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Fairbridge Festival – Line Up Announcement

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Next year’s Fairbridge Festival will welcome some of the country’s finest roots, world and acoustic music acts as well as some returning old friends.

Staged in an idyllic bushland setting one hour south of Perth at Fairbridge Village in Pinjarra, Fairbridge Festival will take place 22-24 April.

With the re-opening of WA’s border to those near and far currently underway, in 2022 Fairbridge Festival will host a number of international guests.

From New Zealand arrives the foot-stomping hoedowns, soul-stirring ballads and soaring three-part harmonies of Albi & The Wolves as well as Jenny Mitchell whose music echoes of Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss. Acclaimed arts British performers The Chipolatas will make a welcome return after 5 years and some 26 years since their festival debut.

Festival favourites Mal Webb & Kylie Morrigan and Lucy Wise & Stephen Taberner return, while the gypsy-jazz feels will be strong when the spontaneity of Cigany Weaver takes to the stage.

You can expect to laugh and cry when Ami Williamson (daughter of the legendary John) captives audiences with her songwriting prowess. Then there’s Fijian-born, Queensland-based Andrea Kirwin bringing her 13-piece Yama-Nui Social Club featuring artists from around the South Pacific presenting their soulful music backed by strings, horns and gorgeous backing vocals.

With another 60 acts to be revealed in 2022.

Program and festival details

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Charm Of Finches – Album Launch

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Charm Of Finches – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

Australian Folk Music Award winners Charm Of Finches held their album launch at the Brunswick Ballroom on 26 November. 

You can read a review of the night from our partners at Listening Through The Lens. 

The duo has also released a new video clip – “As A Child” one of the songs off their new record Wonderful Oblivion.

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2022 Folk Alliance International Global Summits

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Folk Alliance International (FAI) has announced this year’s Global Summits:

(1) the Centreing Disability in the Music Industry Summit and

(2) the Folklorist Summit: Tradition as Profession!

FAI’s Global Summits are extended sessions designed to convene academics and industry-specific peers to discuss in-depth and report on the evolving processes, practices, and policies related to the rich ecology of folk music.  

Past summits were held for funders, archivists, ethnomusicologists, cultural equity advocates, and Indigenous community members.

Pre-registration and approval is required to attend these events.

APPLY FOR CENTREING DISABILITY SUMMIT

APPLY FOLKLORIST SUMMIT

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Touring the UK and Europe In A Pandemic – Sounds Australia Session

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On Wednesday December 8 at 9am AEDT, Sounds Australia in partnership with the Association of Artist Managers will present Touring the UK & Europe In A Pandemic.

Moderated by Sounds Australia’s Dom Alessio, this virtual panel will feature speakers who have worked on 2021 UK & Europe tours for Amyl & The Sniffers, The Chemical Brothers and Passenger, as well as events such as Americanafest UK.

You will hear what it takes to put on a COVID safe and compliant tour, what it’s like being in the UK and Europe right now, and what you need to consider to start preparing for your own activity.

The panel will feature:


Ben Madden (Stage Manager, The Chemical Brothers)

Dan Medland (Artist Manager, Passenger)

Renae Brown (Festivals & Event Manager, Arby Projects)

Simone Ubaldi (Artist Manager, Amyl & The Sniffers)

It is free to attend but registration is essential. You can do that HERE.

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Bushtime – Woodfordia

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Bushtime, a camping escape with over 300 programs will be held over the traditional Woodford Folk Festival dates:

27 Dec 2021 – 1st Jan 2022

in Woodford, Queensland.

Some of the performances will include:

Briefs, Rebel Bingo, Mario, Queen of the Circus’s Cabaret, Electric Fields, Dub Zoo, Buttercats, The Steele Syndicate, Casus Circus, Kate Miller Heidke, Asha Jefferies, Dangerous Song, Andrew Veivers, Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra and Busby Marou.

MORE INFO HERE

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Sydney Folk Festival To Return 2022

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The SydFolkFest team has announced that the Sydney Folk Festival will return in 2022 and take place over the weekend

19 to 21 August.

Performer applications will open in early 2022 and booked 2021 artists (the event had to be cancelled this year) are invited to be part of the 2022 event.


OFFICIAL SITE

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Grammy 2022 Nominees – Best Folk Album

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Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (left) at Port Fairy Folk Festival 2020 – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

The 2022 GRAMMY nominations are in, and the nominees for the Best Folk Album category are:

One Night Lonely [Live] – Mary Chapin Carpenter

Long Violent History – Tyler Childers

Wednesday (Extended Edition) – Madison Cunningham

They’re Calling Me Home – Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi

Blue Heron Suite – Sarah Jarosz

SEE THE FULL LIST including Best American Roots Performance, Best American Roots Song, Best Americana Album, Best

Bluegrass Album, Best Traditional Blues Album, Best Contemporary Blues Album, and Best Regional Roots Music Album.

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Dashville Skyline 2022 – Full Line-up Revealed

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William Crighton – Photo: Listening Through The Lens

Organisers of Dashville Skyline (Hunter Valley NSW) have announced the full updated program for its rescheduled seventh edition from 25-27 February 2022 (usually held each October).

The line-up has remained reasonably intact from the original October 2021 dates with additions including surprise homecoming guest Nashville based Australian, Jordi Lane.

OFFICIAL SITE

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Victorian Folk Music Club

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The Victorian Folk Music Club (VFMC), which was established in 1959 to promote traditional Australian dance, poetry and song, is getting back to showcasing live shows.

The club’s next concert will be Honeyfields on 14 December at the Ringwood Uniting Hall (Melbourne), both as a live and on-line event.

For tickets or to join the VFMC, go to its WEBSITE.

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