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John Broomhall, Bob Fagan, Pat Drummond, Margaret Fagan in chorus at the birthday concert

Folk Music Alive and Well with the NSW Folk Fed Starting the year with a concert at the Folk Festival’s 25th Anniversary the NSW Folk Federation celebrates forty years of supporting the folk community.

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NSW Folk Federation, 1970 The success of the Port Jackson Folk Festival, 1970, a healthy bank balance, and people interested to help was the impetus to set up the NSW Folk Federation. The aim of the Federation was to present folk music and lore as it existed in Australia at the time in all its most genuine and valuable musical, social, historical and cultural forms. The steering committee was the same as the festival committee, and Danny Watson set about selling memberships, and distributing leaflets. New members were seconded to the NSW Folk Festival committee as original members left. The Federation printed its first newsletter in May, full of local and national folk news. A large crowd attended its first AGM, held on Sunday 11th October, 1970 which was followed by a folk dance. At the AGM Declan Affley and myself both stood for and were elected to the committee Other committee members were Bernard Bolan, Ian Cantley, Derek Chetwyn, John Currie, John Dengate, Mike Eves, Warren Fahey, John Francis, Frank French, Ken Greenhalgh, Frank Maher, Geoff Searle, Ann Street and Danny Watson. Committee members were mainly a mix of folksingers, singer/songwriters and folk club and festival organisers. There were not many women on the committee which reflected the composition of the folk music scene then. Colleen Burke

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 3 dates for your diary February 2010 Monday 1st Beecroft Community Centre, Beecroft ►Central Coast Bush Dance BMC Dance Workshop Rd. 8pm-12. $17, $14, $12. Helen 9626 ‘21st Century and Old Time for Twelfth Birthday Party, with Ryebuck, 7816, www.bushmusic.org.au Social Dance Night’. Leader Felicity caller Margaret Bolliger. All dances Hattingh. Pennant Hills Community Sunday 7th taught. East Gosford Progress Hall, cnr Centre, Yarrara Rd. 7.30-9.30pm. ►Engadine House Concert. Wells St and Henry Parry Drive. 7.30- $7. Felicity 9456 2860 Alistair Brown (www.alistairbrown. 11.30pm. $17, $14, $8; under-12 $5. com/) has been singing old songs, and Robyn or Richard, 4344 6484, www. Friday 5th new songs by people who like old ccbdma.org/ ‘The Big Dance’ - party ►Beer & Cheese Night songs, since he was 15. He helped out Balkan style! Dances from easy to ‘Hard Yakka.’ Doing it hard - in folk clubs of his native Scotland more complex led by dancemaster wherever - whoever. Bring songs in the ‘60s, among many great names Gary Dawson. Music by ARIA winning on the theme - and a supper in folk music. He is popular across Mara! band, with Martenitsa choir. contribution. Bush Music Club, Hut North America, Australia, NZ and UK, Lane Cove Country Club, River Rd, 44, Addison Rd Community Centre, with his big ballads, comic ditties, Northwood. $20, $15, family $50. 4751 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville. songs of struggles against temptation, 4910, [email protected] 8-10pm. $5, $4. 9569 7244, odes to conviviality, and outrageously [email protected] ►Fairlight Folk. funny stories - accompanied by anglo Wheeze and Suck Band. William St ►Rubys Place concertina, button accordion and Doc Jones & The Lechery Studios, 3 William St, Fairlight. 7.30pm. harmonica. He has hosted programs 0438 091 885,www.fairlightfolk.com Orchestra, + On The Stoop. 95 on Canadian and US radio for many Monday 15th Roscoe St (cnr Gould St), Bondi years. 2pm. $20, $15, incl. home made BMC Dance Workshop, ‘Social Beach. www.chapelbythesea. afternoon tea. Booking essential: Dance Night’, possibly with live music. unitingchurch.org.au/ 9130 3445, Margaret 9520 6180, 0403 936 785, Leader Felicity Hattingh. Pennant Hills [email protected] [email protected] Community Centre, Yarrara Rd. 7.30- Saturday 6th ►Gary Shearston 9.30pm. $7. Felicity 9456 2860 ►The Shack The Harp Hotel, Tempe. Enq. 9559 Friday 19th Pat Drummond and Karen Lynne. 6300 Pat is a prize-winning performer; Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Folk Club. Monday 8th Wheeze and Suck Band. www. and a songwriter whose songs BMC Dance Workshop, ‘21st are detailed social snapshots wheezeandsuck.com Floor spots. Century & Old Time for Social Dance Candle-lit venue, tea and coffee of ordinary Australians. His 12 Night’. Leader Felicity Hattingh. CDs are a stunning record of the provided. BYOG and nibbles. Pennant Hills Community Centre, Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear Willow Park past two decades. Karen won the Yarrara Rd. 7.30-9.30pm. $7. Felicity 2003 Independent Country Music Community Centre, Edgeworth David 9456 2860 Ave, Hornsby. 8pm (doors 7.30pm). Female Vocalist of the Year. She Tuesday 9th has four and seven Top 10 $15. Enq, table bookings, Barry Parks Sydney Balalaika Orchestra. 9807 9497, [email protected] Country Hits. + Chloe Hall Trio, Sutherland School of Arts, East Parade. Monday 22nd back from tour of Canada and 8pm. $20, $16. Lynn 9521 7170. More BMC Dance Workshop, ‘Combining Europe. Engaging, charismatic information at www.balalaika.com.au alternative folk, with gorgeous 3- Sequences for Couples’. Leader Richard Thursday 11th part harmonies, great songs and Shaw, tbc. Pennant Hills Community . Rhubee buckets of energy. Joyful, uplifting. Sutherland Acoustic Centre, Yarrara Rd. 7.30-9.30pm. $7. Neal, Aboriginal singer/ songwiter/ ‘Chloe’s ... storytelling is open and Felicity 9456 2860 educator, will sing songs (some never fresh’ (John Warner, Trad & Now). heard) inspired by her sister Letty Saturday 20th + Milton Brown – surfer/ musician/ Scott who died last year. Letty was an Balmain Bush Dance with Urban school teacher. His two lifetime amazing artist, songwriter and activist Scrub (BMC Concert Party), caller Don recreations culminated in musical against deaths in custody. Songs also Richmond. All dances taught. Rozelle contributions to works by Andrew from Rhubee and friends. + The Sign, Campus, Sydney College, 25 Terry St. Kidman and by Pico (among others). original duet, formed in 1999 by Pall 8pm-12. $17, $14, $12. Don 9642 7250, Originals and personal favourites. and Joey Dee. Rock, blues, pop and www.bushmusic.org.au Tramshed Community Arts Centre, folk influences. Great vocals, excellent 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen Wednesday 24th harmonies, compelling lyrics, 12-string (betw. car park & Ambulance ►Neil Murray and 6-string acoustic . Gymea Station in shopping centre). Free The Harp Hotel, Tempe. Enq. 9559 Trade Union Club (Tradies), Kingsway, tea, coffee. BYO drinks, nibbles. 6300 Gymea. 7.30pm. $15, $10. Raffles. 7.30-11pm. $15. 0413 635 856, Friday 26th [email protected] Floor spots available. Jenny 9576 2301, Maeve 9520 5628 Martenitsa Fundraiser - 3rd in the ►Beecroft Bush Dance - 6-pack of free Italian film & music with Sydney Coves, caller Steve Saturday 13th Lockwood. All dances taught.

4 The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 Dobsons Printing Pty Ltd (02) 9417 0239 nights, raising funds for the choir’s 2010 trip taking music to Italy. “Quo The Folk Federation’s Vadis, Baby”, filmnoir, details at www. maramusic.com. au. Food 6.30pm, End of Year Folk Bash concert 7pm, film 7.30pm. Tables available. Raffles, prizes, guest choir & bands. Five Dock RSL, upstairs, 66 Great North Rd, Five Dock. Donations at the door. Come early or book at stickytickets.com.au Saturday 27th The Loaded Dog - Australian Gothic - John Warner and Jenni Cole. Songs and poems about life on the farm - duckhouse cleaning, dinosaurs, high jumping sheep, other rural curiosities. Early ‘90s, John stayed with farm friends near Canberra - leading to his ‘Murrumbateman Brown Period’ (incl.his Horses of the World trilogy). [‘Brown’ - the result of mucking out the Corner Brook - Bridie Burke, Cory Clarke, Ben Stephenson duck hut.] Jenni - his farm friend - is very droll and perceptive in her poems December at the Gaelic Club was a wonderful and haiku of farm life. + (Equal billing) success thanks to an excellent cooperative effort Paul Hemphill, multi-award winning of the Committee under the benign dictatorship songwriter, has performed throughout of Margaret Walters - with Jim, Dallas, Pam, Australasia and UK, solo and in Terry, Peter and Anthony contributing heaps on HuldreFolk. Poetic licence; particular the day. Early on Terry, Wayne and Julie were take on history, pain and pandemonium; terrific with helping with the promo, and Sandra dubious anthems to power, pride, and took lots of wonderful photos of the event to prejudice. Poetry and music, horror and share. Colleen was very supportive too. humour. Vikings, Romans, Mongols, The performers all accommodated to the Spanish Inquisition! Annandale demands made of them and were most generous Neighbourhood Centre, upstairs, 79 with their time. The final line-up was: John Johnston St. 8pm. $14, $12, BYO, Warner, Solidarity Choir, Peter-Miller Robinson, supper available. Sandra 9358 4886, Colleen Burke, a mix of Triantan and the Margaret & Bob Fagan www.theloadeddog.org.au Roaring Forties, Cornerbrook, Kate Maclurcan, ►The Troubadour. Margaret and Bob Fagan, Black Joak Morris’s Kate Landsberry and friends. + Slightly Mummers Play and Mothers of Intention. The More Off (Carl and Leila Desborough, formal concert was followed by a meal and a and Frank and Marilyn Russell). Floor session – in all, an eight-hour frolic! spots available, supper provided. CWA Funds raised with door takings and raffle etc Hall (opp Fisherman’s Wharf), The will enable the Folk Federation to donate $1000 Boulevarde, Woy Woy. 7pm. $10, $8, to the Declan Affley Youth Encouragement $7, children free with paying adult. Award. We are most grateful to the festivals at 4341 4060 (AH), 0417 159 540. www. Port Fairy, Woodford, Cobargo, Blue Mountains, troubadour.org.au Black Joak Morris Kangaroo Valley, Ironfest and Gulgong who all “A Mummers Play” donated double passes for their events. Other donations for prizes came from Colleen Burke, the Fagans and the Roaring Forties, and the Gaelic Club kindly donated back the rent on the Regional and ACT premises. Sunday 21st There were a number of non-folkies who ‘Singing the South’. Phyl Lobl, with attended who were favourably impressed with the afternoon concert and we hope to have a 17 new songs, and Shayna Stewart, ‘For The Folk Fed & St George’ John Broomhall, Alan Morrison, Bob much closer association with the Gaelic Club in McInnes, Stuart Leslie, Johnny Spillane. future. Kiama Show Pavilion. 2-4pm. $20, from Visitors Centre, Kiama, or at the door. 4232 4220.

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 5 TH Festivals, Workshops, 15 COBARGO FOLK FESTIVAL Schools The Cobargo Folk Festival planned for 2010 is small enough to be personal Three’s Company and preserve the traditional elements of folk music in Australia but following 26th - 28th February 2010 the trend of recent years, the organizers 15th Cobargo Folk Festival have broadened the concept of ‘folk’ www.cobargofolkfestival.com to include a wide range of music, 5th - 8th March 2010 comedy, poetry, multicultural dance Port Fairy Folk Festival and elements of , blues, bluegrass www.portfairyfolkfestival.com and country. Dates are 26th, 27th 28th 12th - 10th March 2010 February, 2010. Blue Mountains Festival of Folk Roots & Concerts and performances will Blues www.bmff.org.au commence at 2pm on Friday in some 11th - 21st March 2010 venues and by Saturday and Sunday Brunswick Music Festival eight marquees and halls will be providing continuous entertainment throughout the www.brunswickmusicfestival.com weekend.. A feature planned for Friday night is a re-creation of an 1890’s evening of entertainment 19th - 21st March 2010 in Cobargo. Local historian, Fiona Firth, will show how the family and community Yackandandah Folk Festival performed for each other and provided their own recitals, monologues, music, melodrama www.folkfestival.yackandandah.com and dance. 9th - 11th April This year a great line up of talent includes the irreverent and shameless Mic Conway in a Fairbridge Festival WA circus of comedy, magic and music accompanied by Robbie Long, the current Australian Flat www.fairbridgefestival.com Pick Champion – Margret RoadKnight, a legend in the folk and jazz world both here 1st - 5th April 2010 and overseas, Three’s Company, My Wife Deirdre,and a reunion of the famous Department National Folk Festival of Bluegrass Band. www.folkfestival.asn.au Lhamo Dolma was born in eastern Tibet in 1979 and 2nd - 3rd April 2010 Lhamo Dolma has been performing traditional Tibetan dances and songs Four Winds Festival on her own. Lhamo Dolma has inherited a great love of www.fourwinds.com Tibetan traditional music from her mother and grandmother 9th - 11th April, 2010 Lhamo is now living and performing in Australia. She often Fairbridge Festival WA accompanies herself with a guitar-like Tibetan instrument www.fairbridgefestival.com called a dranyen. 23rd - 26th April Festival Goers are invited to attend the workshops for St Albans Folk Festival guitar, , , accordion, , songwriting and www.stalbansfolkfestival.com singing – come along and join in the singing and poetry 11th - 14th June 2010 sessions or perform at the open mic venues. Snowy Mountains of Music Enq. 1300 811 324 belinda@snowymountai For dancers there is a variety of nsofmusic.com.au dancing from Contra Dance to Scottish, Irish, Yiddish, Flamenco, bush dance and Tango. There is an improved dance venue – so if you want to dance the nights and days away head for Cobargo. A special dance feature will be Elena Varga who has studied and performed along side some of Spain’s most famous flamenco artists including Eva la Yerbabuena, La Susi, Carmen Carmona and La Taburete and is most certainly one of Australia’s foremost Flamenco dancers and choreographers having performed in some of the country’s major productions - Elena will be conducting an introduction to and demonstration to of flamenco dancing. The ‘Crossing’ will again be a venue dedicated to performances and Illawarra FF - Pat Drummond workshops for young at Folk Fed Birthday Concert people, providing an Elena Varga opportunity for all Tony King & Kris Ralph to learn sound and stagecraft, songwriting and to improve their Any items/photos from club activities musical skills. in the last 40 years we would love to hear from you. Please send to - The Cobargo Folk Festival is run entirely by volunteers from the Yuin Folk Club Inc, [email protected] club members and the local community. Check out the website for further information, www.cobargofolkfestival.com. $65 Early Bird adult weekend, $25 for youth. Ticket Enquiries: 6493 6758

6 The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 Dobsons Printing Pty Ltd (02) 9417 0239 ‘By Request’ BLUE MOUNTAINS Night Shanty Session’ The James Craig Shanty Session Thursday, 11th February (earlier this month) MUSICWhat do Loudon Wainwright FESTIVAL III, Richard Thompson, Janis Ian, 2010 Bruce Cock- Thursday and coincides with the birthdays burn, Eddi Reader, Luka Bloom, Eric Bibb, Paul Kelly, Ralph McTell, Sarah Blas- of Sandra Nixon and John Warner (John ko, The Whitlams, Kate Miller-Heidke, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, Jeff Lang, turns 60 on 16th Feb - Sandra’s just a young thing.). We’ll be starting at 7pm this night. Bert Jansch, Harry Manx and Martin Carthy all have in common? Over the past To recognise the wonderful work these few years they’ve all travelled to Katoomba to play at the Blue Mountains Music two stalwart supporters of the Craig do Festival, Folk, Roots and Blues. They and a long roll call of some of Australia’s and - Sandra as the organiser of the best folk the world’s best acoustic performers have helped to establish this upper mountains club in Australia and John as superb song- gig as one of the country’s essential festival experiences. writer - we’ll give them the pleasure of This popular festival has gained a reputation for its friendly vibe and quality requesting their favourite songs from those programming and has risen to become one of the best on the circuit. The Blue in attendance; and there’ll be a segment Mountains Music Festival is held at Katoomba and is two hours west of Sydney by when all comers can make a request of a road or rail. Tickets are available online only on www.bmff.org.au song from John. (Margaret says she’ll bring a list of his compositions and what she can March 12, 13, 14 2010 will see the Blue Mountains celebrate this internation- of his repertoire so you can make a stab ally respected event for the fifteenth time. The years have been a huge parade of at selecting something you’ve not heard exceptional music. And now there’s a lot more to come. before.) In short - it’s a “BY REQUEST” night Nanci Griffiths joins the lineup - so expect a night of splendid chorus songs Bob Charter because there’s nothing these two like more than songs sung in harmony. and Al Ward, the Please BRING A PLATE. Email Dawn, [email protected] with details of directors of the what food you are bringing 15th annual Blue NO ALCOHOL is allowed to be consumed on board, while the ship is Mountains Music alongside the wharf. As this is a bring-a-plate night, visitors Festival of Folk, are asked to donate $5 which goes totally Roots & Blues are towards the maintenance of the vessel. To become a member of Sydney Heritage Fleet pleased to announce go to http://ww.shf.org.au/Application/ recent new signings Application.html - the cost is $55 per year ($30 concession). to the 2010 festival Attention all Harpists! bill. Iconic U.S. Would you like to be part of a Sydney-based singer/songwriter, Harp Ensemble? It’s more fun than playing on your own. Nanci Griffith. Meetings will be held every two months on a Saturday afternoon at ALSO Western ‘Humph Hall’ 85 Allambie Road, Australia’s Grace Barbé and Melbourne outfit, The Little Stevies have joined an Allambie Heights from 1 - 3.30pm. th already impressive line-up of international and Aussie performers. In a bumper The first meeting will be on 27 Feb. 2010. program over three nights and two days, the 2010 festival features around 100 Music and MP3’s are available from a website or may be sent to you snail mail. It diverse artists in over 80 concerts. The 8 festival stages range from intimate venues is anticipated that you learn whatever parts to vast circus style tents. you choose before we get together. The first The lineup also includes: Chris Smither (USA), Brian Kennedy (Ireland), few sessions will be taken by Cliona Molins Eleanor McEvoy (Ireland), Dougie Maclean (Scotland); Uncle Earl (USA), and then it is hoped we will encourage other professionals to direct a session. Gregory Page (USA), Josh White Jr. (USA), John McCutcheon(USA), Truckstop If you are interested contact Noni Dickson Honeymoon(USA), WhiteTop Mountaineers (USA), Emily Smith & Jamie Email - [email protected] McClennan(Scotland), Kim Richey(USA), Bob Malone(USA), Genticorum Tel. 9653 3691 (Canada), Jeff Lang & Djan Djan, The Pigram Brothers, Noriko Tadano, James Valentine Quartet, Vince Jones Band, Kerrianne Cox, One Africa, Moju Juju & The Snakeoil Merchants, Mikelangelo and The Black Sea Gentlemen, The Kransky Sisters, The Snaketown Rattlers, Glenn Cardier, The Gail Page Trio, Bruce Mathiske, Chris Wilson Band, The Crooked Fiddle Band, The Blues Preachers, Tom Richardson, Pat Drummond, Kate Rowe, Andrea Soler and MORE!!

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 7 Maysie Tucker 1923 – 2009 Maysie called me her ‘Svengali’, but Maysie Tucker, Niney Brice and Gwen Negus I’m sure it was a compliment. — Ballad Singers Yes, I did indeed utilize her talents and It was a book of Niney Brice’s poetry that first spurred Rob Willis into tracking amazing repertoire of songs but only to the singer down to her house at Dalmeny on the South Coast of New South record, preserve and pass on to future Wales. Niney told Rob of her family’s singing, and persuaded her sisters Maysie generations of traditional, and other, Tucker and Gwen Negus (nee Stanton) to come to Dalmeny, where Rob and John singers. Harpley recorded them in July 1997. She also took the time to type out many of her Over the many years we knew Maysie remembered songs. she presented us with more individual The Stanton family had itchy feet and moved house frequently. Some of the songs than anyone else we have ever girls’ happiest memories were of the Burragorang Valley of New South Wales recorded for the National Library of in the late 1930’s. The isolation of this area, later submerged under Sydney’s Australia’s folklore collection – over Warragamba Dam, was not a problem to the large family. With little transport, no 300 separate items. Most of them we radio and little communication with the outside world, the parents taught their eight had not heard before. children songs that had been passed down for generations. The girls remember Maysie’s songs ranged from children’s ‘harmonising in the cowyard’. The family also held their own concerts, with the ditties through war ballads learnt from children singing or reciting in order of age. her father to popular songs of the day, a Charles Stanton, the children’s father, had fought in World War I and enlisted most amazing repertoire in World War II despite being in his fifties. Mr Stanton was very patriotic, and Maysie was the most warm hearted this trait was passed on to the children. All ‘did their bit’ during World War II by and sharing lady you would wish to serving, working in industry or joining the Land Army. This patriotism is also meet. Great friendships were formed reflected in the songs he passed on to the children with such titles as ‘The Star- with my wife Olya and myself as well Crossed Flag of Australia’, ‘Australia Will Be There’, ‘Oh Sydney I Love You’ and as younger singers. She was featured ‘This Little Bit of the World Belongs to Us’ on Jenny Gall’s NLA folk fellowship The Stanton sisters each had a store of old songs reflecting their English and CD ‘Picking up Threads’ in 2008 as Australian ancestry, but we did not realise the extent of Maysie’s repertoire until well as in many other NLA sponsored we spent several days recording at her home at Salt Ash, near Newcastle, in recordings and concerts. September 1997 — Maysie sang over two hundred songs from memory. Many Through Maysie we recorded others were passed on by her father after his military service, some dating back to the in her family including her brothers Boer War: Ron and John Stanton. The ‘Singing They’re rounding up the bushmen from the Darling to the sea Stantons’ were quite a family and we And we’ll all go marching through Germany. are honoured to have had the privilege What would now be considered racist ditties were commonplace in bygone to record their stories and song. days, and Maysie knew a few of these. Reflecting the attitudes of the era, lines such as ‘I wonder whose kissing her now, a black man a white man, a chow’ were then Maysie was a very important part of our an accepted part of songs. book ‘Verandah Music’ and we include Maysie also remembered children’s songs from her youth, including one about the following segment as a tribute to school: Maysie and her music. I will miss her I hate those horrid State schools and so does brother Jack greatly. In fact you get too much of whacky, whacky, whack Rob Willis On your too ra loo ra loo ra toora loo ra lay They whip you half a minute and you feel it half a day On your too ra loo ra loo ra toora loo ra lay Chloe & Jason Roweth with Maysie Tucker also sang many parodies on past popular songs, as well as songs that Maysie-Tucker reflected religious feelings in England many years ago. Old English ballads, including a song on highwayman Dick Turpin, were passed down within the Stanton family:

Dick Turpin was riding on Hanslow Moor Then said Dick Turpin to be cute He spied a lawyer on before ‘I hide my money in my boot’ He rode up the hill and to him did say The lawyer said ‘mine they cannot find ‘Have you seen Dick Turpin ride this way?’ ’tis hidden in the tails of my coat behind.’ ‘I have not seen him for many a day They rode and they rode to the powdery mill Nor would I like him to ride this way Dick Turpin told the lawyer to stand quite still For if he did I have no doubt ‘The tails of your coat they must come off He’d turn my pockets inside out.’ My horse is in need of a new saddle cloth.’

Maysie, Gwen and Niney have been valuable contributors to the National Library’s Folklore collection, where their large repertoire of traditional songs is preserved. Olya Willis From Verandah Music edited by Graham Seal and Rob Willis available from T&N.

8 The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 Dobsons Printing Pty Ltd (02) 9417 0239 VALE and Traditional Arts Program at the In his late teens he met and travelled National Endowment for the Arts from Ireland with US song collector Diane Bess Lomax Hawes 21/01/1921 which she retired in 1996. Her memoir, Hamilton Guggenheim and eventually - 27/11/2009) Sing It Pretty, was published by Illinois travelled to the US with her. University Press. His brothers Paddy and Tom had Lomax Hawes died in November 2009, emigrated before him - and along with following a stroke, aged 88. renowned Armagh singer Tommy Makem - they began performing in New York. VALE With their trademark Aran jumpers Liam Clancy 2/9/1935 4/12/09 - sent by Mrs Clancy to protect against the hard US winters - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem played legendary venues such as the White Horse Tavern in New York. They became international stars following a performance on the Ed Sullivan television show. The band AnAmerican folk musician, folklorist, played a key role in the sixties folk and researcher. She was the daughter revival - reworking of John Lomax and the sister of Alan traditional ballads for both an Lomax. international and an Irish audience. Born in Austin, Texas, Bess grew up When the Clancy Brothers later learning folk music from a very early went their separate ways, Liam pursued age due to her father, a noted scholar of a solo career in Canada before reuniting American folk music. She entered the with Tommy Makem to form the hugely University of Texas at fifteen, and the popular duo Makem and Clancy. following year assisted her family and The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Ruth Crawford Seeger with the ‘Our Makem did play together again in the Singing Country’ project. 1980’s, and in later years Liam - by now ‘The best ballad singer I ever heard She learned to play guitar and then living in Co Waterford - maintained a in my life” was Bob Dylan’s verdict on attended Bryn Mawr College; in the successful solo career. Liam Clancy, who has died aged 74. He early 1940s she moved to New York He is survived by his wife Kim and was the last remaining member of the City and became active on the folk four children. scene there. best-known of all Irish folk groups, the She was an on-and-off member Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, of the Almanac Singers. Another who made an impression that was Singing Session member, Butch Hawes, married her strong enough for them to break through in 1942. While she was a member of into the mainstream. The popularity Gaelic Club the Almanac Singers, Woody Guthrie of the quartet, comprising Liam, his taught her mandolin. older brothers Tom and Pat and family Friday 5th February During World War II Hawes worked friend Tommy, was unrivalled in the from 8.00pm (follows Politics in the Pub) for the Office of War Information 1960s, especially in the US, where the The Sydney Gaelic Club, Level 1, preparing radio broadcasts for troops four men had settled. With their hard- 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, has overseas. After the end of the war, living, hard-drinking image, singing invited the Sydney folk community to Hawes and family moved to Boston; Irish folk songs in a hearty and rousing have a trial run of a singing session on while there she wrote campaign songs style, the Aran sweater-clad Clancys Friday 5th February from 8pm and we for Walter A O’Brien and co-wrote inspired Irish bands of all musical urge you – singer or not – to come along (with Jacqueline Steiner) ‘M.T.A., a genres. Among those who have claimed and get us off to a grand start. hit for the Kingston Trio. In the 1950s an influence are Sinéad O’Connor, the Negotiations are under way with the she moved to California and taught, Pogues, Bono and the Dubliners. Gaelic Club to see if and how frequently also performing in local clubs; she also The singer and musician was the we can have the singing sessions. See began playing at some of the larger last surviving member of the Clancy the March Cornstalk for news or check folk festivals such as the Newport Folk Brothers and Tommy Makem, who were www.jam.org.au. Festival and the Berkeley Folk Festival. credited with bringing Irish traditional Meanwhile contact Margaret Walters In 1968 she became associate music to a world audience in the 1960’s at [email protected] if you professor of anthropology at San Born in Carrick on Suir, Liam are interested in being on the mailing Fernando Valley State College. In the Clancy was the youngest of 11 children. list for the singing session. 1970s she accepted a position at the As a young man he dreamed of life The Politics in the Pub sessions are Smithsonian Institution. In 1977, she on the stage, but there was music in his worth attending and maybe we can even became the first director of the Folk blood too. hope for a bit of cross-fertilisation.

The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 9 folk contacts Cis ho r DANCE Gosford Scottish Country Dance Society Monday Monday 7-10pm, Church of Christ, Henry Parry Drive, Wyoming. A Choired Taste, Glebe, led by David Westmore, 9716 Bush Music Club Dance Workshop Cecily Cork 4384 3527, Jan McCudden 4329 5537 7016 Beginners, experienced, 7.30pm, Pennant Hills Greek Folk Dance Bright Star Singers Ashfield, led by Mary-Jane Community Centre, downstairs. Except Jan. and public Pan Macedonian Assoc Building, Railway Pde, Field, 9797-6126 holidays. Felicity 9456 2860 Sydenham from 7pm onwards. Adult classes from 7.15 pm, Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax 9708 1875 Ecopella. Erskineville, led by Miguel Heatwole, 9810 International Folk Dancing [email protected] 4601 [email protected] School term, Earlwood Senior Citizens Centre, 362 Fledgling Choir. All voices welcome. Randwick 7.15 International Folk Dancing for older women Homer St 10am-noon. Gwynne 9558 4753 - 9.15pm. [email protected] School terms only, 9-10am beginners, 10-11am Scottish Country Dancing for beginners, with ‘Scots Glory Bound Groove Train. Petersham, led by advanced. Bankstown Older Women’s Wellness Centre, Linda Calgaro, 9518 4135 on the Rocks’, Fort St Public School, Observatory Hill, Police and Community Youth Club, cnr Meredith St and Inner West Chamber Choir, Leichhardt, led by Sydney, 6.30-7.30pm. Nea 9994 7110, Lynn 9268 1246, French Ave. Gabrielle 9728 7466, Alita 9798 9269 Rachelle Elliott. 9797 1917. [email protected]. SC [email protected], http://www.rscds.org.au Irish Set Dance class, Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Intonations. Manly, led by Karen Smith, 0405 221 113 Belly Dance, basic/beginners 7pm, choreography 8pm, Devonshire St, Surry Hills. 8-9.30pm. Martenitsa. Ultimo, led by Mara & Llew Kiek, Girraween Hall, 17 Tungarra Rd. Vera Myronenko 9665 Alarna 0401 167 910. 47514910 9713 Sutherland Shire Bush Dance Group Uniting Church, People’s Chorus Newcastle, led by Rod Noble, 49 Tuesday 4 Gosport St, Cronulla, 7.30-10pm. $3. Beginners most 623432 Blue Mountains Scottish Country Dancers welcome. Partners not necessary.Mike 9520 2859 Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group Unaccompanied Baggage. North Sydney, led by Catholic Church Hall, 7-9pm, Wentworth St, $3 Verley Gymea Bay Scout Hall, June Place, 10am. Kaye Stuart Davis, [email protected] Kelliher, 4787 5968, [email protected] Carol  Laurendet - 9528 4813 Voiceworks, Katoomba, ledby Rachel Hore 4759 Gardner 4751 6073/[email protected] 2456, [email protected] Greek Folk Dance Thursday Tuesday Bankstown RSL Club - 32 Kitchener Pde - Bankstown English Country Dancing (Advanced) for the over Cantorion, Neutral Bay, led by David Westmore, 9716 6pm onwards.Vasilios Aligiannis, tel/fax: 97081875 50’s 2-4pm. School for Seniors, Wesley Mission, Pitt St. 7016 Sydney. (Oppositive back of Hilton Hotel.) [email protected] Ecopella. Illawarra area (alternate Tuesdays), led by Blue Labyrinth International Folk Dance Hungarian Dance Class Miguel Heatwole 9810 4601, [email protected] from 7pm, Baptist Church Hall, King St Glenbrook. Jo Roc Lawson, led by Rachel Hore, 47592456, Ultimo, 8-10pm. Gary Dawson 9559 4485. Barrett 4739 6498 [email protected] [email protected] Greek Folk Dance The Honeybees. East Sydney, led by Dynes English Country Dancing, Sydney St Gerassimos Church Hall, 21 Henry St Leichhardt. 6 Austin. Contact Jenny Jackson, 9816 4577 Playford Dance Group 3rd Tues, 7.30-10.00pm, Uniting pm onwards. Adult classes from 7.15 Vasilios Aligiannis, [email protected] Church Hall, The Cres, Berala. Ring Patricia 9649 6978 tel/fax 9708 1875 [email protected] Sydney Trade Union Choir or Mike or Ros on 9929 8193 for further details. Sydney Irish Ceili Dancers Sydney City, contact [email protected] Scottish Country Dancing Kingsgrove Uniting Church Hall, 289A Kingsgrove Rd Wednesday St John’s Uniting Church Hall, Coonanbarra Rd, (cnr Moreton Avenue, Children’s step dancing 6pm, Choralation. Abbosford (school terms), contact Marga- Wahroonga, 7.30-10.30pm. All welcome. Catherine adults step dancing 7pm. Set and ceili dancing 8- ret Grove [email protected] Bonner 9489 5027 10.30pm. Margaret and Bill Winnett 9150 6765. email: Ecopella. Upper Mts., contact Kate 47 825529 Scottish Country Dancing [email protected] The Heathens. Blackheath, day time 12-pm. Led by Fort Street School, Observatory Hill, City. 6pm to 8pm Friday Chris Wheeler 4787 5725 chris@wheelersanddealers. Nea MacCulloch 9904 1358(a/h) or Lynn 8244 9618(w) Australian Colonial and Folk Dancers Every Friday, com.au Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group St Andrews Ch Hall, cnr Trelawney/Rutledge Sts, NoteTonight, Josephine. Glebe, led by David International Dancing, Gymea Bay Scout Hall, June Eastwood (next to BBC), Colonials’ Dance each 5th Westmore, 9716 7016 Place, 7.30-9pm. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813 Friday evening. Anthony and Lisa 9873 4805. Stampadowns. Camperdown, led by Peter Lehner, Turkish Dance Class International Dancing contact Kim/John 0419 164 212 Lidcombe Community Centre, 8-10pm. Yusuf Nidai Sedenka Folk Dancers, Rozelle Neighbourhood Centre, Thursday 9646 1166 665A Darling St Rozelle. 8-llpm, $3. Chris Wild 9560 Australian Gaelic Singers, Ryde. Bran Ukrainian (Cossack) Dancing Class 2910. MacEachaidh, 9633 1162. www.gaelicsingers.org.au for fit and energetic young people (16-23yrs), Scottish Country Dancing Bouddi Voice. Kincumber (school terms), led by C & 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm. Ukrainian Hall 59 Joseph Adult classes, beginners welcome, children 6.30 - C Sainsbury, contact 43 683270 7.30pm, adults 8-10.30pm, Beecroft Primary School, Street, Lidcombe. Jaros Iwanec 9817 7991, Chorella Community Choir. Richmond, contact $2. Sheena Caswell 9868 2075, Heather Dryburgh [email protected] /www.veselka.com.au Ellen 4578 2975 9980 7978 International Folk Dance class - Open Door, Georges Cleftomaniacs. Waterloo, led by Gary Smith, Scottish Country Dancing Hall Senior Citizens, Birdwood Rd, 11.30am-12.30pm. [email protected] Caringbah Seniors Hall, 386 Port Hacking Rd, Car- Gabrielle 9728 7466, [email protected] Solidarity Choir. Newtown, led by Miguel Heatwole, ingbah (rear Library), 8pm. Beginners/other levels. G. “The Dance Buffet”, wide variety taught, Liverpool 9810 4601, [email protected] Milton 9524 4943, Erica Nimmo 9520 4781 Friday City Pipe Band Hall, Woodward Park (next to Whitlam Saturday The Sydney Street Choir. CBD, led by Peter Lehner Centre), Memorial Ave, 7.30-9.30pm. $8 ($5 conc). Bush Folk Dances, by Bush Dance Assoc. 0425 268 771 Nicholai 9822 7524, mob 0407 178 228 2nd Sat. Feb-Dec 6.30 - 10pm. New Year’s Eve 8pm-  Wednesday The Sydney Welsh Choir (Men and Women) meet midnight. $20/$15/$10. $5 disc for early bookings. on Wednesday Evenings at Concord Baptist Church Albion Fair, North-West Morris Dancing Lilyfield Community Centre, Cecily and O’Neill Sts, Pennant Hills Community Centre, 60 Yarrara Rd. John Hall. Reh. 7pm to 9pm. 20 to 30 performances a year. 7.45pm. Angie Milce 9817 3529 9873 3138/ 0416 212 136, bushdance2000@yahoo. Viv 47 39 0384, Warwick 9451 7806,[email protected] Australian Heritage Dancers com.au  Mudlarks, women’s a cappella choir. Woodford. Led Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, 8 Bush Music Club Bush Dances by Alison Jones 4759 2880 -10pm. Jim Young 9412 3721 [email protected]. Feb-Dec (not Easter), 8-12pm, $17/$14/$12 incl. Saturdays au - australianheritagedancers.org.au supper, children to 12 free. Beecroft Community Ctr 1st  The Shire Quire. Gymea, led by Mary-Jane Field. Balmoral Scottish Country Dance Group Sat, Helen 9626 7816; Balmain High School hall, Terry contact Jenny, 9576 2301 7.00-9.15pm, Seniors’ Centre, Mosman Square, St, Rozelle, 3rd Sat, Don 9642 7949 Sunday Mosman. Nell Morgan 9981 4769. Central Coast Bush Dance  Blue Mountains Trade Union Choir. Upper Mts., Epping Scottish Country Dance Club 4th Sat, 8-12pm, East Gosford Progress Hall, Henry contact Kate 47 82 5529 St Aidan’s Church Hall, Downing St, 7.30-10pm. Parry Dr and Wells St, $15/$12. Beate 4323 3356. All levels welcome. Clare Haack 9484 5947 clare_ Robyn 4344 6484. [email protected] International Folk Dance Children’s classes, 6-18 years, Pennant Hills Com. Centre, morning. Carol Maddocks, 9905 1563

10 The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 Dobsons Printing Pty Ltd (02) 9417 0239 Irish Ceili Dances, live Ceili bands, 4th Sats, 7.30 Saturday Friday - 11.30pm. Irish Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire St, Surry lllawarra Folk Club, BMC Beer & Cheese Night Hills. $10. Aisling 0413 941 459, irishgaelicclub@gmail. 3rd Saturday, City Diggers Themed music nights, 1st Fri (except holidays), 8-10pm. com Club, cnr Burelli & Church Streets, 1300 Bring something to sing, eat, drink. Bush Music Club, Scottish and Old Time Dance 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au Hut 44, Addison Rd Community Centre, 142 Addison nd 2 Sat, 8pm, Uniting Church, 9-11 Bay St, Rockdale. $3 Loaded Dog Folk Club Rd, Marrickville. 9569 7244, [email protected]. incl. supper. Chris Thom 9587 9966 4th Sat, Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston au Scottish and Old Time Dancing St, 8pm. Sandra Nixon, 9358 4886, kxbears@ozemail. Eastern Suburbs Poetry Group Orkney and Shetland Assoc. 3rd Sat, 8-11 pm. St com.au. www.theloadeddog.org.au 1st Friday, Church in the Market Place, Bondi Junction. David’s Hall, Dalhousie St, Haberfield. $3 inc. supper. Macquarie Towns Music Club 6.30-8.30pm. Gina 9349 6958 Visitors most welcome. Jean Cooney 9874 5570. 3rd Sat,7.30pm Alternates between concert and round Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Club Macedonian Dance Class robin jam session format with concerts featuring a guest 4th Fri, (Feb - Nov) 8pm, $7/$5, Springwood Rockdale. 6.30-8.30pm, $5. Y Kaporis 0412 861 187 artist supported by a ‘blackboard concert’ Neighbourhood Centre, Macquarie Rd (next to library Mortdale Scottish Dancers Richmond Neighbourhood Centre, West Market St, and Oriental Hotel.) Visitors and floor performers Learners night (for learners and experienced), 7.30- .Contact Dez Williams at 4578 5215 dwilliams@tpg. welcome, Theresa 47518157, Jeannette 4754 4893 9.30pm. Pensioners Welfare Club Hall, 76 Pitt Street, com.au Mortdale. Pam Jehan 9580 8564. The Shack. 1st Sat, presents 21st century original, Saturday Sutherland Shire Folk Dance Group contemporary and traditional folk music at the Fairlight Folk Acoustic Lounge International Dancing Como Girl Guides Hall, 10- Tramshed, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Narrabeen at 7:30. BYO Held 4 times a year, Feb, May, Aug. Nov (usually 11.30am. Kaye Laurendet 9528 4813 drinks and nibblies. Contact Rhonda on 0416 635 856 1st Sat) 7.45pm. A comfortably enticing, relaxed Linnéa Swedish Folkdancers or email Kathleen at [email protected]. environment in which to see quality live acoustic music. Estonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills. New Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Society of Ajfjter show - jam. BYO drinks and nibbles. Light members welcome. For times contact Graeme Traves Aust. 1st Sat, March-December Sydney get-together. refreshments available. William St Studios, Fairlight 9874 4194, [email protected] Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, 79 Johnston St, (The Baptist Church down from Sydney Rd. Contact Annandale. Band workshop 7pm, concert 8.15pm, Rosie 9948 7993. [email protected] jamming all night. All welcome: $5/7. (02) 9456 1090 Sunday www.bluegrass.org.au Sydney Scottish Fiddlers Sunday 1st and 3rd Sun, 2-5pm, New Church, 4 Shirley Rd  Troubadour Folk Club Roseville. All ages welcome. Trish 9416 2402. Central Coast, 4th Sat. in month 7pm CWA Hall, Woy Irish Music Session Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, Kellys, King Street, Newtown, 6pm. Enq. 9559 6300 Woy Woy. Admission: $7 members/$8 conc. & other folk Music Session Hero of Waterloo, cnr Lower Fort club mems/$10 non members. Everyone welcome Tel. St and Windmill Street, The Rocks. 6-10pm. Brendan Frank or Marilyn 4342 9099, Fax 4325 7362. Email: 9818 4864 [email protected] www.troubadour.org. Irish Music Session. 3rd Sunday. Bennet Hotel, au/folk/index.htm.. Hamilton, 4-7.30pm Roz and Shane Kerr 44967 3167 MUSIC IN CONCERT Irish Music Sessions - Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong 2pm. Hotel Illawarra Wollongong, 3rd Sunday, 3pm, spoken Tuesday S oseSSi n & Free Workshops word, 5pm acoustic music The Screw Soapers Guild - Writers Presenters & Listeners Group 4th Tues, 7.30pm, stories, poems, Monday songs and conversation. Albert 9600 7153, email: Bush Music Club [email protected], website: www.folkclub. Community Centre, 44/142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, com/folkodyssey/ focus on folk 7.30pm. Music workshop. All singers and musicians 2MBS-FM 102.5MHz 6PM Saturday Wednesday welcome. Bob 9569 7244, [email protected] Wisefolk Club Last Wed in month, 11am-2.30pm, Tuesday Toongabbie Bowling Club, 12 Station Rd, lunch at club Irish Music Session: Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday bistro. Sonia 9621 2394 Allen 9639 7494, of the month from 7.30 – 10.30pm @ The Shamrock Thursday Inn, Asquith Leagues Club, Alexandra Pd. Waitara ‘Posers & Composers’ performance session, every (short walk from station). It’s an open session Thursday, Newtown RSL (1st floor), 52 Enmore Rd, and all musicians are welcome with focus on In co-operation with 2MBS-FM, 7.30pm - 11pm. Free. To book a spot & enq Dennis tunes rather than songs. Phone Norm 9489 5786/ Sydney’s first FM community radio Aubrey 0408 452 464 [email protected] [email protected] Sutherland Folk Club station operating on 102.5 MHz, Folk Irish music lessons, beginners and advanced, flute, 2nd Thurs concert night. All ages. Members are Federation brings you an hour of folk fiddle, whistle, guitar, concertina. Irish Gaelic Club, welcome to join us at any of our concerts, do a floor music at 6PM on 2nd and 4th Saturdays Surry Hills, 0413 941 459, [email protected] spot. Enjoy a friendly , sociable night’s entertainment, of each month. support local talent. These artists are all superb Wednesday musicians!! Contact Jenny 9576 2301. Jolly Frog Hotel. Jam Night. Cnr Bridge & Macquarie 13th February 6pm Gerry Myerson Friday Sts, Windsor. 7.30pm to late. Mark 0419 466 004 27th February 6pm Kate Delaney  Gosford Bush Poets Hornsby Kuring-Gai Folk Club Anyone with a CD that you would like to add 3rd Fri, 8pm, Each month Beatrice Taylor Hall, rear Last Wednesday night of every month 7pm. The to the library collection for consideration for Willow Park Community Centre, Edgeworth David Ave, Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann & Erina Sts Gosford. Guest artist and floor spots, light supper provided BYO Everyone welcome to share in night of fun, friendship airway please forward to grog. Barry Parks 9807 9497 [email protected] and great poetry. Contact Vic Jefferies, 02 96394911 or Focus on Folk, Post Office Box A182, Sydney lllawarra Folk Club, [email protected] South 1235. 1st Friday, Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Thursday Church Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub. Sutherland Folk Club org.au Session night 4th Thursday. 7.00pm, Sutherland District Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Acoustic Trade Union Club, Gymea. All welcome. 9520 6180. Club, or SNC Acoustic Club. Regular folk nights on Blackheath Folk Club, the 4th Friday of each month (Feb - Nov), 8pm $7/$5 1st Thurs, 7.30pm, Ivanhoe Hotel, cnr Gt Wstn Hwy Springwood Neighbourhood Centre, Macquarie Rd, and Govetts Leap Rd. Christine Davies, Peter Duggan Springwood. (next to Civic Centre). Visitors and floor 4787 7246 performers welcome. Enquiries, Mark Hand 02 4721 Irish Music Sessions 4230 or [email protected] Gaelic Club Surry Hills, 7pm. Toongabbie Music Club 2nd and 4th Fri 8pm, Northmead Scout Hall, Irish music lessons, beginners and advanced, flute, Whitehaven Road, Northmead. A session always fiddle, whistle, guitar, concertina. Irish Gaelic Club, happens so bring instruments. Allen Davis 9639 7494 Surry Hills, 0413 941 459, [email protected] [email protected]. or Ray Pulis 9899 2102. The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 11 Ron Brown 4951 6186. (in front of library), . REGO I NAL EVENTS Hunter Folk Dancers, Enquiries: Julia or Arthur on 02 David Harman, [email protected] BATEMANS BAY: Scottish Country Dancing,  4955 5701, Wollongong White Heather Scottish Country Batemans Bay Caledonian Society -Tuesday Irish Music Session, Bennett Hotel, Hamilton, 3rd Dance Group, Mon, 7.30 -10pm, St Andrew’s 7.30pm at Batemans Bay Bowling Club - visitors Sun, 4pm. Roz and Shane Kerr 4967 3167 Church Hall, Kembla St. All welcome. Arnold Thurl- welcome. Warren 4457 2065, Max 4472 5184 Newcastle Poetry in the Pub, 3rd Monday, 7.30pm, ing 4228 1986 or Grace Halliday 4229 3480 BATHURST: Bathurst Folk Club, occasional concerts,  Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton. Glenn 4967 1460. Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club, Bush Dance, touring and local artists. Different venues. Bruce Cam- Newcastle Strath Hunter Dancers, Mondays Wed, 8pm, musos and dancers all welcome, Com- eron 02 6331 1129, www.bathurstfolkclub.org.au Adults 7.30pm, Wallsend Uniting Church. Thurs- munity Hall, West Dapto Rd, Wongawilli. David 0409 BELLINGEN: Celtic Australian Session.. Saturday from days Juniors 4.15pm, Youth 5.30pm, All Saints 57 1788. www.wongawillicolonialdance.org.au: midday, Church Street tables. John 66555898, Carole Hall, New Lambton. Elma: 4943 3436. 66551225 Tradewinds Acoustic/Folk Session, 2nd Sunday (Feb- BLUE MOUNTAINS: Blue Mountains Heritage Dancers, Nov). 25 Queen St, Cooks Hill. 4-7pm. Carole Garland Wednesday in term time, Wentworth Falls. Patrick 4929 3912, [email protected] Harte 0412 786 988 Welsh & Cornish Folk Dancing, Mon, 7.30-9.30pm, BRAIDWOOD: All Saints Anglican Hall, Cromwell St, New Lambton. Braidwood Folk Music Club meets every 3rd Thurs- Beginners and visitors always welcome. Enq. Margaret day now at the Anglican Church Hall, BYO everything. Kenning 4952 1327. Email: [email protected] Info Erika 4842 2505; performers Sue 4842 8142 The Beehive, as requested. 8 Lewis St, Is- Tallaganda Dance Troupe. Folk dance, Mon. 9.30am lington. Neville Cunningham 4969 4246. (Noela 4842 8004. Belly dance. 11.30am. (Erika 4842 NOWRA: 2505) 35 Coronation Ave, Braidwood. Balkan and International Folk Dance, Mon, 7.30pm, BROKEN HILL: Occasional acoustic jam acrs os tHE border Cambewarra Hall. Suzi Krawczyk 4446 0569, nights at Bell’s Milk Bar. Contact Broken [email protected] Hill Art Exchange, (08) 80088 3171 ACT International Folk Dance, Progress Hall, Boorawine CENTRAL COAST: Troubadour Folk Club Monaro Folk Society Inc, Post Office Box 482 Civic Tce, Callala Bay. Tuesday (school term), 7.15-9pm. Central Coast, 2nd Sun, 1.30pm, CWA Hall, Woy Square, ACT 2608. Lance Court (02) 6161 2426 www. Maureen 446 6550, [email protected] Woy. (opposite Fisherman’s Wharf), The Boulevard, monarofolk.org.au - The Merry Muse www.merrymuse. Celtic Craic – 9 piece acoustic traditional Band. Woy Woy. Admission: $7 members/$8 conc. & org.au Tuesday 7.30-10 pm, John’s place. Chris Langdon 4446 other folk club mems/$10 non members. Includes The Folkus Room, Bill Arnett (02) 6262 9265 www. 1185, [email protected] or Mark Nangle afternoon tea. Tel. Frank or Marilyn 4342 9099, thefolkus.org.au 4454 5028, [email protected]. Fax 4325 7362. Email: mail.info@troubadour. NORTHERN TERRITORY: Scottish Country Dance Group, Presbyterian Church org.au www.troubadour.org.au/folk/index.htm.. Top End Folk Club, PO Box 41551, Casuarina, NT Hall, Kinghome St (next to Woollies), Wed, 8pm, all COBARGO: Yuin Folk Club, Occasional 0811. :Di Howard, 08 8945 0436 (ah), www.members. welcome. Jill 4421 3570 Folk Nights. Enq. Coral Vorbach or Graeme ozemail.com.au/ Shoalhaven Bush and Folk Dancing Club, Friday Fryer 6493 6758. yuinfolkclub@bigpond. (school term, 8-10pm, Cambewarra Hall. Margaret com, website: www.cobargofolkfestival.com Brisbane Folk Club, Larrie Cook 07 3345 1718. 4421 0557. COOMA, International Folk Dancing, Uniting Church Cairns Folk Club, Ray Elias 07 4039 2493 Shoalhaven Acoustic Music Assoc, Bomaderry Hall, Soho St, Thurs, 6pm. Fran 6453 3282 (h) The Folk Rag (Mag), PO Box 108, Kingston Q4114, Bowling Club, formal concerts, not always folk, approx DUBBO FOLK CLUB, 2nd Sun, 2.30pm, Castlere- ph/fax 07 3208 4923, [email protected]. www. quarterly. George Royter 4421 3470 agh Hotel. All welcome. Di Clifford 6882 0498 FolkRag.org OBERON Music Club, fortnightly, Thurs, 8pm, Gosford Bush Poets - last Wednesday night of Qld Colonial and Heritage Dancers. PO Box 3011, Oberon Leagues Club. Neil Higgins 6337 5707. every month 7pm. The Gosford Hotel, cnr of Mann Yeronga 4104. Jan Orloff ph/fax 07 3848 7706, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS & Erina Sts Gosford. Everyone welcome to share in [email protected] Bowral Folk, Blues and Beyond, 3rd Thurs- night of fun, friendship and great poetry. Contact Vic Woodford Folk Festival. PO Box 1134, Woodford day 8pm. The Celtic Room at The Scottish Jefferies, 02 96394911 or [email protected] 4514. [email protected]; www. Arms, 69 Boardman Rd, East Bowral. $8. John GULGONG FOLK CLUB, PO Box 340, woodfordfolkfestival.com. Hall 4661 4900, [email protected] Gulgong NSW 2852, Bob Campbell 02 6373 Burrawang Folk, 4887 7271 TASMANIA 4600, Mike Byron 6374 2005, worobil@winsoft.  Southern Highlands Recreational lnternational Folk Celtic Southern Cross Folk Music Catalogue. Beth net.au, www.winsoft.net.au/~worobil Dance Group, Bowral Presb Church Hall, Bendooley Sowter, [email protected]; www.celt.com.au; PO Box KIAMA “No Such Thing”. Yvonne O’Grady and St, Thurs (school term), 9-llam. Margaret 4861 2294 72, Bracknell Tas 7302. Alan Musgrove host an Australian tune session  Southern Highlands Scottish Country Dance Group, Folk Federation of Tasmania Inc. PO Box 1638 suitable for beginners every Monday in Kiama. Moss Vale Uniting Church, Cnr Argyll and Spring Hobart 7001. Peter Hicks 0409 216 752 Yvonne 02 4233 1073, [email protected]. Streets, Wednesday, 7.30pm. All welcome. Enq. 4861 VICTORIA LISMORE BUSH DANCE, Wed nights, Ray 6471. Ballarat Folk Club, John Ruyg 03 5332 7872 Flynn Hall. Glenys Ritchie 6622 4258 TAREE, Lazarka International Folk Dance Group, Boite World Music Cafe, Fitzroy, 03 9417 3550 (w), NEWCASTLE: Manning River Steiner School Hall, Tues. 5.30-8.30pm, http:// www.boite.asn.au  Bush and Colonial Dancing, 3rd Sund each month Sandra 6552 5142. Geelong Folk Club, 2nd. Fri - Coffee House Folk- 2-4pm. Beginners and visitors always welcome. All Wagga Wagga singing and session - at Cafe Go! Bellerine St. Geelong, Saints Anglican Hall, New Lambton. Enq. Margaret Ken- Downside Bush Dance & Open Mic, Tin Shed Rat- from 7.30pm. Last Fri - Upstairs at The Pancake ning 02 4952 1327 email: [email protected] or Bill tlers, 1st Sat, Noel Raynes 6928 5541. Kitchen, Moorabool St. for songs and session. Contact: Propert 02 4946 5602 email [email protected] WAUCHOPE, 1st Saturday Concert with in- Marie Goldsworthy 03 5221 1813 or Jamie McKinnon 03 5261 3443 Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club, 1st Sat. vited artists 7.30 pm 3rd Saturday Open perfor- mance session 7.30 at Café Blue Frog, High St. Traditional Social Dance Assoc. of Victoria. Marion 7.30pm (not Jan) Wesley Fellowship House, Beau- Stabb (03) 9439 7100 Enq,John 6585 1488 email [email protected] mont St, Hamilton. or Elaine Velt (H) 4943 1552. Victorian Folk Music Club Inc. GPO Box 2025S, WHITTON (near Griffith) Bidgee Folk Club Ron Brown (W) 4926 1313 folknews@bigpond.. Melbourne 3001. Brian Venten 03 9884 9476, gillespie. 3rd Sun. Whitton Hotel, Whiton com, www.newcastlehuntervalleyfolkclub.org.au [email protected] 1pm - 5pm. 02 6954 4019  Bill Butler 03 9876 4366, [email protected] Lakeside Folk Cirle, 4th Sunday, every month. WOLLONGONG Teralba Community Hall, Anzac Pade, Lake Macquarie. Bluegrass Jam Session, 3rd Sat each Western Australia 4-7pm. $2.50. Paul 4959 6030. [email protected] month. 7.30-11pm. Thirroul Neighbour- WA Folk Federation. PO Box 328, Inglewood, WA, People’s Chorus Practice, 6pm, Trades Hall hood Centre next to post office. 6932. Rob Oats 08 9375 9958.www.wafolk.iinet.net.au Council Meeting Rooms (opp. Panthers’ Club, lllawarra Folk Club, 1st Friday and 3rd Saturday, Email: [email protected] main entrance), Newcastle. Rod Noble 4962 Wollongong City Diggers Club, cnr Burelli & Church 3432 email: [email protected] Streets, 1300 887 034 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au If you change your details PLEASE Newcastle Irish Set Dancers, Tuesdays, 7.30- Poet’s Breakfast, Wed. 7,.15am. 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12 The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 Dobsons Printing Pty Ltd (02) 9417 0239 There are guests such as a young Joni Mitchell singing “Long Black Veil” with Johnny, the only film I’ve seen of Eric Clapton with Derek and The Dominoes and Creedence Clearwater Revival Industry Insights performing their latest hit, “Bad Moon Rising”!! by Nick Charles How good it that? Here’s an aside. I was crazy about Creedence when I was starting Looking Back and Looking Forward 2010 to play and couldn’t figure out why such apparently simple tunes as So it’s another year! Well another decade begins in fact and they “Bad Moon Rising” and “Proud Mary” never sounded right or full. appear to be rushing headlong don’t they? Or is that a function of The chords were easy, the rhythm was strong but not difficult, but age? something wasn’t right. The music print of the time had missed the I always go through periods of reflection on these significant critical fact that John Fogarty had his guitar tuned down a whole days, which is probably a derivative of my lifelong obsession with tone. His “D” chord, the basis of “Bad Moon Rising” and “Proud history. Modern music history is just one offshoot. Mary” was in fact an open “E” shape! There it is on film on Johnny’s As you may recall I’ve come back from a long US tour, which show. A little historical research – I feel a grant coming on! in itself always helps reassessment if you consider the contradictions It was Fogarty who said that he owed many of his licks and you encounter there wherever you look. In Kansas City in the space hooks to amongst others, Scotty Moore, Elvis’s brilliant first lead of a hundred yards I witnessed the wealth that only Wall Street can guitarist. As a young player I couldn’t get the connection (though I generate and the extreme hopelessness that a collapsed social service could hear it) I can now play those Creedence songs in “E” and feel system can produce, in the form of beggars and street people. and hear the phrases that Scotty used on the “Sun Sessions” and how As an artist it must impact on your expression and it becomes a young Fogarty cleverly adapted them to his great “new” songs. plainer to me each day that this emotional tug-of-war is the very It’s this astute adaptation that binds the “new” to the “old” and essence of creativity. probably ultimately brings everything other than classical music I think it’s interesting to consider that much of the music that we (though many of the great classical composers quote folk tunes as in the folk, blues, country and roots music world consider primary a basis for some pieces…e.g. Tchaikovsky’s “Italian Caprice” and sources was fermenting and almost ready to be widely heard for the it’s Neapolitan origins) under the folk banner. If you keep digging first time exactly one hundred years ago. you’ll find the connection - Creedence back to Elvis back to Big From my perspective that’s essentially American roots music or Boy Crudup (“That’s Alright Mama”) back to the early blues and modern guitar forms that have pretty much taken hold around the then back to the unrecorded folk traditions. Remember that quote world. attributed to Big Bill- “all music is folk music because I ain’t heard a Blues artists such as Charlie Patton (King of The Delta Blues horse sing yet.” Singers), Son House and others were beginning to play and define As this new decade dawns things change but most things stay the music form that influenced everything else in music for the next the same (in disguise) and I’d encourage young performers on any hundred years. Louis Armstrong was already learning and evolving instrument, including voice, to study, imitate then break away with his craft and AP Carter was certainly already looking to “borrow” due irreverence (reverence comes later). some folk tunes! Jimmie Rodgers was probably already developing See you at a festival soon. his terminal cough too. Electronic recordings were becoming available and the coming decade would see the mass addiction to 78’s in all styles. Folk Trax I tell everyone who will listen, or who cares to ask me, that We have added a series of new CDs to our catalogue. Jack in art, music, literature and so on, that you can only truly develop Brennan, Adelaide’s foremost Uilleann piper has released his second when you have an appreciation and understanding of that which CD “Unison” featuring a mixture of traditional, Irish, Spanish and original tunes. Gurdy Girl gathered some friends around her, went before. I couldn’t name a single significant artist who hadn’t including Danny Spooner, and fittingly called her new CD “With been obsessed with a predecessor, studied and copied the works Friends”. Here we have a mixture of tunes played on the Hurdy and used that as a starting point. I could probably quite easily name Gurdy and Nyckelharpa together with a few songs by Danny artists who haven’t done their homework and consequently never Spooner. Suzette Herft’s new CD“Both Sides Now” also was seem grounded. I listened to an interview with a new “country roots” added. From Adelaide a new duo, Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly singer with alarm recently in which she said she had just discovered launched their first offering “Harmony of One” in December 2009. banjo was commonplace in bluegrass and country music! For those keen to learn tunes the “Gates of Gold” tune book Maybe I’m just a budding “grumpy old man”…but I think not. from The Melbourne Scottish Fiddle Club is now available as is the” I have AP, Louis, Django, Lennon, Elvis, Beethoven, Ellington, and Red Hot Scots” CD and Book package. Doc on my side. They all made comments to the same effect. Need I Most of the new releases come from The Planet Company. say more? Topic has a few re-issues of older titles. The concert DVD of That’s not to say I don’t listen to “new” music. I’m still a Martin Simpson’s “Prodigal Son” is now available. A few more CD junkie in reality and tend to buy quite a range of new and old Greentrax titles as well as Compass Records titles have been added. recordings. Why, only recently I heard a brand new Rosanne Cash Sharon Shannon, Julie Fowlis, Bella Hardy, Gina Le Faux, Steeleye ….wait a minute, that’s called “The List” and it comes from a Span and Mick Moloney are just a few more names. Fellside and definitive list that father Johnny gave to his young daughter when he Wild Goose round off the new releases. Check our website www. was alarmed that she hadn’t heard songs like “Long Black Veil” or folktraqx.com for more. “Sea of Heartbreak and so on! Don’t forget the 10% discount for members of the various Maybe Johnny was on to something! participating Folk Federations, The Folk Rag and Folk Alliance I’ve also been recently glued to a DVD presentation of the old members. “Johnny Cash Show”. I wholeheartedly recommend you purchase A final word this month for artists who would like to place CD/ this and see if you remember what real “live” TV performances were DVDs at EBI just let us know if you are interested and we’ll send like. I watched it religiously when it was “new”. It was on Sunday you our Consignment details. afternoons in Melbourne in the late 60’s, coincidentally around the Keep on Folking, Henk and Jan de Weerd time when I began to consider music as my future. The Folk Federation of NSW ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette FEBRUARY 2010 13 cd reviews Heather and Sweet Smoke Chris Hendry and Johnny Handle This is a collection of songs (including big ballads – Mary Hamilton and The Outlandish Knight and perennial favourites like Westlin Winds) sung by Chris Hendry accompanied on the or piano accordion by husband, Johnny Handle. Most of the songs are traditional and Johnny has augmented some with a few verses he has written. There are a couple of duets and Johnny adds a harmony line on the chorus in some of the songs. Tunes are interspersed among the songs – strathspeys, waltzes, hornpipes, slip jigs - all by Johnny - with dedications to whiskey, family, friends and scenery. I am forever grateful to Mr McDou- Chris has a low slung, warm voice with an attractive Scottish burr, and she gall, my florid faced English teacher handles some difficult material with great control. A very pleasing album. who introduced me to the joys of CJ Gan to the Kye is sung as a duet. It has a rather sombre tune for what is a Dennis when I was ten years old, delightful love song. inspiring a life long fascination with “Gan to the kye with me my love and I’ll be merry wi’ ye” and, so what if the colloquial language of Australia and “there be a bit bairn” … the lass says she has a “canny old mother to dandle it on the humour peculiar to the Australian her knee”. Beautiful! tradition. I am a Suffragette dates from 1913 and has a chorus: Having heard great justice being Papa votes but mama can’t – oh no, not yet, not yet done to CJ Dennis in expert and sensi- No matter what the others think, I am a suffragette. tive recitals by John Dengate, Geoffrey And finally… no I’ll not marry any man til I my suffrage get! Graham and others at different folk In Mary Hamilton Chris juxtaposes two different melodies which heightens the festivals it was with some trepiditation drama of the tale. Another interesting arrangement is of Bonnie Laddie, Hieland that I listened to our famous star of film Laddie which is not the jolly traditional shanty but a song by Archie Fisher and and TV, Jack Thompson’s version of a Owen Hand about a wife’s concern for her whaling husband. selection from The Sentimental Bloke. The Last of the Clydesdales – a song by Archie Webster is a tribute to the last I should not have been concerned. pair of horses he worked with on Denbrae Farm outside St Andrews. I’ve heard it to The selection of poems provide an a different tune. This one is quite brisk and I confess to a preference for the minor interesting display of Dennis versatility: tune; I get sentimental about horses. ‘The Intro’, ‘Doreen’, ‘The Play’ and The magnificentLovin’ Hannah was learned from Jeannie Robertson who got ‘Hitched’ are followed by ‘The Stones it from Jean Ritchie. On this track Johnny plays piano with occasional jazz chords of Gosh’ (relevant to the economics which is, well, different… of today) and ‘The Swagman’ (as seen There are 13 tracks but the album is just under 70 minutes in length – a couple through a child’s eyes) and the beautiful of the songs here last over 8 minutes. Of course, big ballads don’t get that adjective ‘The Lyretail’: “My songs are for my just from the impact of their story line, but here the arrangements add to the length. mate alone I tune my lyre.” My personal preference would have been to have the songs sung unaccompanied Jack Thompson skill as a profession- or perhaps more variety in the style of accompaniment. While Johnny handles the al actor comes through. His sensitivity piano accordion sensitively – the instrument still imposes a restriction on songs I to the nuances of meaning and gentle, like to hear unfettered. not heavy handed stresses, make these Great liner notes by Chris to the songs – with references to the singers that have verses a delight to re-hear. inspired her and references to the Roud Folk Song Index – this is a comprehensive One hopes The Fine Poets Collec- database of songs in the English language collected from the oral tradition and tion continues to produce “the worlds available at the English Folk Dance and Song Society website (currently being finest poems read by the worlds finest revamped as far as I can see). actors.” (info: www.finepoets.com) Review by Margaret Walters Graeme Fryer Planning for the train journey to Illawarra FF at the Folk Bash Bob and Margaret Fagan are very pleased to announce the arrival of another member of the family. James and Nancy’s son Hamish Fagan was born in England on 11 January. Great excitement in the folk community in both countries.

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