Thank Folk It’s Friday – 19th February

February 19, 2016 at 12:47 (News, Week in Review)
Tags: boat to row, eagle & the wolf, emily smith, fanny lumsden, folk music, henry wagons, radical face, sufjan stevens

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

– Alt-country favourite Fanny Lumsden released her new video “Land of Gold”. Details here

– Central coast duo Eagle & The Wolf released their new video “Mama, Son and the Holy Ghost”. Details here

– Indie-folker Radical Face released his new single “Secrets (Cellar Door)”. Details here

– UK five-piece Boat To Row released their new video “Handsome Beats”. Details here

– Sufjan Stevens released a live video for “Carrie & Lowell” ahead of next week’s Australian tour. Details here

– Henry Wagons released his new video “Santa Fe” and announced a national tour for May. Details here

Releases This Week

Eagle & The Wolf – Eagle & The Wolf
Bandcamp

Side Pony – Lake Street Dive
iTunes

Restless – The Timbers
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

The Caravansary feat. Tom Stephens, Slow Loris, Direwolf & Maia Jelavic, Lee Sullivan & The Sleepers, Liam Gale & The Ponytails, Liz Hughes, Matt Murchie, Rosaline Letford, Kev’s House Band & the Ub Ubbo All Stars

Ub Ubbo presents The Caravansary, a showcase of some of Sydney’s finest musicians in an intimate environment.

Sunday 21st February – Summer Hill Mansion, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

1x1x1 feat. Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills), Jacob Diamond, Matt Cal, Leah Michelle (The Regular Hunters), Joel Barker, Elli Schoen, David Craft, Bedouin Sea
Saturday 20th February – The Odd Fellow, Fremantle, WA

Beth Patterson
Saturday 20th February – Paynesville Wine Bar, Paynesville, VIC
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW

Cobargo Folk Festival
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo, NSW

Courtyard Sessions presents Jordan Millar
Friday 19th February – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW

Dave Rawlings Machine
Friday 19th February – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 20th February – Festival Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Davey Craddock
Thursday 25th February – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 26th February – Major Toms, Kyneton, VIC

Dawn Landes
Sunday 21st February – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Dream A Highway feat. Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings Machine, Willie Watson, Haas Kowert Tice
Saturday 20th February – Festival Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Elwood Myre
Saturday 20th February – Mountain Sounds, Somersby, NSW
Friday 26th February – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Exile: Songs & Tales of Irish Australia
Saturday 20th February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 21st February – Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 24th February – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Folkswagon feat. Scott Cook, Willowy, The Bean Project
Wednesday 24th February – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Frances Folk Gathering
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Frances, SA

Hootenanny feat. The Button Collective
Sunday 21st February – Miss Peaches, Sydney, NSW

Hussy Hicks
Friday 19th February – Seaview Hotel, Woolgoolga, NSW

James Thomson
Sunday 21st February – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Friday 26th February – The Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland, NSW

John Flanagan and Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel
Friday 19th February – Belbrae Hall, Belbrae, VIC
Saturday 20th February – Buangor Cobb & Co, Buangor, VIC
Sunday 21st February – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC

Josh Pyke
Friday 19th February – Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 20th February – Astor Theatre, Perth, WA

Kate Miller-Heidke
Friday 19th February – Laycock Street Theatre, Gosford, NSW
Saturday 20th February – Estonian House, Melbourne, VIC

Keep Sydney Open Rally
Sunday 21st February – Belmore Park, Sydney, NSW

Lime and Steel
Saturday 20th February – Old City Bank, Katoomba, NSW

Live ‘n’ Lounging feat. Colin Jones, Lissa, Andrew Drummond
Sunday 21st February – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Nicola Hayes & Hélène Brunet, Doctor Stovepipe
Wednesday 24th February – The Famous Spiegeltent, Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT

Passenger
Sunday 21st February – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS
Thursday 25th February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Patrick James
Friday 19th February – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 25th February – Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Friday 26th February – Howler, Melbourne, VIC

Peasant Moon w/ Mark Lucas, Dear Orphans
Sunday 21st February – The Record Crate, Sydney, NSW

Phia w/ Ayawatamaya
Wednesday 24th February – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Pocket Fox
Friday 19th February – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Riverboats Music Festival
Friday 19th to Sunday 21st February – Echuca-Moama, VIC

Ruby Boots
Friday 19th to Sunday 21st February – Riverboats Festival, VIC

Sam Newton
Saturday 20th February – The Roundabout Inn, Gloucester, NSW

SINners Sunday feat. Stillhouse Union
Sunday 21st February – Town and Country Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Sufjan Stevens
Tuesday 23rd February – State Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 26th February – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Summer in the Hills
Saturday 20th February – York On Lilydale, Mt Evelyn, VIC

The Audreys
Saturday 20th February – The Railway Club, Darwin, NT

The Beards
Thursday 25th February – Royal Oak Hotel, Launceston, TAS
Friday 26th February – Waratah Hotel, Hobart, TAS

The Bottlers, Mail Day, Scarlet’s Revenge
Saturday 20th February – The Captain Cook Hotel, Sydney, NSW

The Button Collective
Thursday 25th February – Phoenix Bar, Canberra, ACT

The Caravansary feat. Tom Stephens, Slow Loris, Direwolf & Maia Jelavic, Lee Sullivan & The Sleepers, Liam Gale & The Ponytails, Liz Hughes, Matt Murchie, Rosaline Letford, Kev’s House Band & the Ub Ubbo All Stars
Sunday 21st February – Summer Hill Mansion, Sydney, NSW

The East Pointers
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, NSW

The Melbourne Folk Club feat. Broads, Dan Parsons
Sunday 21st February – Bakehouse Studios, Melbourne, VIC

The Rambling Boys
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, NSW

Tim Easton
Wednesday 24th February – Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford, VIC
Thursday 25th February – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 26th February – Major Tom’s, Melbourne, VIC

Vin Garbutt
Saturday 20th February – The Fly by Night, Perth, WA
Wednesday 24th February – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 26th February – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW

Willowy
Friday 19th February – The Eastern, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 21st February – The Hotel Metro, Adelaide, SA
Friday 26th February – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“Gypsy Davy” – Emily Smith

One of the most prolific songs in the Scottish, Irish and American traditions (it’s commonly known as “The Raggle Taggle Gypsy”, “The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O”, “The Gypsy Laddie(s)”, “Black Jack David” (or “Davy”), “Seven Yellow Gypsies” and more) “Gypsy Davy” is evidence of the folk process hard work with a broad theme of a lady running away with a gypsy retold in numerous ways. I might post some other versions over the coming weeks.