Latest News
Culture X Festival 2023
3 amazing weekends of music HERE
Worlds Collide: “Could this be the Sound of Western Sydney?”
SMH ArticlE HERE
ABC Weekends with Christine Anu:
Tune in to our monthly segment on this national radio program
The Music Network: Article HERE
New national tour network to take Western Sydney’s ‘sound’ to the world
Cultural Arts Collective @ Pratten Park
programming original culturally diverse music HERE - what’s on this week?
Worlds Collide
New Sydney Festival Show coming up 7 January 2024…Stay tuned!
The Western Sydney Sound
Our work is committed to producing contemporary music that represents the multicultural Western Sydney neighbourhoods we grew up, live and work in. We create a sound that is ‘place based’ and combines diverse music practices and genres into a new contemporary Australian sound…The Western Sydney Sound.
Documentary - In Search of the Western Sydney Sound
Documents Cultural Arts Collective’s work in the pursuit of an inclusive new sound for contemporary Australian Music.
Stories, Film clips and Featuring:
Worlds Collide, Sydney World Music Chamber Orchestra, Blue Mary, Shohrat Tursun Trio, Sydney Sacred Music Festival, Alissar Chidiac (Arab Studio Theatre), Paul Mason (Australia Council of the Arts) and Robert Love (Riverside Theatres)
Worlds Collide
A fusion of cultures that invites audiences to move their bodies and open their minds to the new sounds of Western Sydney. Hip hop, African percussion, soaring vocals from the Silk Road and rock guitars. Worlds Collide is a mix of Fela Kuti, KISS and Ice T with 'groove' as the foundation for the social conscious lyrics from the streets of Mt Druitt.
Touring - NSW/VIC - March-May 2022
Blue Mary
Celebrates our diverse identity through their music and uplifts your spirit, elevated by strong melodies, empowering lyrics and world music jams.
“Blue Mary has successfully united the sounds of the world into moving ballads and powerful tribal infused indie pop. Blue Mary are the future for a diverse Australia”. - Linda Marr Fine Music FM
Sydney World Music Chamber Orchestra
(Experimental 11-piece ensemble)
The 11 piece Orchestra was formed with artists from diverse cultural in Western Sydney, creating 'new' Australian music. Featuring traditions from Aboriginal Australia, Mongolia, Uyghur, Vietnam, China (and more). Fusing the ancient with virtuoso playing while looking to the future
Shohrat Tursun Trio
Internationally renowned Uyghur musician from Casula. A dynamic combination of ancient melodies and African rhythms woven into contemporary compositions that can only be found in Australia. Vocalist, Shohrat Tursun, is a world renowned musician and Uyghur Bard who has travelled the world performing the hidden treasures of his culture. Live, they range from having the attack of a rock and roll band, to emanating the contemplative vibrations of a Sufi inspired hymn. Shohrat's voice will change your internal chemistry. Be inspired by the sound of multicultural Australia.
OUT NOW - Worlds Collide album - Global Community
BUy worlds collide’s ‘Global COmmunity’ Album here
worlds collide TOUR
OTher STuff
The Festival showcases music, ceremony and art that:
creates new work that is cross cultural
showcases the hidden gems in our many communities
creates events in unique spaces
The Festival was established by Richard Petkovic (Cultural Arts Collective) in 2011.
Sacred Currents has been established as a non for profit organisation to guide the Festival into the future.
ABC radio- ‘Sounds from the Suburbs’
Our fortnightly spot on ABC Radio Weekends with Christine Anu.
Have a listen to one of our first discussions with Christine re. culturally diverse music and hear some great music from around Australia. Featuring:
Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse (WA)
Moussa Diakite (Mali/Lakemba)
Fireglow (Sydney)
Amadou Suso (Gambia/Melbourne)
ABC TV DOCUMENTARY
Check out this amazing documentary on the Sydney Sacred Music Festival 2018. It features the gloriously talented Yorgo Kaporis, Dr Nicholas Ng and our very own Blue Mary.
We created the Sydney Sacred Music Festival in 2011 and its great to see it getting recognition for creating new work with diverse artists and their communities.
Watch it here: Divine Rhythm - Compass
Photo by Gerrie Mifsud.