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MEDIA RELEASE: National Folk Fellow Mahesh to launch EP with band Tapestries of Sound This week Sydney, Canberra and Aotearoa-based world folk band Mahesh & Tapestries of Sound are launching their new EP ‘Circling Beyond the Square’ with a tour supported by Aimée Falzon. The dates for performances are as follows: 7pm Thu 16 Feb Gadigal/Wangal (Sydney) Petersham Bowling Club (buy tickets) 7pm Fri 17 Feb Dharawal/Gandangarra (Bundanoon) Bundanoon Club (buy tickets) 3pm Sat 18 Feb Ngunnawal/Ngambri (Canberra) Smiths Alternative (buy tickets) ‘Circling Beyond the Square’ comes out of research singer, ethnomusicologist and band/leader Dr. Mahesh White-Radhakrishnan (they/them) carried out for the 2022 National Folk Fellowship. This research focused on the global circulations of tunes accompanying the 19th century dance sensation known as the quadrille or square dance and surprising connections between South Asia and Australia. Some well known English, Irish and Scottish folk tunes were part of this circulation ...