best world album, the Italia Nel Mondo Award in 2000 for her contribution to the sharing of Italian Culture inAustraliathrough setting up of Italian Women's choirs and West Australia Music Industry awards for songwriting. In 2004 she was awarded PORT FAIRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR. In 2008 Kavisha was awarded Multicultural Commission Excellence award. In 2011 Kavisha was awarded an Order of Australia for her contribution to singing ,song writing and reflecting the experiences of refugees, indigenous and multicultural communities in performance.
"Kavisha has a fantastic dynamic range with great colour and sweetness and she is not afraid to use it . I particularly love the vocalising she does throughout the singing of her songs . It brings a wild earthiness to the music which roots it firmly in the tradition. And tradition she has in plenty . She is obviously proud of her Australian immigrant heritage and uses the Italian and Irish of this to great effect in her powerful songwriting. Her haunting, unique version of " she moves through the fair ", is enough to make your hair stand on the back of your head..." Tony Caniffe , presenter of "The Raw Bar " R.T.E. Cork Radio.Ireland
"Kavisha's new album of centuries-old Italian folk songs is a beautiful thing to hear - a great vehicle for these songs of the heart that have stood the test of time. She plays guitar, mandolin and accordion and the spare production lets her voice naturally shine." Lucky Oceans ,ABC Radio National Weekly Planet.
The Baker Suite: art-folk-pop, french-cafe and cinematic storytelling, built around a warm combination of acoustic guitar and parisian-esque accordion.
'Minor masterpieces that blend folk, country, blues and jazz speckled with global allusions sit beside quirky pop songs suggestive of Paul Simon' The Australian 4 Stars
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