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.
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