Xylouris White, the visionary duo formed of Cretan lute player George Xylouris and Australian post-punk drummer Jim White (Dirty Three) return to Australia for their debut at the Sydney Opera House, Brisbane’s GOMA and the Corner Hotel Melbourne all in support of their brilliant third album Mother, an album that continues the duo’s visionary concoction of free-jazz, avant-rock and ages-old Greek folk traditions that saw their 2014 debut album Goats top the Billboard World Music chart. On-sale Friday 23rd March. “If it sounds like gypsy punk one minute and unspun folk balladry the next, that’s simply the happy fruits of these defiantly distinctive players exploring their own instruments” – Weekend Australian **** “Mother is that good”– Mojo ****