Album Review: Small Island Big Song - Our Island (2022)
Picture Credit: Small Island Big Song Small Island Big Song - Our Island Release Date: January 28, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 69:19 Genre: World Music Origin: Taiwan / Australia In the year 2015, producer BaoBao Chen from Taiwan and Australian film maker Tim Cole have joined forces and founded the project Small Island Big Song. Their intention is to give a voice to people that are often unheard in global debates about climate change - the inhabitants of island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The approach Chen and Cole used here differs from the typical cinematic presentation of the impact of climate change on people's lives. Instead, the artists started a multi-channel way to display the cultural heritage which is at stake when we do not stop the sea levels from rising. Therefore, Cole and Chen have filmed more than a hundred musicians performing over sixteen island nations. Recordings by musicians from Rapa...