Small Island Big Song ’’Our Island’’ Tour - Taipei

Small Island Big Song ’’Our Island’’ Tour - Taipei

"My ancestors came from Taiwan!" Inspired by these words from an elder in Vanuatu, a couple Taiwanese producer BaoBao Chen and Australian music producer/filmmaker Tim Cole spent over three years traveling across 16 Island nations of the Pacific & Indian Oceans, visiting more than a hundred artists on their island homes, recording and filming from island to island.

The outcomes include two award-winning albums, a feature film, edu' programs, and a live concert that has toured around the world reaching over 200K+ live audiences since the world premiere at SXSW 2018.

Small Island Big Song’s second album 'Our Island', with the theme of 'We all share one island', unites 15 artists from the Austronesian Islands across the Pacific & Indian Oceans.. 'Our Island' was nominated for Best Indigenous Album & Album of the Year for the 2022 Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. Small Island Big Song completed  a 120-date tour of Europe and the US this spring, appearing on international stages including Broadway in New York, Warner Grand Theatre in LA and Stanford University’s /Bing Concert Hall. 

‘Our Island’ album tour will come to Taiwan in December featuring six of the album's core singer-songwriters from their island homes across the ocean.

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