Mzaza

Overview

Want to go on a journey to the Mediterranean without having to depart from the port of Brisbane? Look no further than the Powerhouse this Friday, when worldly Mzaza take to the stage and transport you to another continent with their range of sounds.

Singing in French, Spanish and Turkish, Moroccan-born Pauline Maudy is the crooning, multi-lingual frontwoman of a band that includes the violin, bendie, kaval, darabuka, guitar, kamanche tarhu, the accordion and more familiar and not-so-familiar elements in their instrumental arsenal, which, in writing, looks like it would sound terrible; a strange multi-cultural mix. It's not - in fact, it's the complete opposite. Mzaza’s latest release Journey Over Skin has seen the band sell out venues (including a previous Powerhouse performance) and dominate stages at the National Folk Festival in Canberra.

Fresh out of a string of gigs in Tasmania, Mzaza will see that all who enter the Visy Theatre of the Powerhouse can aurally stamp all the pages in their passport this Friday.