Australian Folk Music Award winning duo Charm of Finches are heading overseas on a substantial tour that will provide terrific exposure to the talents of the pair.
The details for their shows April to July 2022 are below. TICKET INFO HERE
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| Dear Members & Friends Please join Folk Alliance Australia at the National Folk Festival this Easter weekend for two special events |
Saturday 1.20pm Folk Forum – Imagining the future of Folk Sunday 5.00pm FAA Annual General Meeting |
| For those who wish to join us online at these events here is the ZOOM Link (for both events) |
Meeting ID: 859 8986 9230
Passcode: 2020
| Saturday 16 April 1.20pm – 2.30pm (Eastern Standard Time) FOLK FORUM ‘Imagining The Future of Folk’ Venue: Old Trocadero Introduction/Welcome by Folk Alliance Australia Forum Convenor – Therese Virtue – FAA Board Member & Chair The Boite Melbourne Panelists: Parvyn Kaur / Zulya Kamalova / Miriam Leiberman / Luke Plumb / Pauline Maudy / Bruce Watson / David Gilks (NFFestival) |
| Sunday 17 April 5.00pm – 6.00pm (Eastern Standard Time) ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Venue: Old Trocadero Members & friends are invited for our financial and artistic reports, plans for the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards, other important updates and welcome new and existing Board members |
Meeting ID: 859 8986 9230
Passcode: 2020
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Held each year on June 21 around the globe, to celebrate all things music, Make Music Day encourages both amateur and professional music making, and empowers individuals to seek out ways to celebrate and express music in their community.
All of it is free and open to the public. Every kind of musician —young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion — gathers indoor and outdoor, in venues, streets, parks, plazas, paddocks and verandas to share their music with friends, neighbours, and strangers.
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Ian Dearden‘s “Song For John” is the third tribute song to our dear friend and musical colleague, John Thompson of Cloudstreet who passed away last year (both Eric Bogle and Fred Smith have also written tributes – Fred’s is not yet released).
All of the funds from Ian’s tribute are going to John’s widow, Nicole Murray, for a memorial headstone to be erected on John’s grave at the Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane.
FAA awarded John Thompson with the inaugural Services To Folk Music Award
JOHN THOMPSON’S FOLK ALLIANCE AWARD
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Each year the Festival books around 100 artists from both national and international applications.
Applications close 29 April 2022.
READ A REVIEW OF PORT FAIRY 2022
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Melbourne singer/songwriter Fenn Wilson has just released a new single “Laying With The Bones”.
You can listen to it HERE.
The new release will be launched at The Tote, Collingwood in inner Melbourne on 15 April. TICKETS HERE.
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The Boite announces the appointment of new director, Zulya Kamalova.
Zulya is an ARIA Award winning musician, composer, producer and arts leader who has been performing since the early 90’s.
Equipped with breadth of experience and understanding of the music and multicultural sectors, Zulya will shape the next phase of the Boite’s history.
Founded in 1979 in Melbourne, the Boite is Victoria’s multicultural music not-for-profit organisation, creating opportunities for culturally diverse musicians to contribute to a richer, more inclusive Australia. Through its program, it has presented and promoted countless musicians born in over 100 different countries at over 5,000 events before audiences exceeding 800,000.
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Susi Lanagan hosts ‘What The Folk’ on PBS FM Melbourne (106.7) Thursdays 9 to 11 am (AEST).
“World Folk” and Celtic music are featured every week, along with Canadian, Latin, African, Australian and folk music from Europe.- ‘this is folk music for people who didn’t even know they liked folk music’.
You can contact Susi at whatthefolk@me.com and check out her latest playlists HERE.
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Crikey..Just one week away….
We’re hoping to catch up with many of our members and supporters in Canberra this Easter.
Folk Alliance Australia will hold its Annual General Meeting on the Sunday at 5.00pm at The Terrace. We will have Zoom Linkage if you wish to join us online. This will be sent out in the next newsletter. Apart from Reports and Updates we will welcome new Board members and outline our plans for the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards.
We will also be presenting a fantastic Folk Forum titled Imagining the Future of Folk with a range of well-known folk artists and activists presenting their visions for Australian Folk. This will be held on Saturday 1.20pm – Old Troc Stage.
Please join us at both these events.
We wish the National Folk Festival team all the success for Folk music’s big weekend.
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