Kavisha Mazzella & Miguel Rios at The Lomond Hotel

"A power and presence that's beyond words" Colum Sands

Choir leader , Sound Healer and ARIA award winner and songbird Kavisha Mazzella original song's lyrical ingredients include humour, poetry, social justice and the spiritual. Combine this prowess with the voice of an angel and you have the experience of a Kavisha concert. Singing in English and Italian, she will take you on an uplifting boundary riding journey of well-crafted stories and songs ringing with echoes of Celtic, Fado and Gypsy influences that will strike a resounding chord within.

With 8 solo albums and countless collaborations under her belt, she has sung and given vocal workshops at national music festivals and abroad.

In 2000 Kavisha was awarded Italia Nel Mondo award for her work in creating Italian Women’s Choirs The Joys Of the Women and La Voce Della Luna in Australia

In 2011 Kavisha was awarded an Australia Day Honour for her contribution to music and Community.

In October 2023 She was awarded a lifetime achievement award from Folk Alliance Australia for advocating for cultural diversity in the Australian Folk scene .

In 2023 she started a new Italian community Choir in Melbourne “Lingua Madre” open to all .

Her website is www.kavisha.com

The music of Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Miguel Rios draws from a deep well of influences. From his unconventional, freewheeling Queensland childhood and mixed heritage from The Americas to absorbing a classic folk-rock soundtrack of the 60s and 70s.

His albums Slaughterhouse Road (2021) and Running Blue (2024) deliver a captivating mix of intricate guitar playing (think John Fahey and Leo Kottke), intriguing storytelling (Bob Dylan, Paul Kelly) and evocative vocals (Leonard Cohen). Rios pays homage to the Earth and her keepers, setting the mood – whether radiant or foreboding – through a sonic kaleidoscope of perspectives.
"After seeing him sing…and listening to ‘Slaughterhouse Road’, Miguel is the most compelling and interesting singer-songwriter I have seen in a long time.” (Kavisha Mazella)

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