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Australian Folk Music Awards
Awards to recognise folk artists, organisations and the folk sector. […]
News and Articles
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Mudcat Cafe and Other Useful Links
Article by Gerry Myerson The web has many useful resources for folkies. I’m going to write mainly about one, The Mudcat Cafe, with brief mentions of some others. Of course, I make no pretence of […]
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Mothers of the Nation – A Contemporary Voice for Parramatta’s Female Factory Convicts
In a fitting tribute to past female lives, Sydney based musicians Rosie McDonald and Cliona Molins have challenged history, giving a contemporary voice to some 9,000 convict women who inhabited Parramatta’s Female Factory, 1821-48, a […]
Industry News
A Parting Glass
Our folk community has been united in grief (Feb ’21) with the passing of two of its much-loved: folk organiser and raconteur, “Mr Merry Muse” Bill Arnett aka Billy Folkus; and, musician, singer, songwriter, debater and […]
Member News
For the song goes on…
This is a lovely piece from Cathy Rytmeister posted on her Facebook page and reproduced here with her kind permission. It encapsulates the wonderful inclusiveness and sense of community that is at the heart of our […]
Industry News
New “Services to Australian Folk Music Award” presented to John Thompson
Below is a transcript of the recent bulletin from FAA regarding this Award. Folk Alliance Australia presents “Services to Australian Folk Music Award 2021” to John Thompson. Folk Alliance Australia is currently considering the Awards we […]
Articles
A Tale of Grace and Pride
In Dec ’19 I sat in Bob’s Bar at Woodford Folk Festival to hear a new trio. Three women with diverse musical backgrounds, multi-instrumentalists and no strangers to the folk scene; Kate Burke, Melanie Horsnell, […]
Articles
The ShantyTok Phenomenon
Wellerman Goes Viral In an unlikely partnership TikTok and a Scottish postie have unwittingly popularised the Sea Shanty. Old is made new again as the “ShantyTok” trend emerges. Wellerman is the shanty at the centre of […]
Festivals
National Folk Festival Celebrates GOOD FOLK
In news just announced yesterday, Fri 29 Jan (via Facebook) the National Folk Festival is set to stage a new, re-imagined, COVID safe, 2021 event in Queanbeyan over the Easter weekend replacing its traditional 5-day Festival format […]
Articles
Phyl Lobl’s “Battle of the Somme” has been released on Youtube by Dingo’s Breakfast
video – Battle of the Somme, lyrics Phyl Lobl, The Battle of the Somme. A project five years in the making. From the first email from a synchronistic Phyl Lobl asking us if we would […]