A folk music concert to celebrate the refurbishment of Blackheath Community Centre, featuring musicians from Blackheath!
The Peppercorns, aka Craig Sinclair and Lara Norman, was born and bred in the open expanses of Western Australia, delighting audiences across the state for years with their homespun songs, beautifully delivered harmonies and acoustic textures. Now based in Blackheath, they are active in the New South Wales folk music scene, and host regular house concerts. Their show combines old-timey, bluegrass, Cajun and Celtic influences on their original and traditional material, featuring violin, guitar and banjo.
Wombats Crossing is a chamber Celtic trio featuring three voices in harmony, Rebecca Daniel on violin, Leigh Birkett on guitar and mandolin, and Christine Wheeler on whistle and Irish flute. Christine spent many years as a touring musician with Musica Viva in Schools. She founded and continues to lead the Heathens, Blackheath’s community choir. Rebecca’s distinguished career as a soloist and orchestral violinist gave her a love for beautiful melodies, which she finds in abundance in the rich veins of Celtic song and instrumentals. Leigh, also the musical accomplice of respected Irish-Australian singer songwriter Martin Doherty, is a skilled and intuitive guitarist who draws on influences from many musical genres to add texture and depth to their 3-part arrangements.
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