This Is the Place for a Song or This Is the Place for a Song: A Melbourne Celebration of World Music is a compilation album by various Australian artists, released in May 2005.[1] It consists of 14 cover versions of Melbourne-associated tracks in different styles,[2] with some in different languages.[3] The album was organised by Paul Stewart and Gil Santos (from the Dili Allstars)[4] and it was created to raise awareness of Melbourne's Immigration Museum and was sponsored by the Victorian Multicultural Commission with a grant of $10,000.[5][6] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005 it received a nomination for Best World Music Album.[7]
Track listing
This Is the Place for a Song: A Melbourne Celebration of World Music