Mataio Austin Dean

A Raybel Charters 'Culture Cargo' event for the Totally Thames Festival. Onboard Sailing Barge Raybel - St Katharine Docks
About this Event

Mataio Austin Dean sings folksong primarily from the South of England. He is best known for his work as a member of the nine-piece folk group, Shovel Dance Collective. He sees his singing of folksong as part of a decolonial process: centring notions of locality, class solidarity, and international exchanges. Mataio will perform work based on his artistic research and ground breaking work on sea shanty songs and their African origins. Expect acapella, critical discussion and poetic reflections on the politics of folk music in contemporary culture.