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| 7th | Dave Logan. |
Riding roughshod over the tricky duality of traditional folk and dirty rock and roll, Dave Logan will be making a misguided attempt at out-folking his older brother's much more accomplished ensemble. Expect Scottish and Australian folk, covers of Alex Harvey and Corey O'Connell, and a c..... Read more
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| | Rachel Witney | Rachel played The Bug on our first night under the new organisation. She was wonderful then and promises to someone worth coming out to see and hear. ..... Read more |
| | The Jar | Some of the wildest and most original music you will hear around sunny Brisbane. Drawing on traditional tunes and songs from all over, The JAR also incorporates originals, contemporary pop, rock and modern folk. Songs merge into tunes; Balkan dances lead into songs; lyrical airs take off into jigs..... Read more |
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| 14th | Pete Holmes | ..... Read more
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| | Silken Thomas | Brian Brett, Ian Evans, Rose Broe and Robin Etter-Cleave play as Silken Thomas and perform toe-tapping folk music and ballads. Robin has a couple of magic flutes and some wicked whistles, Brian and Ian have guitars that gently weep, and Rose has her own trained accordion and the audacity to play it ..... Read more |
| | The Mermaids | Who are the mermaids? Ant Lay, Ed Reynolds and Jinx, three casual acquaintances who came together with the idea to play a few cover gigs and make some pocket money. A year later and they’ve made a lot of people happy with their original music and tight harmonies.
Do they sound like Crowded Hou..... Read more |
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| 21st | Jumping Fences | Jumping Fences draw on their their unique fusion of Latin American and original songs to create a sensitive insight into the daily struggles of people. The song-writing partnership of Sue Monk and Lachlan Hurse join forces with Ross Gwyther on tenor sax and clarinet, and James Harper on percussio..... Read more
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| | Marcus Storrock | "Skill and Passion weaving eclectic heartfelt tunes and songs from Celtic to Funk, Middle Eastern and more. Marcus sometimes uses one hand to play melodies or chords, the other hand simultaneously creates drum tones and rhythms on the guitar body."
Robin Lumley (Keyboard player Pink Floyd, David B..... Read more |
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| 28th | Johnnie Logan | Introduced to singing outside neighbour’s houses during Halloween in his native Scotland, Johnnie eventually found himself drawn in to the local folk clubs. After emigrating to Brisbane with his wife and young sprogs in the seventies, he eventually linked up with the Brisbane folk scene. Joh..... Read more
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| | Julie Minto | Songwriter/ guitar / harmonica player and vocal powerhouse, Julie picked up the guitar and started writing songs at age 14.
Lead singer since 2000 of Celtic infused folk rock band Thornlands (Cygnet Folk Festival TAS, Wintermoon Festival QLD, Folk Redlands and Woodford) Julie has also performed at ..... Read more |
| | Wham Bam Boozled | What happens if songwriters get together to steal each other’s ideas, trade in anguish and irony, and experiment with tunes in the key of red wine? They drag songs out of the primordial swamp, tag them with a middle eight, to watch them flip, flop and fly into the musical ecosystem. With a l..... Read more |
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