Music of the South Pacific

LIMITED EDITION, the Very best of David Fanshawe’s Pacific Archive.

Transport your ears - If you wish to experience a wide cross-section of authentic Pacific island music, then this is it!

This album presents highlights, personally selected by David Fanshawe from his Pacific Collections (1978-92), representing many Pacific Island nations. This Collection focuses on the rich variety of authentic music indigenous to Oceania- traditional music of great beauty and contrast and a musical source for us all to enjoy.

Music from Cook Islands, Tonga, Western Samoa in Polynesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu in Melanesia and Kiribati and Chuuk in Micronesia. Drum dances, church singing, bamboo and string bands, nose flute, love song, action dances and the wonderful voice of the legendary Aggie Grey in Western Samoa.

Fully illustrated booklet with pictures and text (in English and German). (ARC Music - EUCD 1709)