by Margaret Walters | Apr 9, 2022 | Industry News
George Mann, a former union organiser from New York, has been creating labour and protest music for over 20 years & has worked with & produced albums featuring folk music legends Pete Seeger, Utah Phillips & Tom Paxton. His CDs include “For the Road...
by Pam Merrigan | Apr 9, 2022 | Industry News
ARTIST APPLICATIONS Applications for the 2023 festival are now open! A celebration of music, culture and community, Port Fairy Folk Festival welcomes all applications from artists across a range of genres including music, theatre, spoken/written word, street theatre,...
by Pam Merrigan | Mar 14, 2022 | Industry News
Calling all English and Anglo concertina players, all levels, all players!! The concertina convergence is organising another series of video submissions, seeking interpretations and performances of collected bush tunes – polkas, waltzes, reels, mazurkas, schottische...
by Pam Merrigan | Feb 14, 2021 | Industry News
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 parodist John Thompson. Each has, in his...
by Pam Merrigan | Feb 6, 2021 | Industry News
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 present to members of our...
by Pam Merrigan | Jan 24, 2021 | Industry News
Following what has probably been one of the most disastrous years for Folk Music in recent times and, when recovery and revitalisation of the Australian folk sector has never been more important Folk Alliance Australia launches National Industry Awards. New National...
