Frank Yamma, David Bridie and Helen Mountfort, Brisbane's Multicultural Festival 2011

Ive been wanting to see Frank Yamma for a while now,
I missed his show recently a couple of nights after Ed
played and I was well excited to see him today.



But the icing on the cake was David and Helen of
My friend the Chocolate cake fame playing
with him!

What a wonderful gig it was, a beautiful Brisbane spring day,
A bit of a breeze, plenty of sun and the most wonderful music.


Frank is a fantastic talent, truly original, incredible voice.
He is a Pitjantjatjara man who speaks 5 languages and sings in
both Pitjantjatjara and English.





Day gigs are fantastic for getting great photos and
after some encouragement from Chuck I even took
a little video which is at the end of the post.


So this is part 2 of my multicultural festival post, the 1st part
is below this one.
If you get a chance do get and see Frank play!
He is wonderful!

Frank Yamma with David Bridie and Helen Mountfort

16 oct 2011, Roma Street Parklands, Brisbane.

Brisbane's Multicultural Festival 2011

Brisbane's annual multicultural festival is always worth the trip,

it was at this festival one year I saw the Go-betweens.

It was one of their last shows! This year was great, six stages

across five precincts, including a fantastic children's area,

all within the beautiful Roma Street parklands.

There was heaps of food, over a 100 stalls, something like

70 different cultures represented and most of the talent local.

Popular with an estimated 50, 000 people attending and

often with a surprising addition to the program which

is all free!

I love just wandering into a venue and seeing something I

wouldn't normally, such as these guys.

The Russian Folkloric Ensemble were fantastic,

performing their traditional Russian, Cossack

Gypsy and Ukrainian music.

These guys called Laique are described as a vibrant mix of banjo,
ukulele, guitar, violin, double bass and drums.

Original songs influenced by the music of France and Spain.

A little bit of Zen to calm the troops, that's my 3 boys,

who are getting restless by this stage.

Carl Rathus and Takako Nishibori doing their traditional

Japanese music on the Koto and the Shakuhaci.

I love this stuff!

But the main event is still to come!

That will be the next post.