Xylouris White, the outfit for Dirty Three drummer Jim White and Cretan lute player George Xylouris, returns after its hit Australian debut last summer at the Sydney Festival and Hobart’s MONA/FOMA Festival.
Both Xylouris and White are undertaking a rare adventure in music. While each continues to be pre-eminent in his field, they have both decided to bring together the best of their very disparate traditions into a new kind of universal music. Emerging from Australia’s fertile post-punk scene, Jim White has become one of the most beloved and instantly recognizable drummers of today. Best known for his long-running role in Dirty Three, Jim is a powerful and original player who has flourished in many settings, having collaborated, toured and recorded with a wide array of brilliant artists over the years, including Bill Callahan, Cat Power, Will Oldham and PJ Harvey. George Xylouris is Crete’s most loved and inventive lutenist, having taken his instrument from a mainly rhythmic role to an exciting melodic one. He and Jim met through mutual friends on the Melbourne music scene when Xylouris was living in Australia in the early ‘90s. George sat in with Dirty Three on occasion. Later White and Xylouris accompanied Cretan lyra master Psarantonis on a number of tours before forming Xylouris White. Through a series of live performances and recording sessions in Greece, Australia and New York City, the duo forged a new sound with their debut album Goats going to No.1 on the Billboard World Music charts.
CONCERT DETAILS
Xylouris White
Saturday 17 December, 2016
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, 8pm (Two hours & 45-mins incl. interval)
George Xylouris lute/vocals (Greece)
Jim White drums
with special guests Tiny Ruins
Tickets $45
For more information and to book tickets visit melbournerecital.com.au