by Charlotte Beck | Jul 17, 2024 | ARTISTS
JOHN SMITH (ENG) He was dubbed the future of folk music by Pentangle’s John Renbourn, but singer-songwriter John Smith’s unique synthesis of styles puts him halfway across the Atlantic. The Living Kind is his masterpiece in American atmospherics: a true musician’s...
by Charlotte Beck | Jul 17, 2024 | ARTISTS
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by Charlotte Beck | Jul 17, 2024 | ARTISTS
KRISTIN HERSH (USA) The inimitable Kristin Hersh is a musician’s musician, a songwriter’s songwriter, and an innovator’s innovator. Her first band, Throwing Muses, began recording and playing out when they were just 14 years old and they’re...
by Charlotte Beck | Jul 17, 2024 | ARTISTS
KUTCHA EDWARDS From the wings of a darkened stage drifts the evocative, slightly haunting sound of clap sticks. A stoically paced figure slowly emerges singing in his traditional language. This signals the introduction to a Kutcha Edwards performance. He uses his...
by Charlotte Beck | Jul 16, 2024 | ARTISTS
LIAN HUSI TIMOR Lian Husi Timor in English means, ‘Sounds of the East.’ Members of Warrnambool’s vibrant and emerging Timor Leste community created this group for a debut Folkie performance in 2023. Initially as a way to open the door here in...
by Charlotte Beck | Jul 17, 2024 | ARTISTS
LITTLE QUIRKS Australian folk-rock songbirds Little Quirks produce an unforgettable explosive energy, that transports their audiences into a smile inducing state. With an all-female front and youthful love for performing, a fresh unbridled joy emanates in every...