Category: Papua New Guinea

George Telek: Kambek (I Lilikun Mulai)

April 9, 2023

Strikingly fresh and warmly familiar, George Telek’s music offers a study in contrasts. One of the few singer-songwriters from Papua New Guinea to achieve international renown, he cloaks his touching voice in a stylistic range extending from rock and reggae to string-band airs and Melanesian harmonies. Kambek (Coming Back), his latest album, is the first recorded in his home base of Rabaul, in East New Britain province, since a volcanic … More George Telek: Kambek (I Lilikun Mulai)

George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna: Songs from a Bit na Ta

February 8, 2017

Papua New Guinea may seem remote, but everyone manages to find it. Prior to independence, parts of it were colonized or invaded by Germany, Great Britain, Japan and Australia. Few among the intruders knew the Papuans, but that’s the aim of a Bit na Ta (Source of the Sea), a sweeping multimedia exhibit at the Queensland Art … More George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna: Songs from a Bit na Ta