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1) Hopes and Fears - Songs from the Woolgoolga Sikh Community
On Sunday mornings, women gather at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Woolgoolga, New South Wales, to pray and cook food for their community. They sing these devotional songs to bless the food they make. ...Show More
2) Hopes and Fears - 'Nikriz Peşrev'
Tamer Tarik Taskaya grew up in Corum and Ankara, Turkey. He chose to migrate to Australia in 2010 to avoid military service in Turkey. Nikriz Peşrev is a classical Ottoman song, composed by Ali Ufkî i...Show More
3) Hopes and Fears - 'Tele l'a ole Sami (Let Me Hear You Whisper)'
Iosefa, Tautala, Semi and Diane learnt the song Tele l'a ole Sami while growing up in Samoa. Their performance was recorded in Griffith, New South Wales. This popular Samoan song was composed in 1954 ...Show More
4) Hopes and Fears - 'Tarantella Dell’emigrante'
Dr Salvatore Rossano is from the region of Apulia, Italy. He composed Tarantella Dell’emigrante on the accordion while completing his National Folk Fellowship on Italian folk music at the National Lib...Show More
5) Hopes and Fears - 'Seni Mokosoi'
Newlyweds Radije and Eta Qereqeretabua relocated from Fiji to Australia in 1966 after Radike was awarded a scholarship to study librarianship. While living in Australia, they did live performances of ...Show More
6) Hopes and Fears - 'Isabela'
Oscar Jimenez grew up in Barranquilla, Colombia. He migrated in 2000 for his tertiary education and continues to work in Australia as a musician. His original song, Isabela, was composed in 2004. It i...Show More
7) Hopes and Fears - 'Thank You Australia'
Zuhir Naji is from Damascas, Syria. He ran a music school before leaving Syria with his family in 2013. The Naji family lived in Jordan for three years before coming to Australia as refugees. Thank yo...Show More
8) Hopes and Fears - 'Bāng Chhun-hong (Spring Breeze)' and 'Ú lā Hoe (Rainy Night Flower)'
Kim Yang is from Taipei, Taiwan, and migrated to Australia in 2012. Bāng Chhun-hong (Spring Breeze) and Ú lā Hoe (Rainy Night Flower), performed by Yang, are love songs composed by Taiwanese Hakka mus...Show More
9) Hopes and Fears - 'Dume'
Ihor Kushnir was born in Adelaide to a Ukrainian father and Belarussian-Ukrainian mother. He plays and teaches the bandura, a Ukrainian string instrument. Dume is a traditional piece that Kushnir has ...Show More
10) Hopes and Fears - 'Hanap Ko (What Am I Looking For)'
Christian Ramilo, nicknamed Bong, was born in Manilla, The Philippines. He wrote Hanap Ko in 1983 during the martial law period under President Ferdinand Marcos. Hanap Ko (What Am I Looking For) is ab...Show More