A traditional Mongolian horse head fiddle-playing throat singer and a professional Turkish oud player will lead an eclectic entertainment line-up at this year's Maitland Multicultural Riverlights Festival.
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The critically acclaimed Horse and Wood are bringing their unique and ethereal performance to the festival, which returns to Riverside Car Park (also known as Galton's Car Park) on Saturday, October 11.
Horse and Wood features traditional Mongolian musician Bukhu, who graduated as a master student of the Music and Dance Conservatory of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and has since toured the world performing traditional Mongolian folk music.
Mongolian Horse Fiddle meets the Oud (The Wood in Arabic) in a unique fusion of galloping Mongolian rhythms, sparkling harmonic singing, and the warm, evocative nuances of the oud, and other exotic strings.
Bukhu, who is considered a cultural ambassador of Mongolia, teamed up with John Robinson, a traditional Turkish oud player and member of Equus, the two creating music which is sometimes undefinable and always memorable.
"Performing as a duo just came naturally, these ancient instruments come alive and start talking to each other, and as we explore the possibilities of Mongolian and Middle Eastern music, more and more possibilities for other kinds of music arise," Mr Robinson said.
Horse and Wood join an exciting line-up of artists for this year's event, including Newcastle's afro fusion outfit Bakoomba, reggae, ska and funk masters The Buzzard Mix and euro folk/gypsy jazz outfit Baltic Bar Mitzvah.
The Riverlights Festival is a family-friendly, alcohol-free community event and will be held from 3pm to 10pm.
For more information visit maitlandriverlights.com.au.