by Ukulele Scotsman | Dec 16, 2023 | Member News, Recordings
The Scotsman and The Stovies are thrilled to cast off their debut album ‘Distant Shores’. A captivating compilation of Scottish folk songs recorded in Tasmania, the album combines 200-year-old poetry and contemporary arrangements to take listeners on an...
by Warren Fahey | Aug 31, 2023 | Member News
Looking for photographs of DECLAN AFFLEY, DAVE de HUGARD and COLIN DRYDEN. Please contact me if you have any… or, better still, send me scans wfahey@bigpond.net.au
by Warren Fahey | Aug 31, 2023 | Member News
I am on the hunt for a clean copy of an album released on the Score label titled ‘RAKE & RAMBLING MAN’ and featuring the songs of Don Henderson, sung by DECLAN AFFLEY. If you have a copy of this rarity, I would appreciate borrowing it to make a digital...
by Warren Fahey | Jul 19, 2023 | Member News
Folks, my new website is alive and kicking. On it you will find sections on Australian folklore, folksong, bush music, colloquial slanguage, yarn-telling, etc plus a huge section on the history of folk clubs plus rare photo galleries, radio programs, historic folk...
by Folk Federation of NSW | Jun 19, 2023 | Articles, Member News
John Penhallow will be back in the presenters’ chair on Saturday, July 1 for Focus on Folk at 5pm. John recently attended a British Folk Music Festival in, of all places, Ibiza! Yes, the Spanish Island in the Mediterranean! Known as the Costa Festival, it takes...
by Ian Date and Ilse de Ziah | Jun 11, 2023 | Member News
We are busy organising live performances and or showing our film “Living The Tradition” – and enchanting journey into old Irish Airs. We are coming to an area near you soon we hope. You can see a trailer here We have been more than 20 years living in...