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The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 1

Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Issue 418

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An intimate and captivating evening with...

SUPPORT ACT: Two of‘TRiAnTAn’ new CD just released.

Cake and refreshments supplied. Pre-arranged floor spots, raffles.

Maeve: 9520 5628 or Jenny: 9576 2301

Michael Kennedy (from Castlemaine, Victoria)

(Only SyDney ShOw)One of the folk scene’s most unique voices Thursday 10th June, 2010 7.30pm Sutherland Acoustic, Sutherland Trade Union Club (also referred to as the Gymea Tradies Club by locals)The Kingsway, Gymea

entry $20/$15 Six of Michael's tracks from his last CD ‘Seed’ have been recorded both here and internationally. Perhaps Chris While sums it up “...he crafts his songs with great care and is blessed with the most exquisite voice'”.

FOLK ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2010SUNDAY 17TH JULY 2010, 3PM

AT THE BUSH MUSIC HUTT (TRITTON HALL) HUTT 44ADDISON ROAD COMMUNITY CENTRE142 ADDISON ROAD, MARRICKVILLE

Nominations are invited for the positions of President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary and for members of the Committee. Nomination forms can be downloaded from JAM, together with informa-tion about the forthcoming AGM including the Agenda, Minutes of the last AGM and a proxy form for those unable to attend (http://jam.org.au).

Special Resolution : At the AGM, members will be asked to vote on a Special Resolution to award Life Membership to those members of the founding committee of the Folk Federation whose membership is still current. The nominees for life membership are Colleen Burke, John Dengate, Warren Fahey and Frank Maher.

(Note : Founding Committee members Bernard Bolan and Danny Watson were previously awarded life membership).

If you do not have access to the internet, AGM information can be posted to you. To obtain your copy by post, call Secretary Pam Davis (0412 730 754).


dates for your diary June 2010

MEtropolitanTuesday 1sti Viaggiatori Mittagong Playhouse with (with the Songcatchers)www.viagiatori.com [email protected], David 0409 571 78Wednesday 2ndi Viaggiatori Milton Theatre (+Ecobeat)www.viagiatori.com [email protected], David 0409 571 78Friday 4th►BMC Beer & Cheese night. 'To the North!' The first British settlements were down south – until mineral finds, prospect of vast cattle holdings, etc, at-tracted explorers and exploiters toward the Top End. Bring songs on the theme, and something to eat and drink for sup-per. Tritton Hall (Hut 44), Addison Rd Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville. 8-10pm. $5. Bob 9569 7244, [email protected]►illawarra Folk Club. Italian Week Concert with I VIAGGIA-TORI (Kavisha Mazzella, Irine Vela, Da-vid De Santi and Mark Holder-Keeping). Homage to Italy and the thousands who immigrated here. + New CD 'Suitcase Serenata'. City Diggers, cnr Church & Burelli Sts, Wollongong. 7.30pm. $15, $10. 1300 887 034. www.illawarrafolk-club.org.au/Saturday 5th►Beecroft Bush Dance with CUr-raWonG. All dances taught. Beecroft Community Centre, Beecroft Rd (opp Fire Station). 8pm-12. $17, $14, $12, includes supper. Helen 9626 7816. www.bushmusic.org.au

►the Shack. KittY anD tHE BoBCatS (ACT, Vic). Traditional and original music in Old Time American style, with some bluegrass and blues. Rob Mahony (fiddle), Peggy Daroesman (guitar, vocals) and Bob Hefner (banjo, vocals) have many years with other bands. Lively music, poignant ballads, beauti-ful harmonies. + NICK CHARLES, 'Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots guitar' (The Age), for over 25 years, touring here and overseas. Influences include Big Bill Broonzy blues, Doc Watson's countrified picking, Django's swing and melody. + ZOE ELLIOTT, 'a feisty minor who had the full house singing along' (King Curly). Tramshed Community Arts Centre, 1395a Pittwa-ter Rd, Narrabeen (between car park & Ambulance). 7.30-11pm. $15. Free tea, coffee. BYO drinks, nibbles. 0413 635 856, [email protected] 6thi Viaggiatori The Italian Forum, Norton Stret, Leichardt. w.viagiatori.com [email protected], David 0409 571 78Thursday 10th►Sutherland acoustic. MICHAEL KENNEDY (Vic.). His only Sydney concert. + two of TRIANTAN - brilliant voices and harmonies. New CD 'Turn Again' just released. Raffles, free supper, cake. Floor spots by prior request. Sutherland Trade Union Club (also re-ferred to as the Gymea Tradies Club by locals), Kingsway, Gymea. 7.30pm sharp. $15, $10, kids free, FF $12. Jenny 9576 2301, [email protected]

Saturday 12th►Central Coast Bush Dance, with SoUtHErn CroSS. East Gosford Prog-ress Hall, cnr Wells St and Henry Parry Drive. 7.30-11.30pm. Supper provided. $17, $14, $8; under-12 $5. Robyn or Richard, 4344 6484, www.ccbdma.org/Monday 14ththe Harp. John Spillane (Ireland). Spe-cial concert presented in the Irish Gaelic language. 900 Princes Highway, Tempe. 7pm. $25/$20. 9559 6300Wednesday 16thJohn Spillane (Ireland). Clarendon Guest House, 68 Lurline Street, Ka-toomba 02 4782 1322Thursday 17thJohn Spillane (Ireland). The Lambton Park Hotel. 19a Morehead Road New-castle. 02 4722 8180Friday 18th►the Harp. Beoga. 900 Princes High-way, Tempe. 7pm. $25/$20. 9559 6300►Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Folk Club GreG North + Nick Lock Floor spots. Candle-lit venue, tea and coffee provided. BYOG and nibbles. Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby. 8pm (doors 7.30pm). $15. Enq, table bookings, Barry Parks 9807 9497, [email protected] 19th►Balmain Bush Dance with rYEBUCK, caller Margaret Bolliger. All dances taught. Rozelle Campus, Sydney Col-lege, 25 Terry St. 8pm-12. $17, $14, $12, incl. supper. Don or Wendy 9642 7950. www.bushmusic.org.au►illawarra Folk Club. John Spillane (Ireland) City Diggers, cnr Church & Burelli Sts, Wollongong. 7.30pm. $15, $10. 1300 887 034. www.illawarrafolk-club.org.au/Sunday 20ththe Harp. Penelope Swales 7pm Enq. 9559 6300Friday 25ththe Harp. John Spillane (Ireland). John’s regular Sydney concert, presented in English. ‘One of the greatest song-writers to emerge in the last ten years is John Spillane’ (Christy Moore), 900 Princes Highway, Tempe. 7pm. $25/$20. 9559 6300

Beoga


Thursday 3rdYuin Folk Club & Cobargo HotelNICK CHARLES IN CONCERT 7.30pmSaturday 26thScottish Ceilidh Dance with Fiddle Tunes Band (led by Shayne & Roz Kerr). Dances walked through and called. All welcome. Wesley Fellowship House, 150 Beaumont St Hamilton. 7.30pm. $14, $12, $10, under 16 free. Bilbo 0410 584 533

MErrY MUSE - JUnESaturday 5thi Viaggiatori Plus Dante Musica Viva ChoirSunday 6thKitty & the Bobcats + Jaq Diamond & the Dubi-ous PleasuresFriday 11thCrooked Fiddle Band + Mr FibbyFriday 18thDrumassault - special guest Mohamed BangouraFriday 25th Freyja’s rain cd launchThe Merry MuseCanbera Southern Cross ClubMcCaughey StTurnerEnq. Eileen 0412 127 882

Saturday 26th►the loaded Dog. pHYl loBl - 'Singing the South'. A Songline-Timeline of The Illawarra - songs, images and comment - with a dozen or so new songs, and Shayna Stewart, John Broomhall, Stuart Leslie and Johnny Spillane. Rejoice in the heroes, smile at the follies, know the past, the pain and the pleasures of this place. A slightly shortened version. + JIM LOW, Blue Mountains folk music treasure, singer songwriter and collector of songs. His sensitive songs capture his deep interest in, and love of, Australian history. Annandale Neighbourhood Cen-tre, upstairs, 79 Johnston St. 8pm. $14, $12, BYO, supper available. Sandra 9358 4886, www.theloadeddog.org.au►the troubadour. themed Variety Concert, 'Pirates, Sailors and Songs of the Sea'. These are popular nights! Dress up! No pre-booking. For performers, just turn up (early if possible) ask for Bill Bekric. Light supper provided. CWA Hall (opp. Fisherman's Wharf), The Boulevarde, Woy Woy. 7pm. $10, $8, $7, performers $5. Children free with paying adult. 4341 4060 AH, 0419 231 319. www.troubadour.org.au► Support the Blackheath Highway ac-tion Group by atending An Evening on-cert of fine acoustic music, with dinner, in with Skorba & Wheelers & Dealers 7.30pm Enq. Meg 0425 270 632 .

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BEOGA - IRISh MUSIC WITh A UNIqUE ACCENT OF ITS OWN...

Beoga (Irish word for ‘lively’) are based in County Antrim, in the north of Ireland. The bedrock of their sound lies firmly within the Irish tradition. However, they are not afraid to incorporate other genres’ nuances into their music. From bluesy riffs to Astor Piazzola-style jazz, to a raunchy New Orleans jamboree vibe, their music always returns to a wonderfully bouncy traditional sound. The result is traditional, with a sense of fun and adventure. The Irish Times states, “Individually talented and collectively inspired, (Beoga) speak a language called music with a fluency beloved of the best multi-linguists.”

The band was drawn together in 2002 after ‘jamming’ in a ferocious session at the All-Ireland Fleadh. From the beginning Beoga was endowed with musical talent, featuring the twin dueling accordions of Damian McKee and multi-instrumentalist Seán Óg Graham, pianist Liam Bradley and four times All-Ireland bodhrán champion Eamon Murray. In 2005, the lineup was complete, with the addition of Niamh Dunne, one of Ireland’s premier young talents, on vocals and fiddle.

With their unique blend of inventive arrangements, virtuosi instrumental talents and beautiful vocals, Beoga’s popularity continues to flourish as they captivate audiences on a global scale.The Harp Friday 19th June 7pm

BLACKhEATh hIGhWAY ACTION GROUPTwo great acoustic bands get together for an evening’s entertainment in support

of a cause dear to the hearts of Blue Mountains residents.Skorba

Founding director Andy Busuttil draws on his Maltese heritage in collaboration with John Robinson and Bertie McMahon to bring you the musical mosaic that is Skorba. The full quintet includes Llew Kiek (Greek bouzouki) from Mara! and Paul Jarman (saxillo, tenor sax, whistles) from Sirocco joining core members Andy Busuttil (vocals, clarinet, percussion), Ber-tie McMahon (guitar, bass, Irish bouzouki)

and John Robinson (oud, tambura). All pieces composed by members of the band and inspired by music from around the Mediterranean basin including Portugal, Spain, France and Italy, as well as some Celtic influences. The concert features some glorious images of the Maltese Archipelago on the big screen and lots of improvisational work with every band member being a skilled improviser.Wheelers and Dealers

Multi-award winning group bringing an exciting contemporary approach to Celtic and other English language traditional music. With a unique and powerful sound forged from diverse musical backgrounds, the band’s repertoire is a mix of classic songs and dynamic instrumentals. Feel the pain of a drover’s wife during a drought, through the words of Henry Lawson set to music. Travel alongside a rogue Irishman with a Robin Hood com-plex. Sit outside a rough hut in the Appalachian mountains listening to the fiddle dance. Wheelers and Dealers is Christine Wheeler (vocals, flute, whistle), Tinker Duffy (accor-dion, vocals), Mike Kerin (fiddle, guitar), Ged Corben (guitar) and Michael Vidale (bass).

Blackheath Highway Action Group. The Blackheath Highway Action group was formed in 2008 to mitigate the

damage being caused by the ongoing upgrade of the Great Western Highway into a major truck transport route from Sydney to the Central West of NSW.


8th & 9th June3rd Runnymede Pop Festival7pm Great Hall - University of SydneyBookings: 130 306 76 or w.mca-tix.com.au11th - 14th June►Newcastle & Hunter Valley Sessionfest Swansea. newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.

►Bundanoon Dance Weekend. bushtradi-tions.org/►Snowy Mountains of Music Enq. 1300 811 324 [email protected]

►40th Top Half Folk Festival, NTwww.topendfolkclub.org/19th June 2010Winter Magic Festival - Katoomba NSW. www.wintermagic.com15th August 2010Shir Madness. Inaugural Jewish music festi-val. www.shirmadness.com

2nd - 4th SeptemberFolk Alliance Convention, ‘Ausfolk 2010’, Woodford, Qld.15th - 19th SeptemberThe Turning Wave - Gundagaiwww.turningwave.org.au2nd - 4th OctoberBen Hall Festival - [email protected] OctoberFolk In The Foothills - Jamberoowww.illawarrafolkclub.org. 1300 887 03422nd - 24th OctoberKangaroo Valley Folk Festivalwww.kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com29th October - 1st November, 2010Maldon Folk Festivalwww.maldonfolkfestival.com’14th - 16th JanuaryCygnet Folk FestivalApplications now openwww.cygnetfolkfestival.com13th - 16th January26th Illawarra Folk Festival Performer ap-plications open now.www.illawarrafolkclub.org. 1300 887 03426th - 28th FebruaryCobargo Folk Festivalwww.cobargofolkfestival.com21st - 25th April 2011National Folk Festival Canberrawww.folkfestival.asn.au

Festivals, Workshops, Schools

PeriSHer SnoWy MountAinS of MuSicThose who have a way with words, the gift of the gab or a penchant for poetry

are welcome at this year’s Perisher Snowy Mountains of Music. The Poetry Program was one of the most popular events last year and is set to pop this year with an original poetry competition, live poetry slam, poetry breakfasts and performances from poets from around the country.

The Broken Ski Competition is for all those budding, blooming and professional poets out there. There is a junior (primary and secondary) category and open category this year so poise your pen and get writing as you need to submit your poem electronically via the festival website by no later than Tuesday 8th June. On Sunday 13th June there’ll be a live poetry slam by the festival poets at Basil’s Bar followed by The Snowy Poetry Cup Competition at The Eiger - where anybody willing, able and ready to strut their stuff with some guts and gusto will battle it out for the prize. To enter just turn up on the day ready to perform a traditional or original poem – but you do need to be a festival-goer.

Be sure to expect the unexpected at the poetry program with Festival Poets Carol Heuchan (pictured right), Gregory North, Jan Lewis, Peter Mace, Russell Hannah and Lee Taylor-Friend who’ll appear at venues across the snowfields. Look out for Two Up Poetesses with heartwarming and hilarious bush poet and horsewoman Carol Heuchan who will talk it up with Lee Taylor Friend, winner of the 2009 Broken Ski Competition. Don’t miss out on some rousing ballads from Peter Mace or some quick-witted prose from Russell Hannah at the Poetry Brunch or Poetry Legends program. For something truly original catch up with Australian Bush Poetry Champion Gregory North (pictured left) - renowned for his rendition of The Man From Snowy River in 14 different accents! Speaking of Banjo Paterson what better place to have a celebration of the song and poetry of the Snowy Mountains than at The Man From Snowy River Hotel at 1pm on Sunday 12th June with Folklore of the Snowy. Enquiries: www.snowymountainsofmusic.com.au

33rd Runnymede Pop FestivalThe 33rd Runnymede Pop Festival is a unique concert of mediaeval music and

poetry, performed in the neo-Gothic splendour of Sydney University’s Great Hall which will be decorated with banners and wall-hangings. A widely varied range of mediaeval songs, popular dance music and poetry will be performed by one reader, two singers and six multi-instrumentalists, all dressed in brightly coloured cos-tumes.

The wide range of plucked, blown, bowed, keyboarded and percussed instru-ments will include harp, psaltery, mandora, gittern, ud, chittarra moresca, diwan saz, sinfonye, rebecs, vielles, shawms, douçaine, whistle, gemshorn, portative or-gan, tapan, dairehs, darabukka, rattles, finger cymbals, “gumnut” spoons, and so on.

The 1st Runnymede Pop Festival was celebrated in 1973 in the Great Hall with eminent performers including Prof. Frederick May, Graham Pushee, Lyndon Ter-racini, Wayne Richmond, Michael Atherton and Barbara Stackpool.

It has established itself as the longest running, regular festival of mediaeval music and poetry in Australia. These festivals have reinforced The Renaissance Players’ long standing association with Sydney University and its Great Hall. In this venue they gave their first concert in September, 1966.

The group has produced over a dozen internationally released and critically ac-claimed CD recordings, appeared on TV in hundreds of concerts locally, nationally and internationally.

The current line-up – directed by the legendary Professor Evans – includes Llew Kiek, Tony Lewis, Mathew Greco, Jehan Kanga, Susannah Lawergren and Laura Medway. With Geoff Sirmai as poetry reader (in his 28th year with the group!).Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th June, 20107pm Great Hall, University of SydneyTickets: $30 Bookings: 1300 306 776 ir www.mca-tix.com.au


folk news

Vale: Dave Fisher. NEW YORK (AP) - Dave Fisher

of the popular 1960s folk group the Highwaymen has died.

His wife, Dr Elaine K. Haagen, said Thursday that Fisher died of a bone marrow disease last week at their home in Rye, New York. He was 69.

The group was formed in 1958 while its five members were freshmen at Wesleyan University. Fisher was the lead singer. By 1961, the Highwaymen had a No. 1 hit with the spiritual “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore.” It was released under the title “Michael.” Haagen says a memorial service is planned for 13th June at the Clearview School in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Fisher had been on the board of directors there.

The Highwaymen were among the clean-cut folk groups of the late 50’s early 60’s. Their light had pretty much dimmed by the time I was old enough to go to the record store on my own. I was only peripherally aware of their contributions, but according to their website, they are to be credited (or blamed, some might say) for charting on top 40 with early folk-pop versions of songs such as Michael Row The Boat Ashore, The Cotton Song, Gypsy Rover and others. They were featured in recent years on the mighty-wind-like PBS fundraising perennial, “This Land Is Your Land” still in circulation among member stations at least twice a year. So I don’t have memories of my own to add to the obit of Dave Fisher, but perhaps he was a voice from your past, if you are of the era.

When Willy Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash toured as “The Highwaymen” there was a brief name dispute that was settled by having “The Original Highwaymen” share the bill with the country legends at one show in 1990. Formed at Wesleyan University in 1958, they called themselves “The Clansmen” but that ill-chosen name was changed by their first manager, who got them their first record contract with United Artists.

An interesting footnote to the Highwayman website states that another of the original members, who still sings at

reunion concerts is Stephen Trott, a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987.

Australian Kids’ Song Wins Lennon Award

Australian songwriter Kate Rowe has won a Lennon Award for her children’s song ‘Space Rabbits of Brocklevoons’. The John Lennon Songwriting Contest, based in New York, gives twelve Lennon Awards annually to songwriters all over the world. Rowe is the only Australian among this year’s twelve. She is now a contender for the contest’s Maxell Song of the Year, and US$20,000 first prize, to be announced in July.

Following the selection of finalists by a panel of judges that included Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, The Veronicas and Lamont Dozier, the Lennon Awards were decided by a head-to-head internet voting battle in twelve categories. Rowe was the winner of the Children’s Category. “I’m very

grateful to all the people in Australia and internationally who voted for ‘Space Rabbits of Brocklevoons’ in this round,” said Rowe. “I love this song, and I’m really happy that other people do too.”

‘Space Rabbits of Brocklevoons’ tells the story of rabbits from another planet who come to Earth in search of spoons. The surprising reason for their visit involves a lake full of jelly, angry ducks and a whole lot of bouncing.

Rowe recorded the song with the help of her partner, Perth songwriter Ryan Morrison. Morrison also features in the song as a space rabbit, and in live performances leaves audiences in stitches with his simultaneous bouncing and spoon-playing.

“I do both regular ‘grownup’ shows and kids’ shows, with different songs for each,” explains Rowe. “But this is one of those songs that both groups like. The kids love it and get right into it, and do all the actions and the choruses and so on. The adults laugh, sing along, and sometimes jump along. Then they ask me if I’m on drugs. I’m not — it’s just imagination!”

The Highwaymen


National Folk Award This year’s National Film and Sound

Archive National Folk Recording Award has been won by Chloë and Jason Roweth, with Jim McWhinnie, for their new CD, A Voice that was Still.

The Roweths are based in Millthorpe, NSW and Jim McWhinnie is from Bathurst. Chloë plays the mandolin and bouzouki, Jason plays guitar and bass, while Jim plays the bodhran. Vocals on the CD are shared by Chloë and Jason.

The NFSA’s Recorded Sound Senior Curator, Matthew Davies, said that the CD is a beautiful mix of the old and the new.

‘Chloë and Jason have intensively researched traditional Australian music and play some wonderful old songs and tunes. In addition they incorporate into the CD some terrific modern songs, penned by people like Bob Rummery. The production, with Jim McWhinnie’s supportive bodhran, is very satisfying indeed.’

This is the tenth year the National Folk Recording Award has been presented. Ann Landrigan, Acting CEO of the NFSA, Ann Landrigan said that the Award was designed to encourage continued high-quality recording of Australia’s sound heritage.

Entrants were selected from recordings submitted by performers at the 2010 National Folk Festival. The Award was judged by a panel of representatives from the National Folk Festival and the NFSA.

The Award carries a cash prize plus inclusion of the winning CD in the NFSA’s recorded sound collection.

New DVD/CD set Legacy – from Penelope SwalesMargaret Walters previews:

It must be 18 years or more since I first heard Penelope Swales – and she would have only been about 18 years old; but already she’d had more life experience than I had had in fifty years. Her passion for causes, her compassion for the oppressed and her zest for life have always made a deep impression on me and there’s no doubting her musical and vocal talents. Penelope will be launching her new CD/DVD – Legacy – in Sydney at the Harp 7pm Sunday 20 June, 2010.

Since 2005 as she has been caring for an elderly parent and working towards a law degree which she reckons will be a(nother) useful tool in saving the planet. But recently she was approached by a supporter and environmental activist called Stephen Luntz who wanted to finance a music video of one of Penelope’s songs, “Black Carrie”, a song about a woman who fought for years against logging old-growth forests. The song inspired him to work for the Victorian Greens. And now, he and Penelope, together with Heidi Douglas, a film-maker from Tasmania, have made the video which you can view at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyI5hAvkIug

The video of “Black Carrie”has been released on DVD along with live footage from Woodford Folk Festival and the Harp in Sydney, a slideshow of pictures Penelope has taken on her travels around the world, and some inspirational videos from international environment groups. And the DVD is packaged with a CD which contains 15 of Penelope’s best political songs selected from 9 of her solo albums, many of which now out of print. If the youtube sample is anything to go by, this DVD will go far at encouraging people to shake off the hopelessness and apathy that can so easily overwhelm them and help strengthen their resolve to make the world a better place.

Get to the concert at the Harp on 20th June – otherwise get your mail order in.

The cost is $35 - Penelope Swales, PO Box 136, Emerald Vic 3782

Enquiries: 03 5968 1625, 0411 555 348 [email protected]

Damned Souls and Turning Wheels.

If you live in the Emerald City or passing through Sydney over the next three months be sure to visit ‘Damned Souls and Turning Wheels’ at Cockatoo Island.

This is a multi-screen sound and image story of the island’s 150 year history as convict prison (bushrangers Jackey-Jackey, Thunderbolt and Frank ‘The Darkie’ Gardiner were all incarcerated there), boy’s nautical training ship, female prison (the iprison’s name was changed to Biloela) and then, in the twentieth century, its role as naval dock, engineering and shipbuilding works. I devised the 28 minute work to show how folk song, including many field recordings, can tell the emotional story of history. The installation is receiving high praise for its place in the 17th Biennale of Sydney. Many of the features of the soundtrack will be recognisable to folk music enthusiasts including the songs and voices of Phyl Lobl, Sally Sloane, Susan Colley, Simon McDonald, John Dengate, Gary Shearston and Declan Affley, to name a handful of singers who help bring this project to life and beauty.

Cockatoo Island is open seven days a week throughout June, July and a free ferry runs from Circular Quay west (in front of MCA) every day.

Concerts featuring The Larrikins at 2pm Sunday 6th June and 1st August. Performance Space Cockatoo Island.

Admission is $10 at the door.

Penelope Swales


Martin Carthy Interview September 1979

Martin Carthy arrived in Canberra with only a small rucksack of clothes, his spare boots and two enormous guitar cases (although he had packed plenty of spare guitar strings). Despite being one of the leading lights in the English folk music scene he gave the impression of being a quiet, unpretentious person with a great love and respect for folk music. In his interview with Doc Wright, recorded on the 6th February before his concert at the ANU bistro. He provides an insight into his solo career and the people and bands he has played with.

DW Martin, can we start by asking you about your training. Are you another self-taught musician?MC I’m a self-taught guitar player. As a chorister I trained as a boy soprano and while at school I tried to learn the trombone and trumpet with little success. It was while I was trying to learn the trombone that I discovered the guitar and I enjoyed that much more and taught myself.

DW Your singing voice is obviously your own speaking voice. Had you had any official training?MC Not since I was a boy soprano in the choir when I was taught breathing. There was a way of producing the voice. The choir master could teach you a way of breathing so you could go on singing soprano the rest of your life. There was one very weird period when I was singing bass in the school choir, soprano in the church choir and singing skiffle songs with a guitar in coffee bars in the evenings. That’s when I started playing guitar in 1956 in skiffle groups.

DW How did you meet Dave Swarbrick and start this long chain of records?

MC I met him more or less by accident. There was an American group called The Charles River Valley Boys that came from Massachusetts and were studying at Harvard, a college bluegrass band that came over to England for a fair time. One of them had to go home and two of them came to the Troubadour where I was playing. They brought this fiddler down with them that they had met on the train and that was Swarb.

That was in 1962, I suppose we virtually ignored each other for a while and then met up again when I saw the Ian Campbell group. We didn’t start playing together around the clubs until 1966. But when I was making my first

album in 1965 the record company said, “You can’t make a folk album on your own, it’s boring” so I cast around and saw Swarb. We started talking and there happened to be four or five songs that he loved so he played on the record.

DW How did the Steeleye Span job come about?MC Well, I’d known Tim Hart for a while and he rang me up one day and said “did I want to join Steeleye” and I said “Yes”. Very simple and I went up to see him next weekend. We stayed in rehearsal for a long time and then started working in September 1970. The band had been in existence for a long time and had made an album, had a fight in the studio and broke up. That was after Hark, The Village Wait.

DW Then Peter Knight joined and then you?MC No, first I joined and then we decided to expand and look for someone else.DW The fourth person being Ashley Hutchings?MC No, actually I was the fourth and Tyger (AH) the third. Tyger said to me, have you heard this fellow Peter Knight?” He was pretty unknown on the folk scene but I’d seen him on television on a Sunday morning folk program. By chance I happened to go to this club The Enterprise at Chalk Farm and saw him playing in a duo with Bob Johnson whom I knew slightly. Peter was a really impressive fiddler. He was a fiddle player who could also play straight violin, which is rare, even putting it mildly. He doesn’t do it now. He mostly plays keyboards and isn’t working at the moment.DW That line-up of Steeleye produced two albums, Please to See the King and Ten Man Mop or Mr Reservoir Rides Again. Whose idea was it to package Ten Man Mop with the 18th Century printing?MC We wanted those photos on the front and back. A “mop” is a hiring fair, by the way. The reason that album has two titles is because we didn’t know which one to choose. Mr Reservoir Butler was a traveller (gypsy) who sang to Ralph Vaughan Williams near the Welsh border. Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again was Tim’s idea.

DW You are given credit for actually coming up with the name Steeleye Span.MC Well, that’s right. Tim and Maddy (Prior) came down to see me and said “know any good names for groups?”

and I said “no, but talking about names I came across this one Steeleye Span in a song, isn’t it a great name?” Tim later came up with it as a name for the group. We all thought up names and voted on it. Tim, who is a very determined young man as you can tell from Mr Reservoir Butler, liked Steeleye Span so much he voted for it twice.

DW You have practically a library of material in your head. I heard you say, the other day, that you just perform what comes to you, unless it is a festival where you have a fairly tight schedule. Where do you actually find your material? Do you go around collecting it?MC No, you can’t. To do that you have to devote your life to the people who give you the songs. You can’t just walk up to a person, take twenty songs and walk away. You are tied to that person for the rest of their life. So I don’t do much collecting. Occasionally you can collect by accident.

Take the Watersons for instance, they went up to Hawes in Wensleydale and met a character called Mick Taylor and got a lot of songs from him. But that was an accident.

I look for them on tapes and records. There are a lot of singers on records these days. There are plenty of manuscripts and books which have been available all the time that I’ve been around – a bit dusty perhaps! A lot has been rescued and put on microfilm.

DW Does this mean that you don’t see yourself as a traditionalist but as a revivalist?MC People in England are getting very fed up with this distinction. I can see sense in it in some ways. I can see that young singers coming and standing up in folk clubs to sing them, have got to learn that there is a time and place for everything. For instance it would be wrong to stand up in a folk club and sing the Padstow May Song as that is sung by the people of Padstow on May Day, and it’s theirs. You go down and enjoy it, or listen to it on record, but you leave it alone. In my view if you become involved in folk music or folk dance, then you become involved in the folk set-up and you must respect it and become part of it.

Thanks to Lydia and Brian Buchtmann of Canberra for submitting this transcript which is reprinted from Double Extra News (2XX)(to be continued in next issue)


folk contactsGosford Scottish Country Dance Society7-10pm, Church of Christ, Henry Parry Drive, Wyoming. Cecily Cork 4384 3527, Jan McCudden 4329 5537Greek Folk DancePan Macedonian Assoc Building, Railway Pde, Sydenham from 7pm onwards. Adult classes from 7.15 pm, Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 [email protected] Folk Dancing for older women School terms only, 9-10am beginners, 10-11am advanced. Bankstown Older Women’s Wellness Centre, Police and Community Youth Club, cnr Meredith St and French Ave. Gabrielle 9728 7466, Alita 9798 9269Irish Set Dance class, Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills. 8-9.30pm. Alarna 0401 167 910.Sutherland Shire Bush Dance Group Uniting Church, 4 Gosport St, Cronulla, 7.30-10pm. $3. Beginners most welcome. Partners not necessary.Mike 9520 2859Sutherland Shire Folk Dance GroupGymea Bay Scout Hall, June Place, 10am. Kaye Laurendet - 9528 4813ThursdayEnglish Country Dancing (Advanced) for the over 50’s 2-4pm. School for Seniors, Wesley Mission, Pitt St. Sydney. (Oppositive back of Hilton Hotel.)Blue Labyrinth International Folk Dancefrom 7pm, Baptist Church Hall, King St Glenbrook. Jo Barrett 4739 6498Greek Folk DanceSt Gerassimos Church Hall, 21 Henry St Leichhardt. 6 pm onwards. Adult classes from 7.15 Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 [email protected] Irish Ceili Dancers Kingsgrove Uniting Church Hall, 289A Kingsgrove Rd (cnr Moreton Avenue, Children’s step dancing 6pm, adults step dancing 7pm. Set and ceili dancing 8-10.30pm. Margaret and Bill Winnett 9150 6765. email: [email protected] Colonial and Folk Dancers Every Friday, St Andrews Ch Hall, cnr Trelawney/Rutledge Sts, Eastwood (next to BBC), Colonials’ Dance each 5th Friday evening. Anthony and Lisa 9873 4805. International DancingSedenka Folk Dancers, Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre, 665A Darling St Rozelle. 8-llpm, $3. Chris Wild 9560 2910.Scottish Country DancingAdult classes, beginners welcome, children 6.30 -7.30pm, adults 8-10.30pm, Beecroft Primary School, $2. Sheena Caswell 9868 2075, Heather Dryburgh 9980 7978Scottish Country DancingCaringbah Seniors Hall, 386 Port Hacking Rd, Car-ingbah (rear Library), 8pm. Beginners/other levels. G. Milton 9524 4943, Erica Nimmo 9520 4781SaturdayBush Folk Dances, by Bush Dance Assoc.2nd Sat. Feb-Dec 6.30 - 10pm. New Year’s Eve 8pm-midnight. $20/$15/$10. $5 disc for early bookings. Pennant Hills Community Centre, 60 Yarrara Rd. John 9873 3138/ 0416 212 136, [email protected] Music Club Bush DancesFeb-Dec (not Easter), 8-12pm, $17/$14/$12 incl. supper, children to 12 free. Beecroft Community Ctr 1st Sat, Helen 9626 7816; Balmain High School hall, Terry St, Rozelle, 3rd Sat, Don 9642 7949Central Coast Bush Dance4th Sat, 8-12pm, East Gosford Progress Hall, Henry Parry Dr and Wells St, $15/$12. Beate 4323 3356. Robyn 4344 6484.International Folk DanceChildren’s classes, 6-18 years, Pennant Hills Com. Centre, morning. Carol Maddocks, 9905 1563

DANCEMondayBush Music Club Dance WorkshopBeginners, experienced, 7.30pm, Pennant Hills Community Centre, downstairs. Except Jan. and public holidays. Felicity 9456 2860International Folk DancingSchool term, Earlwood Senior Citizens Centre, 362 Homer St 10am-noon. Gwynne 9558 4753Scottish Country Dancing for beginners, with ‘Scots on the Rocks’, Fort St Public School, Observatory Hill, Sydney, 6.30-7.30pm. Nea 9994 7110, Lynn 9268 1246, SC [email protected], http://www.rscds.org.auBelly Dance, basic/beginners 7pm, choreography 8pm, Girraween Hall, 17 Tungarra Rd. Vera Myronenko 9665 9713TuesdayBlue Mountains Scottish Country Dancers Catholic Church Hall, 7-9pm, Wentworth St, $3 Verley Kelliher, 4787 5968, [email protected] Carol Gardner 4751 6073/[email protected] Folk DanceBankstown RSL Club - 32 Kitchener Pde - Bankstown 6pm onwards.Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax: 97081875 [email protected] Dance ClassUltimo, 8-10pm. Gary Dawson 9559 4485. [email protected] Country Dancing, SydneyPlayford Dance Group 3rd Tues, 7.30-10.00pm, Uniting Church Hall, The Cres, Berala. Ring Patricia 9649 6978 or Mike or Ros on 9929 8193 for further details.Scottish Country DancingSt John’s Uniting Church Hall, Coonanbarra Rd, Wahroonga, 7.30-10.30pm. All welcome. Catherine Bonner 9489 5027Scottish Country DancingFort Street School, Observatory Hill, City. 6pm to 8pm Nea MacCulloch 9904 1358(a/h) or Lynn 8244 9618(w)Sutherland Shire Folk Dance GroupInternational Dancing, Gymea Bay Scout Hall, June Place, 7.30-9pm. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813Turkish Dance ClassLidcombe Community Centre, 8-10pm. Yusuf Nidai 9646 1166Ukrainian (Cossack) Dancing Class for fit and energetic young people (16-23yrs), 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm. Ukrainian Hall 59 Joseph Street, Lidcombe. Jaros Iwanec 9817 7991, [email protected] /www.veselka.com.auInternational Folk Dance class - Open Door, Georges Hall Senior Citizens, Birdwood Rd, 11.30am-12.30pm. Gabrielle 9728 7466, [email protected]“The Dance Buffet”, wide variety taught, Liverpool City Pipe Band Hall, Woodward Park (next to Whitlam Centre), Memorial Ave, 7.30-9.30pm. $8 ($5 conc). Nicholai 9822 7524, mob 0407 178 228WednesdayAlbion Fair, North-West Morris DancingLilyfield Community Centre, Cecily and O’Neill Sts, 7.45pm. Angie Milce 9817 3529Australian Heritage DancersAnnandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, 8 -10pm. Jim Young 9412 3721 [email protected] - australianheritagedancers.org.auBalmoral Scottish Country Dance Group7.00-9.15pm, Seniors’ Centre, Mosman Square, Mosman. Nell Morgan 9981 4769.Epping Scottish Country Dance ClubSt Aidan’s Church Hall, Downing St, 7.30-10pm. All levels welcome. Clare Haack 9484 5947 [email protected]

ChoirSMondayA Choired Taste, Glebe, led by David Westmore, 9716 7016Bright Star Singers Ashfield, led by Mary-Jane Field, 9797-6126Ecopella. Erskineville, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810 4601 [email protected] Choir. All voices welcome. Randwick 7.15 - 9.15pm. [email protected] Bound Groove Train. Petersham, led by Linda Calgaro, 9518 4135Inner West Chamber Choir, Leichhardt, led by Rachelle Elliott. 9797 1917. [email protected]. Manly, led by Karen Smith, 0405 221 113Martenitsa. Ultimo, led by Mara & Llew Kiek, 47514910 People’s Chorus Newcastle, led by Rod Noble, 49 623432Unaccompanied Baggage. North Sydney, led by Stuart Davis, [email protected], Katoomba, ledby Rachel Hore 4759 2456, [email protected], Neutral Bay, led by David Westmore, 9716 7016Ecopella. Illawarra area (alternate Tuesdays), led by Miguel Heatwole 9810 4601, [email protected] Roc Lawson, led by Rachel Hore, 47592456, [email protected] Honeybees. East Sydney, led by Dynes Austin. Contact Jenny Jackson, 9816 4577 [email protected] Sydney Trade Union ChoirSydney City, contact [email protected] WednesdayChoralation. Abbosford (school terms), contact Marga-ret Grove [email protected] Ecopella. Upper Mts., contact Kate 47 825529The Heathens. Blackheath, day time 12-pm. Led by Chris Wheeler 4787 5725 [email protected], Josephine. Glebe, led by David Westmore, 9716 7016Stampadowns. Camperdown, led by Gerard Pat-terson. Contact David 9568 5237 or Shayn 9799 7439 ThursdayBouddi Voice. Kincumber (school terms), led by C & C Sainsbury, contact 43 683270Chorella Community Choir. Richmond, contact Ellen 4578 2975 Cleftomaniacs. Waterloo, led by Gary Smith, [email protected] Solidarity Choir. Newtown, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810 4601, [email protected] FridayThe Sydney Street Choir. CBD, led by Peter Lehner 0425 268 771The Sydney Welsh Choir (Men and Women) meet on Wednesday Evenings at Concord Baptist Church Hall. Reh. 7pm to 9pm. 20 to 30 performances a year. Viv 47 39 0384, Warwick 9451 7806,[email protected], women’s a cappella choir. Woodford. Led by Alison Jones 4759 2880Sunday Blue Mountains Trade Union Choir. Upper Mts., contact Kate 47 82 5529


MUSiC iN CoNCErTTuesdayThe Screw Soapers Guild - Writers Presenters & Listeners Group 4th Tues, 7.30pm, stories, poems, songs and conversation. Albert 9600 7153, email: [email protected], website: www.folkclub.com/folkodyssey/WednesdayWisefolk Club Last Wed in month, 11am-2.30pm, Toongabbie Bowling Club, 12 Station Rd, lunch at club bistro. Sonia 9621 2394 Allen 9639 7494, Thursday‘Posers & Composers’ performance session, every Thursday, Newtown RSL (1st floor), 52 Enmore Rd, 7.30pm - 11pm. Free. To book a spot & enq Dennis Aubrey 0408 452 464 [email protected] Folk Club2nd Thurs concert night. All ages. Members are welcome to join us at any of our concerts, do a floor spot. Enjoy a friendly , sociable night’s entertainment, support local talent. These artists are all superb musicians!! Contact Jenny 9576 2301.FridayHornsby Kuring-Gai Folk Club3rd Fri, 8pm, Each month Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave, Guest artist and floor spots, light supper provided BYO grog. Barry Parks 9807 9497 [email protected] Folk Club, 1st Friday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Club, or SNC Acoustic Club. Regular folk nights on the 4th Friday of each month (Feb - Nov), 8pm $7/$5 Springwood Neighbourhood Centre, Macquarie Rd, Springwood. (next to Civic Centre). Visitors and floor performers welcome. Enquiries, Mark Hand 02 4721 4230 or [email protected] Music Club2nd and 4th Fri 8pm, Northmead Scout Hall, Whitehaven Road, Northmead. A session always happens so bring instruments. Allen Davis 9639 7494 [email protected]. or Ray Pulis 9899 2102.

SaturdayBluegrass & Traditional Country Music Society of Aust. 1st Sat, March-December Sydney get-together. Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, Annandale. Band workshop 7pm, concert 8.15pm, jamming all night. All welcome: $5/7. (02) 9456 1090 www.bluegrass.org.aulllawarra Folk Club, 3rd Saturday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au Loaded Dog Folk Club4th Sat, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, 8pm. Sandra Nixon, 9358 4886, [email protected]. www.theloadeddog.org.auMacquarie Towns Music Club3rd Sat,7.30pm Alternates between concert and round robin jam session format with concerts featuring a guest artist supported by a ‘blackboard concert’ Richmond Neighbourhood Centre, West Market St, .Contact Dez Williams at 4578 5215 [email protected] Shack. 1st Sat, presents 21st century original,contemporary and traditional folk music at the Tramshed, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen at 7:30. BYO drinks and nibblies. Contact Rhonda on 0416 635 856 or email Kathleen at [email protected] Folk ClubCentral Coast, 4th Sat. in month 7pm CWA Hall, Woy Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, Woy Woy. Admission: $7 members/$8 conc. & other folk club mems/$10 non members. Everyone welcome Tel. Frank or Marilyn 4341 4060, Email: [email protected] www.troubadour.org.au

SESSioNS & FrEE WorkShopSMondayBush Music ClubCommunity Centre, 44/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, 7.30pm. Music workshop. All singers and musicians welcome. Bob 9569 7244, [email protected] Music Session: Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month from 7.30 – 10.30pm @ The Shamrock Inn, Asquith Leagues Club, Alexandra Pd. Waitara (short walk from station). It’s an open session and all musicians are welcome with focus on tunes rather than songs. Phone Norm 9489 5786/[email protected] music lessons, beginners and advanced, flute, fiddle, whistle, guitar, concertina. Irish Gaelic Club, Surry Hills, 0413 941 459, [email protected] Out at The Gaelic Club(2nd Friday of the month) singing sessions. Follows Politics in the Pub. Upstairs, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills near Central Station. 8pm approx. All welcome. Free. [email protected] Frog Hotel. Jam Night. Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Sts, Windsor. 7.30pm to late. Mark 0419 466 004Gosford Bush PoetsLast Wednesday night of every month 7pm. The Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann & Erina Sts Gosford. Everyone welcome to share in night of fun, friendship and great poetry. Contact Vic Jefferies, 02 96394911 or [email protected] AcousticTune Session Night 4th Friday of the monthfrom 7.30pm Gymea Tradies Club,Kingsway, Gymea (Kaimea room) Stringed and other instruments welcome Ability to play with others and have basic chord knowledge Welcome to listen Ph Ian Knight MOB 0438830374Blackheath Folk Club, 1st Thurs, 7.30pm, Ivanhoe Hotel, cnr Gt Wstn Hwy and Govetts Leap Rd. Christine Davies, Peter Duggan 4787 7246

Irish Music SessionsGaelic Club Surry Hills, 7pm. Irish music lessons, beginners and advanced, flute, fiddle, whistle, guitar, concertina. Irish Gaelic Club, Surry Hills, 0413 941 459, [email protected] Beer & Cheese NightThemed music nights, 1st Fri (except holidays), 8-10pm. Bring something to sing, eat, drink. Bush Music Club, Hut 44, Addison Rd Community Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville. 9569 7244, [email protected] Suburbs Poetry Group1st Friday, Church in the Market Place, Bondi Junction. 6.30-8.30pm. Gina 9349 6958Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Club 4th Fri, (Feb - Nov) 8pm, $7/$5, Springwood Neighbourhood Centre, Macquarie Rd (next to library and Oriental Hotel.) Visitors and floor performers welcome, Theresa 47518157, Jeannette 4754 4893SaturdayFairlight Folk Acoustic LoungeHeld 4 times a year, Feb, May, Aug. Nov (usually 1st Sat) 7.45pm. A comfortably enticing, relaxed environment in which to see quality live acoustic music. Ajfjter show - jam. BYO drinks and nibbles. Light refreshments available. William St Studios, Fairlight (The Baptist Church down from Sydney Rd. Contact Rosie 9948 7993. [email protected]

SundaySydney Scottish Fiddlers1st and 3rd Sun, 2-5pm, New Church, 4 Shirley Rd Roseville. All ages welcome. Trish 9416 2402.Irish Music SessionKellys, King Street, Newtown, 6pm. Enq. 9559 6300Music Session Hero of Waterloo, cnr Lower Fort St and Windmill Street, The Rocks. 6-10pm. Brendan 9818 4864Irish Music Session. 3rd Sunday. Bennet Hotel, Hamilton, 4-7.30pm Roz and Shane Kerr 44967 3167Irish Music Sessions - Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong 2pm.Hotel Illawarra Wollongong, 3rd Sunday, 3pm, spoken word, 5pm acoustic music

Irish Ceili Dances, live Ceili bands, 4th Sats, 7.30 - 11.30pm. Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry Hills. $10. Aisling 0413 941 459, [email protected] and Old Time Dance2nd Sat, 8pm, Uniting Church, 9-11 Bay St, Rockdale. $3 incl. supper. Chris Thom 9587 9966Scottish and Old Time DancingOrkney and Shetland Assoc. 3rd Sat, 8-11 pm. St David’s Hall, Dalhousie St, Haberfield. $3 inc. supper. Visitors most welcome. Jean Cooney 9874 5570.Macedonian Dance ClassRockdale. 6.30-8.30pm, $5. Y Kaporis 0412 861 187Mortdale Scottish DancersLearners night (for learners and experienced), 7.30- 9.30pm. Pensioners Welfare Club Hall, 76 Pitt Street, Mortdale. Pam Jehan 9580 8564.Sutherland Shire Folk Dance GroupInternational Dancing Como Girl Guides Hall, 10-11.30am. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813Linnéa Swedish FolkdancersEstonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills. New members welcome. For times contact Graeme Traves 9874 4194, [email protected]

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ACroSS ThE borDErACTMonaro Folk Society Inc, Post Office Box 482 Civic Square, ACT 2608. Lance Court (02) 6161 2426 www.monarofolk.org.au - The Merry Muse www.merrymuse.org.auNORThERN TERRITORY: Top End Folk Club, PO Box 41551, Casuarina, NT 0811. :Di Howard, 08 8945 0436 (ah), www.members.ozemail.com.au/qUEENSLAND Brisbane Folk Club, Larrie Cook 07 3345 1718.Cairns Folk Club, Ray Elias 07 4039 2493The Folk Rag (Mag), PO Box 108, Kingston Q4114, ph/fax 07 3208 4923, [email protected]. www.FolkRag.orgQld Colonial and Heritage Dancers. PO Box 3011, Yeronga 4104. Jan Orloff ph/fax 07 3848 7706, [email protected] Folk Festival. PO Box 1134, Woodford 4514. [email protected]; www.woodfordfolkfestival.com.TASMANiACeltic Southern Cross Folk Music Catalogue. Beth Sowter, [email protected]; www.celt.com.au; PO Box 100, Legana, as 7277.Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc. PO Box 1638 Hobart 7001. Peter Hicks 0409 216 752VICTORIABallarat Folk Club, John Ruyg 03 5332 7872Boite World Music Cafe, Fitzroy, 03 9417 3550 (w), http:// www.boite.asn.auGeelong Folk Club, 2nd. Fri - Coffee House Folk- singing and session - at Cafe Go! Bellerine St. Geelong, from 7.30pm. Last Fri - Upstairs at The Pancake Kitchen, Moorabool St. for songs and session. Contact: Marie Goldsworthy 03 5221 1813 or Jamie McKinnon 03 5261 3443Traditional Social Dance Assoc. of Victoria. Marion Stabb (03) 9439 7100Victorian Folk Music Club Inc. GPO Box 2025S, Melbourne 3001. Brian Venten 03 9884 9476, [email protected] Butler 03 9876 4366, [email protected] AUSTRALIAWA Folk Federation. PO Box 328, Inglewood, WA, 6932. Rob Oats 08 9375 9958.www.wafolk.iinet.net.au Email: [email protected]

People’s Chorus Practice, 6pm, Trades Hall Council Meeting Rooms (opp. Panthers’ Club, main entrance), Newcastle. Rod Noble 4962 3432 email: [email protected] Irish Set Dancers, Tuesdays, 7.30-9.00pm, Scots Kirk, Hamilton, Newcastle. Julia or Arthur, 4955 5701 [email protected], or <http://users.tpg.com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance/Hunter Bush Poets, 2nd Tuesday 7pm, Tarro Hotel; Ron Brown 4951 6186. Hunter Folk Dancers, Enquiries: Julia or Arthur on 02 4955 5701, Irish Music Session, Bennett Hotel, Hamilton, 3rd Sun, 4pm. Roz and Shane Kerr 4967 3167Newcastle Poetry in the Pub, 3rd Monday, 7.30pm, Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton. Glenn 4967 1460.Newcastle Strath Hunter Dancers, Mondays Adults 7.30pm, Wallsend Uniting Church. Thurs-days Juniors 4.15pm, Youth 5.30pm, All Saints Hall, New Lambton. Elma: 4943 3436.Tradewinds Acoustic/Folk Session, 2nd Sunday (Feb-Nov). 25 Queen St, Cooks Hill. 4-7pm. Carole Garland 4929 3912, [email protected] & Cornish Folk Dancing, Mon, 7.30-9.30pm, All Saints Anglican Hall, Cromwell St, New Lambton. Beginners and visitors always welcome. Enq. Margaret Kenning 4952 1327. Email: [email protected] Beehive, as requested. 8 Lewis St, Is-lington. Neville Cunningham 4969 4246. NOWRA:Balkan and International Folk Dance, Mon, 7.30pm, Cambewarra Hall. Suzi Krawczyk 4446 0569, [email protected] Folk Dance, Progress Hall, Boorawine Tce, Callala Bay. Tuesday (school term), 7.15-9pm. Maureen 446 6550, [email protected] Craic – 9 piece acoustic traditional Band. Tuesday 7.30-10 pm, John’s place. Chris Langdon 4446 1185, [email protected] or Mark Nangle 4454 5028, [email protected] Country Dance Group, Presbyterian Church Hall, Kinghome St (next to Woollies), Wed, 8pm, all welcome. Jill 4421 3570Shoalhaven Bush and Folk Dancing Club, Friday (school term, 8-10pm, Cambewarra Hall. Margaret 4421 0557.Shoalhaven Acoustic Music Assoc, Bomaderry Bowling Club, formal concerts, not always folk, approx quarterly. George Royter 4421 3470OBERON Music Club, fortnightly, Thurs, 8pm, Oberon Leagues Club. Neil Higgins 6337 5707.SOUThERN hIGhLANDSBowral Folk Club. 3rd Thurs, 8-10.30pm. Fentons Cocktail Bar, upstairs at the Grand Bar, 295 Bong Bong St, Bowral. Traditional music from around the world. 4861 4333, Brian Hayden 4861 6076.Burrawang Folk, 4887 7271Southern Highlands Recreational lnternational Folk Dance Group, Bowral Presb Church Hall, Bendooley St, Thurs (school term), 9-llam. Margaret 4861 2294 Southern Highlands Scottish Country Dance Group, Moss Vale Uniting Church, Cnr Argyll and Spring Streets, Wednesday, 7.30pm. All welcome. Enq. 4861 6471.TAREE, Lazarka International Folk Dance Group, Manning River Steiner School Hall, Tues. 5.30-8.30pm, Sandra 6552 5142.WAGGA WAGGA Downside Bush Dance & Open Mic, Tin Shed Rat-tlers, 1st Sat, Noel Raynes 6928 5541.WAUChOPE, 1st Saturday Concert with in-vited artists 7.30 pm 3rd Saturday Open perfor-mance session 7.30 at Café Blue Frog, High St. Enq,John 6585 1488 email [email protected] (near Griffith) Bidgee Folk Club3rd Sun. Whitton Hotel, Whiton 1pm - 5pm. 02 6954 4019WOLLONGONGBluegrass Jam Session, 3rd Sat each

BATEMANS BAY: Scottish Country Dancing, Batemans Bay Caledonian Society -Tuesday 7.30pm at Batemans Bay Bowling Club - visitors welcome. Warren 4457 2065, Max 4472 5184BAThURST: Bathurst Folk Club, occasional concerts, touring and local artists. Different venues. Bruce Cam-eron 02 6331 1129, www.bathurstfolkclub.org.auBELLINGEN: Celtic Australian Session.. Saturday from midday, Church Street tables. John 66555898, Carole 66551225BLUE MOUNTAINS: Blue Mountains Heritage Dancers, Wednesday in term time, 7-9pm. Wentworth Falls SOA. 217 Great Westn Hwy. Caroline 0439 314 948, [email protected] or Patrick 0412 786 988BRAIDWOOD: Braidwood Folk Music Club meets every 3rd Thurs-day now at the Anglican Church Hall, BYO everything. Info Erika 4842 2505; performers Sue 4842 8142Tallaganda Dance Troupe. Folk dance, Mon. 9.30am (Noela 4842 8004. Belly dance. 11.30am. (Erika 4842 2505) 35 Coronation Ave, Braidwood.BROKEN hILL: Occasional acoustic jam nights at Bell’s Milk Bar. Contact Broken Hill Art Exchange, (08) 80088 3171CENTRAL COAST: Troubadour Folk ClubCentral Coast, 2nd Sun, 1.30pm, CWA Hall, Woy Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, Woy Woy. Admission: $7 members/$8 conc. & other folk club mems/$10 non members. Includes afternoon tea. Tel. Frank or Marilyn 4342 9099, Fax 4325 7362. Email: [email protected] www.troubadour.org.au/folk/index.htm..COBARGO: Yuin Folk Club, Occasional Folk Nights. Enq. Coral Vorbach or Graeme Fryer 6493 6758. [email protected], website: www.cobargofolkfestival.com COOMA, International Folk Dancing, Uniting Church Hall, Soho St, Thurs, 6pm. Fran 6453 3282 (h)DUBBO FOLK CLUB, 2nd Sun, 2.30pm, Castlere-agh Hotel. All welcome. Di Clifford 6882 0498GOSFORD BUSh POETS - last Wednesday night of every month 7pm. The Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann & Erina Sts Gosford. Everyone welcome to share in night of fun, friendship and great poetry. Contact Vic Jefferies, 02 96394911 or [email protected]. Bush traditions sessions at the Old Goulburn Brewery. 1st Fri (except Jan & April), 7.30pm. Bradley Grange, Bungonia Rd, Goulburn. David Johnson 4884 4214 bushtraditions.org/sessions/goulburnsession.htmIrish and Celtic music sessions at the Old Goulburn Brewery. 3rd Fri. Bradley Grange, Bungonia Rd. 4821 6071.GULGONG FOLK CLUB, PO Box 340, Gulgong NSW 2852, Bob Campbell 02 6373 4600, gulgongfolkfestival.comKIAMA “No Such Thing”. Yvonne O’Grady and Alan Musgrove host an Australian tune session suitable for beginners every Monday in Kiama. Yvonne 02 4233 1073, [email protected] BUSh DANCE, Wed nights, Ray Flynn Hall. Glenys Ritchie 6622 4258NEWCASTLE: Bush and Colonial Dancing, 3rd Sund each month 2-4pm. Beginners and visitors always welcome. All Saints Anglican Hall, New Lambton. Enq. Margaret Ken-ning 02 4952 1327 email: [email protected] or Bill Propert 02 4946 5602 email [email protected] and Hunter Valley Folk Club, 1st Sat. 7.30pm (not Jan) Wesley Fellowship House, Beau-mont St, Hamilton. or Elaine Velt (H) 4943 1552.Ron Brown (W) 4926 1313 [email protected], www.newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.auLakeside Folk Cirle, 4th Sunday, every month. Teralba Community Hall, Anzac Pade, Lake Macquarie. 4-7pm. $2.50. Paul 4959 6030. [email protected]

rEGioNAL EVENTS month. 7.30-11pm. Thirroul Neighbour-hood Centre next to post office.lllawarra Folk Club, 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au Jamberoo: Session, Jamberoo Pub, Thurs, 7.30pm. [email protected]’s Breakfast, Wed. 7,.15am. Wollon-gong Writers’ Centre, Town Hall, Corrimal St. Tony Stoddart, [email protected] Folk Club, 12.30pm, Mondays, Fridays. Old timey, bluegrass, Celtic session. Duck Pond (in front of library), University of Wollongong. David Harman, [email protected] White Heather Scottish Country Dance Group, Mon, 7.30 -10pm, St Andrew’s Church Hall, Kembla St. All welcome. Arnold Thurl-ing 4228 1986 or Grace Halliday 4229 3480Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club, Bush Dance, Wed, 8pm, musos and dancers all welcome, Com-munity Hall, West Dapto Rd, Wongawilli. David 0409 57 1788. www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au:

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The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 13The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au

Industry Insightswith Nick Charles

“Put your best foot forward”You know I used to consider myself unemployed if I

didn’t have at least four gigs in a week! Now as I sit here writing this column in my “winter of discontent” (my father would have been so proud of me quoting the bard) it’s patently obvious that things are unlikely to return to those days. Now I’m referring to being essentially one city based.

Nothing stays the same in music. Venues change owners, fashions come and go and the entertainment dollar, more than ever, is under constant assault from new sources.

In the late 70s and early 80s Melbourne and other capitals had a remarkable live performance scene. On any given night you could go to dozens of venues in town and watch great original performers in a variety of genres. Pub rock was in its hay day, the folk club scene was very strong and fortunes were being made by live music promoters (more on that later).

I keep old diaries and it’s remarkable to see what was actually happening. I was in a band opening for a reasonably established act in a medium sized venue in Melbourne on a Tuesday night. We’re talking 1979. The venue took in nearly a thousand people! On a Tuesday! Fast forward to Tuesday in Melbourne 2010 and try to find a venue. Ah yes there is.. One! There are five bands on, one after the other, no door charge, and a boisterous crowd of at least ten people. Two friends per band!

I do believe the modern, young players that I know are blissfully and thankfully unaware of this history. I’m not trying to rattle on about the good old days, I’m just trying to look for clues and ways that we can reach and hold the people again on a week to week basis. These days much of the performance attention falls on festivals, something of a phenomenon of our times. Some have been going for a long time whilst others sprout up in the most surprising places. The only problem for the stay at home musician is what do you do in between? Some years you’ll hardly land a festival at all. Everybody is applying for them now, no matter what level of expertise they exhibit. It must be tough to sift through the huge range of genres, talents and spin accompanying all this.

One thing I can suggest is don’t jump in until you’re ready, musically. I’ll say it again- your next performance could be your last if you really blow it! Having said that, you’ll probably get another chance or two, but you’ll be on borrowed time. Rehearsal, repertoire and a musical contribution aren’t totally dependent on “funny hats”. “Funny hats” will only get you so far and after all they don’t translate well to CD, do they?

I guess what I’m also saying is, that I understand the impatience of a young or new player to get out there and perform, but make sure you are ready and that means rehearsed, confident and efficient. Instruments prepared! Just this year at a festival, a player on stage with a resophonic guitar, a full house etc, asked me, “can these things be amplified, and how much does it cost?” I don’t know about

you kind reader, but that seems a little discourteous to an audience, and more than a little unprofessional and foolhardy.

Now it’s probably fair to say that the average listener might not know why things aren’t going smoothly, or they sound bad, but most people have an inbuilt “off” switch and you can easily hit it!

This, in a roundabout way leads me back to the start of this article and the state of play here and overseas. There are really precious few chances and when they do come up, you do, more than ever, need to grab hold with both hands.

An exaggerated or false spin on your career or credentials won’t count for much either! Here’s an interesting tale. I was playing at the Edinburgh Festival some years ago, and if you’ve been there in festival season you’ll know it’s quite a circus. Thousands of acts, every square inch of poster space is covered and re-covered the minute you turn your back and the variety of artists is staggering. We walked past a poster that proudly proclaimed someone I’d never heard of (before or since) “Australia’s greatest blues guitarist!” This was interesting, so we went along to the show only to find it had been cancelled or ended after a few songs and a fast departing audience. The moral here is “you might be able to get them in, but you’ve still got to hold them!”

So in summary for now what I’m saying is, put your best foot forward at all times, especially if you want longevity in this business and certainly don’t confuse the spate of reality “star maker” shows with the real nitty gritty of the music world.

Incidentally I mentioned earlier the vast numbers and fortunes made in the glory days of pub rock. There’s a fair argument to be made that those promoters, agents and their like who feasted on the gains at the time are responsible for its disappearance. On so many occasions I and others of my generation can recall the appalling conditions for the players and the mistreatment and neglect of the audience and facilities. It was pure, massive profit for a few and nothing for the rest.

In retrospect it was only a matter of time before the masses generally tired of the situation and sought entertainment elsewhere. We need to keep the quality up and win back the people.

Now I’m heading out on the road again- that’s my plan of attack!


First proposed in the early 1980’s, the first edition of the book was launched at the 2010 National Folk Festival. Compiled by Brian Dunnett, using contributions from the Railway Songs Blogspot and other sources and edited by Ralph Pride, it contains 37 songs, with music, in a spiral bound book for easy use by performers.

This collection of Australian Railway songs has been brought together by the Bush Music Club as a working book of material that can be used by bands and individuals for developing concerts and other performances on the theme of Australian Railways.

For over 150 years songwriters, poets musicians and writers have observed and recorded many aspects of Australian railway life. Many of the songs and poems came directly from those who were employed in building or operating national railway systems. Others items came from those who used railways as passengers, or recall trains amongst their earliest memories.

Collecting the experiences of railways recorded by songwriters and poets across thousands of miles of Australian railway tracks remains a huge task. In presenting this small collection as a working source of railway related material the Bush Music Club encourages bands and individual performers songwriters poets and other writers to expanded their repertory by seeking other material from sources such as Australian Railway Heritage groups like the Werris Creek Railway Museum, folk clubs, current railway workers and their unions as well producing their own items.

It is available from the Bush Music Club Inc, GPO Box 433, Sydney, 2001. Cost $20, incl. P&P. Enquiries - 9642 7950

BUSh MUSIC CLUB LAUNChES “RAILWAY SONGS BOOK”, NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL 2010

Workshop at National Folk Festival 2010. Photo courtesy Sandra Nixon.

Ali & ToumaniAli Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate. World

Circuit (through Fuse Music)Following on from their first collaboration of 2005, “In

The Heart Of The Moon”, Ali and Toumani do it again with another set of beautiful mesmerising tunes and songs, this time ably accompanied by Toure’s son Vieux and Cuban double-bassist Orlando “Cachaito” Lopez (from Buena Vista Social Club). This was both Ali’s and Orlando’s last recording. One would never know from the music that Ali was already in pain, a prelude to his death in 2006.

Like “In The Heart Of The Moon”, these mostly instrumental sessions were recorded over three days, this time in London rather than Bamako, and the mood of the album is quite similar, as is the chemistry. So if you loved that one, you’ll love this. Ali’s traditions are from the north of Mali, Toumani’s Mande traditions are from the south, but despite differences in age and background this is a meeting of minds and spirit, with Toumani’s kora improvisations seamlessly cascading over and weaving in and out of Ali’s bluesy guitar and voice. A little more polished than its predecessor, with a few re-workings of Ali’s tunes thrown in, this is another very intimate jam session so nicely recorded it remains compelling from the first note to the last, music to soothe the most savage of beasts.

Master collaborations like this deserve to be heard. Do yourself a favour.Julius Timmerman

Life goes on with its old win and loseAnd I don’t regret a single thing I’ve

done.It’s the same road just night and day

And it takes you round one more timeAnd then you’re gone.

Alistair Hulett 1973Kate

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Folk TraxIn June we hope to have on the website a few new Australian

CDs. It is “The original and the best”, yes that can only be the Wheeze and Suck Band. This is their 4th CD “Wheeze ‘n’ Onion”. Once again a collection of well known songs and own compositions in a way only the “Wheeze and Suck Band” can do. Warren Fahey is always working on something, he never sits still. This time 2 new CDs through Rouseabout Records. Here we have “2 Definitely R Rated Bawdy songs” CDs. We have Major Bumsore and the Knackers and Knockers Band. You probably have heard some of the songs in a different context, well at least I had! Yes here we hear real Australian music. The names of these CDs? Sing Us Anothery Dirty Buggery and Rooted In The Country. Back in 2005 Warren published a book for the culinary folk amongst us. Tucker Track is a unique treasury of Australia’s fascinating culinary traditions. Warren explains where the tucker comes from and often finds a song to go with it as well as a recipe or two. Margaret Fulton writes on the front ‘What a joy to be reminded of so much lore and wisdom from our childhood’ . Great reading at only $20.00 plus p & p. Eric Bogle’s recent tour went really well I was told. If you went to one of his concerts and missed out on the songbook, DVD or CDs you will still find them at www.folktrax.com.

We still offer the 10% discount to members of participating Folk Federations, The Folk Alliance and readers of the Folk Rag.Keep on FolkingHenk and Jan de Weerd

The Maleny Celtic Winter SchoolMusic at the top of the range

A weekend of musical skills development, tuition, exploration and fun.

Some of Australia’s top practitioners of traditional Celtic music will gather in the Sunshine Coast hinterland town of Maleny this June for the second Maleny Celtic Winter School.

If Celtic music makes you tap your feet, if you’re looking for a new way to extend your existing skills, or if you’ve always wanted to join in with the thrill of the session, you can join students and players of every level of ability attending classes in traditional music played on a variety of instruments.

Classes in 2010 The 2010 school will include all of these and more, with our program extended to include classes for absolute beginners in flute and whistle, and violin. Further information:Visit our website at www.malenyceltic.org for details of our tutors, classes and registration information. To find out more, email us at [email protected] or by phone on 0416 032 573.

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