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Shanghai Club in the Spiegeltent 15-17 March

Annette Shun Wah — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:37:22 +0000

A touch of old Shanghai comes to Melbourne in March. Join us in the Spiegeltent for some very stylish evenings of music, performance and atmosphere. Featuring chanteuse Jasmine Chen direct from Shanghai, playing with Blue Lotus; showgirl Jenevieve Chang a.k.a. Miss Cookie Fortune, circuit benders Toy Death, Ladies of Colour Agency and all wrapped up by moi – your hostess with the mostest. Pre-revolutionary ticket prices – only $10, or $45 including supper. March 15-17. Pre-bookings for supper packages are now closed. Lots of tickets available at Box Office on the night. See you there!

Showgirl Jenevieve Chang

Fatoumata Diawara

Annette Shun Wah — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:37:31 +0000

First there was Oumou Sangare. Then came Rokia Traore. Now the latest female singing sensation from the Wassoulou region of Mali in West Africa is Fatoumata Diawara. She toured in January and gave a stunning performance in the Spiegeltent at Sydney Festival. And she’s on my Global Beat radio program on Qantas inflight. If you’re flying internationally from December 2011 to February 2012, tune in for a listen. Check out this clip from YouTube for Kanou from her album Fatou.

Fatoumata Diawara - Fatou

The Noise

Annette Shun Wah — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:50:16 +0000

By now you may be wondering “what was that music show she used to host?” It was The Noise, 1986-1992. I produced and fronted the show, bringing over the same sensibilities I’d developed working on air at Triple J. And in those days, SBS TV was pretty free and easy, so you could make some daring TV. I interviewed hundreds of musos from Nick Cave to Public Enemy, and filmed some pretty special performances. They were good times! This brilliant image was designed by artist Reg Mombassa of Mental as Anything and Dog Trumpet fame.