Small Island Big Song

Here you will hear those who sing for the seas.

From Taiwan to Aotearoa/New Zealand – Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island.

Islanders who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language.

Over three years, Small Island Big Song evolved from visits to 16 Island Nations, and work with over 100 artists, solo artists, elders, community groups, and grassroots musicians, all recorded in their homelands in nature using traditional instruments and languages, with each contributing to each other’s songs. The result is a surprising and stunning musical collaboration reuniting the distant yet interconnected musical traditions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In 2018, the collaboration

Here you will hear those who sing for the seas.

From Taiwan to Aotearoa/New Zealand – Madagascar to Rapa Nui/Easter Island.

Islanders who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language.

Album Of The Week – Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 6

Winner – 2019 Best Asia/Pacific Album – Songlines Music Awards, UK

Winner – 2018 Best International Project – Asia Side of the Doc

Nominated – Best Concept Album & Best Music Website – 17th Independent Music Awards, USA

Their self-titled debut is a Fair Trade Music Release with 50% of the net profit going back to the artists & NGOs. All physical albums are packaged in a specially designed handmade paper envelope made from Tapa bark and sugarcane fiber (No single-use plastic) and come with a 56-page full-color booklet, and a CD of 18 interwoven songs.

With a forthcoming release in North America, Small Island Big Song will tour Winter / Spring 2024 as a multimedia concert performance and residency featuring eight musicians and vocalists from the nations of New Zealand, Taiwan, Australia, Madagascar, Solomon Islands, Mauritius, Marshall Islands, Papa New Guinea, and Tahiti.