Folk Federation of New South Wales Inc Dates For Your Diary Folk News Issue No 396 Dance News JUNE 2008 $3.00 CD Reviews 8 al 200 stiv k Fe ol s F an Alb t St p Contender a s Cu horu - C op Arch Bish ♫ Folk music ♫ dance ♫ festivals ♫ reviews ♫ profiles ♫ diary dates ♫ sessionsThe Folk Federation ONLINE♫ teachers - jam.org.au ♫ opportunitiesThe CORNSTALK Gazette JUNE 2008 1 If your important item misses Cornstalk, please remember there are also:folkmail (members’ email list) contact Julie Bishop JUNE 2008 (02 9524 0247) folkmail@folkfednsw.org. 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Listserv/Jam/Membership 9939 8802 (not after FFNSW Folkmail (web) All cheques for advertisements and inserts to be made 8.30pm) Julie Bishop/02 9524 0247 julie@folkfednsw.org.au payable to the Folk Federation of NSW Inc 2 The CORNSTALK Gazette JUNE 2008 mpd printing the news everyday Ph 02 8898 1200 Fax 02 8898 1220 Sydney launch of the double CD “NSW State of Play” a snapshot of the NSW Folk Music Scene in 2008 7.00pm Saturday 14 June 2008 Café Church Space, 37 St John’s Road, Glebe (corner Colbourne Avenue) Admission: $10 – or free if you buy the album! light refreshments available An initiative of the Folk Federation of NSW – http://jam.org.au Proposed line-up (not yet finalised) *Selalu *Mary-Jane Field *Skorba *Tony Eardley *Lyrebird *Mothers of Intention *Kim Sanders *The Fagans *Wheelers & Dealers These are only a third of the wonderful artists who donated the 30 tracks on this double CD. Enquiries: Peter Miller-Robinson 9332 4471 Mobile: 0402 487 883 Bookings: 9698 2206 or mwalters@mail.usyd.edu.au Mobile: 0427 958 788 The Folk Federation ONLINE - jam.org.au The CORNSTALK Gazette JUNE 2008 3 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Metropolitan ►Ami Williamson Sunday 1st Fresh from her Spooky Men’s Winter of Discontent tour of Iraq At their most fearsomely florid and Ami is making bewhiskered, following a delicious a large mark minitour of NSW and Q’ld. New songs on the folk/ and a couple of new facial expressions. country music Joan Sutherland Performing Arts scene. Also Alan Centre - 597 High Street, Penrith Musgrove and His $25/$15 www.jspac.com.au Watsaname Band, with traditional and Monday 2nd eccentric folksongs. Illawarra Folk Pennant Hills Dance Workshop Club. City Diggers Wollongong, cnr Bush Dances. Caller Mark Snell. Church & Burelli Sts. 7.30pm. $12, $8. Community Centre, Yarrara Rd. 7.30- 1300 887 034, FROM THE EDI T OR 9.30pm. $7. Felicity 9456 2860, 0434 www.illawarrafolkclub.org.au/ Its getting cool in Cobargo. Fires are 437 522 on and woolies are in. Great excuse to Saturday 7th listen to some good music round a fire . Wednesday 4th . There is lots to do this month - Arlo Spooky Men’s Winter of Discontent ►Beecroft Bush Dance Caller Margaret Bolliger. All dances Guthrie will be in town and the Battle- At their most fearsomely florid and taught. Beecroft Community Centre, field Band. The Spooky Men are casting bewhiskered, following a delicious some magic spells round NSW and Q’ld Beecroft Rd. 8pm-12. $17, $14, $12. minitour of NSW and Q’ld. New songs - AND don’t forget the special launch of Helen 9626 7816, www.bushmusic. and a couple of new facial expressions. the double CD “NSW State of Play”. Buy org.au the cd if you haven’t already. (order form The Vanguard, 42 King Street, Newtown. Pre-booked tickets are on back page). Thirty tracks. What a lot of The Jeff Stanley Band work the committee has put in to put out $23 ($52 with dinner) Bookings: Any ► American singer songwriter living in this CD. The Launch is on Saturday 14th Moshtix outlet (02 9209 4614) June at 7pm at the Cafe Church Space in Sydney, raised in East Africa, among Glebe. Thursday 5th African pop, rock, jazz, blues, funk, The Old Spice Boys are on at The Harp The Old Spice Boys ska, and reggae. Bizarre sense of Azo Bell is amazing on the ukelele - never CD Launch The Harp Irish Hotel, humour, and can improvise and create seen anything like it. 900 Princes Highway, Tempe 8pm lyrics on a whim. Also, Chloe Hall In the Illawarra there is heaps on too Enq. 9560 7188 Melbourne-based singer songwriter - Ami Williamson, A tribute to Henry with a beautiful voice. AND Tom Friday 6th Lawson and a touring Peter Hicks. Busy Bolton – Singer songwriter for 30 lot there. ►Beer & Cheese Night ‘Women and years, with a solid collection of finely Song / Women’s Song’. We have been Keep your contributions coming. crafted original folk songs. ‘A gifted accused of singing all about blokes Always looking for interesting articles, cd song maker… talented musician.’ reviews, concerts etc. – shearers, drovers, bushrangers, etc (Anne Infante, Qld). Coral Vorbach – so let’s look more closely at the other half of society. Bring food, The Shack, Tramshed Community drink, songs, yarns, poems. Bush Arts Centre, 1395a Pittwater Rd, Music Club, Hut 44, Addison Rd Narrabeen (betw. car park and Com Centre, 142 Addison Rd, Ambulance Station, in shopping Marrickville. 8-10pm. $4/$5. 9569 centre). Free tea, coffee. BYO drinks, 7244, bobbolton@netspace.net.au nibbles. 7.30-11pm. $15. Enq. 0413 635 856, info@shackfolk.com Monday 9th Pennant Hills Dance Workshop – Holiday - No Dancing. The Old Spice Boys 4 The CORNSTALK Gazette JUNE 2008 mpd printing the news everyday Ph 02 8898 1200 Fax 02 8898 1220 ►Hat Trick Saturday 28th Bald Faced Stag Hotel 2pm ►Peter Hicks Cnr Parramatta & Balmain Rds, Folk singer and songwriter very much Leichhardt, Enq. 9560 7188 in the tradition of Woody Guthrie www.baldfacedstaghotel.com.au and Pete Seeger, with songs about everyday lives and experiences of Monday 16th everyday people, and issues of greatest Pennant Hills Dance Workshop concern to us all. Also Southern – Old and New Dances. Caller Felicity Cross Trawlers - Sydney singers Hattingh. Community Centre, Yarrara Margaret Walters and Don Brian, with Rd. 7.30-9.30pm. $7. Enq. Felicity an interest in Australian traditional 9456 2860, 0434 437 522 songs (esp. maritime); and talent th for unaccompanied singing and for Thursday 19 trawling through song books etc. for Battlefield Band unusual material. Loaded Dog, upstairs The wonderful Battlefield Band, one Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, of Scotland’s very best, are back in 79 Johnston St. 8pm. $14, $12. BYO, th Thursday 12 Australia and will be appearing at supper available. Sandra 9358 4886, ►Arlo Guthrie On Tour, Bruce Gordon Australia and will be appearing at www.theloadeddog.org.au Theatre, Wollongong The Harp Irish Hotel, 900 Princes Highway, Tempe 8pm Enq 9559 6300 ►February Dream ►Sutherland Acoustic Night ‘The most amazing two female voices th (formerly Sutherland Folk Club). Two Friday 20 in harmony’ was how Bill Bekric heard singer songwriters from Melbourne Pastance. Hornsby Ku-ring-gai them at St Albans.Troubadour Folk - Tom Bolton, a gifted eclectic Folk Club, Beatrice Taylor Hall, Club. CWA Hall, The Boulevarde songwriter + Brent Parlane, described rearWillow Park Community Centre (opp. Fishermans Wharf), Woy Woy. as a National Treasure with a long Hornsby 8pm. Enq. Barry Parks 9807 7pm. $10, $8. Enq. Marilyn 4341 4060, established career and songs that will 9407 make you laugh and cry.
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