by Southern Sydney Folk Club Inc | Sep 21, 2022 | Articles
What a spectacular afternoon we all had last Sunday with Enda Kenny! Great music and songs with a enthusiastic audience and the warming sunshine to complete the mood. The stories Enda tells through his songs are both wonderful and entertaining. He had us all laughing...
by Pam Merrigan | Jul 26, 2022 | Articles, Industry News
The Concertina Go Bush series of videos has been released (live on Concertina Australia from Saturday 23rd July and then daily until the 31st July) most have two or three participants. The videos will remain permanently on the site. The response was very exciting with...
by Pam Merrigan | Jul 19, 2022 | Articles, Industry News, Member News
Folk Arts deserve a place in the new National Cultural Policy – Have your say! The new Federal Government is currently inviting interested individuals and organisations to take part in a consultation process to inform a new National Cultural Policy. The Folk...
by Wayne Richmond | May 22, 2022 | Articles
Frank O’Gallagher, arrived in Sydney in 1959 having been brought up to the sound of Irish music. After a career at Alcan and later as Chief Engineer of John Fairfax Limited he eventually turned back to the music of his youth and the Australia Folk scene. He was a...
by Pam Merrigan | May 5, 2022 | Articles, Industry News
Festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists and sends them on the road performing in tiny halls in communities all over Australia. Organisers have just announced that celebrated songwriters Ash Bell and Sara...
by Pam Merrigan | Apr 23, 2022 | Articles, Industry News
Folk Alliance Australia held its AGM at the recent National Folk Festival held over Easter. Some thirty people attended in person and the FAA welcomed three new members Sam De Santi, Erin Heycox and Louise Coomber, adding skills, experience and regional representation...
