This Is the Place for a Song or This Is the Place for a Song: A Melbourne Celebration of World Music is a compilation album by various Australian artists, released in May 2005.[1] It consists of 14 cover versions of Melbourne-associated tracks in different styles,[2] with some in different languages.[3] The album was organised by Paul Stewart and Gil Santos (from the Dili Allstars)[4] and it was created to raise awareness of Melbourne's Immigration Museum and was sponsored by the Victorian Multicultural Commission with a grant of $10,000.[5][6] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005 it received a nomination for Best World Music Album.[7]
This Is the Place for a Song | |
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Compilation album by Various Artists | |
Released | May 2005 |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 60:06 |
Label | The Herald and Weekly Times |
Track listing
editReferences
edit- ^ Herald and Weekly Times (2005), This is the place for a song: a Melbourne celebration of world music, Herald & Weekly Times, retrieved 2 December 2018
- ^ Steward, Paul (22 May 2005), "Music brings us together", Sunday Herald Sun
- ^ Dwyer, Michael (18 June 2005), "CD", The Age
- ^ Donovan, Patrick (20 May 2005), "Shelter in a foreign Cave", The Age
- ^ "Culture covered", Sunday Telegraph, 29 May 2005
- ^ "Multicultural Festivals and Grants (Appendix 1E)" (PDF). Annual Report 2005-06. Victorian Multicultural Commission. p. 6. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ Kroslakova, Katarina (23 October 2005), "Fine arts", The Sun-Herald