This Week in Folk
All the News From The Week That Was
– Jake Bugg has announced acoustic tour dates this April. Details here
– Brisbane based singer-songwriter Paddy McHugh released the video for his latest single “Down To Sydney”. Details here
– The Decemberists announced details of their new album I’ll Be Your Girl. Details here. Details here
– Award winning folk duo Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker are touring Australia this April. Details here
– New South Wales based alt-country duo Smith & Jones released their new single and video “Your Achin Heart”. Details here
– Alt-country, folk-noir duo Jep and Dep released their latest clip “Lune Cassee Reve”. Details here
– Groote Eylandt born singer-songwriter Emily Wurramara released her new single “Ngarrukwujenama”. Details here
– Roots music legends Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite announced their second duo album No Mercy in This Land. Details here
Interviews
As always Benji and the Salt Water Sound System have their flock of devotees who seem to follow every event across the land, people who have stayed for the journey as the band evolved out of Ben’s earlier project Southerly Change into the current lineup. The band still has the same feel and a lot of the same personnel, though the tracking of life is leaving the trace of its touch on the face of the band – Elizabeth Walton chats to Benji and the Saltwater Sound System. Interview here
Releases This Week
José González & The Brite Lites At Svenska Grammofonstudion – José González
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Hit The Ground Running – Newton Faulkner
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Live! – The Wilson Pickers
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The Narrow Corner – Tim Hart
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Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig
The Wilson Pickers
Americana super-group The Wilson Pickers launch their new album Live! in Melbourne.
Saturday 3rd February – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Gigs Next Week
Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 9th February – Rooty Hill RSL, Rooty Hill, NSW
Aldous Harding
Friday 2nd February – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Hart’s Mill, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 3rd February – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 4th February – St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 7th February – The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, VIC
Alice Skye
Sunday 4th February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 9th February – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Andy Golledge Band
Saturday 3rd February – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Appalachian Heaven Stringband
Sunday 4th February – Peninsula Folk Club, Frankston Bowling Club, Frankston, VIC
Ben Salter
Sunday 4th February – The Tramway, Melbourne, VIC
Bighouse Arts 1st Birthday Bash feat. Bob Harrow, Brooke Russell, Jumpin Jack William, Archer, Perch Creek, Immigrant Union, Coastbusters
Saturday 3rd February – Bighouse Arts, Melbourne, VIC
Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th February – Carrington Hotel, Katoomba, NSW
Brian Campeau
Friday 9th February – Edinburgh Castle, Melbourne, VIC
Bungendore Country Music Muster
Saturday 3rd February – Bungendore Showground and Racecourse, Bungendore, NSW
Cass Eager
Friday 2nd February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Charm of Finches
Friday 2nd February – Selby Folk Club, Melbourne, VIC
Colin Hay
Friday 2nd February – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 9th February – Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo, VIC
Courtyard Sessions feat. Lady Lyon
Friday 9th February – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Darcy Fox
Friday 2nd February – Red Cup Cafe, Box Hill, VIC
Friday 9th February – Lillies & Lattes, Sawtell, NSW
David Ryan Harris
Saturday 3rd February – The Jazzlab, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 8th February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Davidson Brothers
Sunday 4th February – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Dan Sultan w/ The Teskey Brothers
Saturday 3rd February – Twilight at Taronga, Sydney, NSW
Dan Walsh
Friday 2nd February – Neil Tonkin Park, Perth, WA
Emily Wurramara
Saturday 3rd February – Yalukut Weelam Ngargee Music Festival, O’Donnell Garden, St Kilda, VIC
Emma Russack and Soda Eaves
Thursday 8th February – Fitzroy Library, Melbourne, VIC
Fanny Lumsden
Friday 2nd February – Savernake, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – Tumblong Hall, Tumlong, NSW
Friday 9th February – Neerim Memorial Hall, Neerim, VIC
Father John Misty
Friday 2nd February – Laneway Festival, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 3rd February – Laneway Festival, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 4th February – Laneway Festival, Sydney, NSW
Friday 9th February – Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour feat. Claire Anne Taylor, The Small Glories
Friday 2nd February – Toormina, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – Eastern Dorrigo Community Hall, Ulong, NSW
FolkSwagon feat. Liam Gale & the Ponytails, Mama Schultz, Cookie Baker
Wednesday 7th February – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Fred Smith & Liz Frencham
Friday 2nd February – Maleny RSL, Maleny, QLD
Saturday 3rd February – Oodies Cafe, Bundaberg, QLD
Sunday 4th February – Brolga Theater River Stagem, Maryborough, QLD
Monday 5th February – House Concert, Cooloola Cove, QLD
Wednesday 7th February – House Concert, Nana Glen, QLD
Thursday 8th February – Dorrigo Wholefoods, Dorrigo, NSW
Friday 9th February – McCrossins Mill, Uralla, NSW
Free Fallin’ – A Tribute To Tom Petty feat. Sweet Jelly Rolls, Jeremy Edwards, Jason Walker, Smith & Jones
Friday 9th February – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Fresh Off the Boat
Friday 9th February – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Freya Josephine Hollick
Saturday 3rd February – The Lost Ones, Ballarat, VIC
Giffen
Saturday 3rd February – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Gretta Ziller
Sunday 4th February – The Union, Melbourne, VIC
Grampians Music Festival
Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th February – Halls Gap, VIC
Grizzlee Train
Saturday 3rd February – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
Hana and Jessie-Lee
Saturday 3rd February – Thebartonia Summer Festival, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Hello Tut Tut
Saturday 3rd February – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Honey and Knives
Friday 9th February – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur & James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 8th February – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC
Illawarra Folk Club Volunteer Thank You feat. Pukichi, Witches Leap, The Water Runners
Friday 2nd February – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW
Imogen Clark
Saturday 3rd February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 9th February – Rooty Hill RSL, Sydney, NSW
James Kenyon
Tuesday 6th February – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Jhana Allan & Mel O’Neill
Wednesday 7th February – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Jim Lawrie
Saturday 3rd February – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Jimi Hocking
Thursday 8th February – Hume Blues Club Inc, Melbourne, VIC
Joe & Harmony’s Trippy Hippy Band
Thursday 8th February – Sutherland Acoustic, Tradies, Gymea, NSW
Kasey Chambers
Saturday 3rd February – Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, WA
Lady Lyon
Friday 9th February – Courtyard Sessions, Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Leah Flanagan and Alice Skye
Sunday 4th February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Liam Gerner – Banjo vs Lawson Bulletin Debate
Tuesday 6th February – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC
Lior
Friday 2nd February – Pop Up Park, Werribee, VIC
Saturday 3rd February – Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, WA
Live @ The Retreat feat. The Stetson Family, Duncan Phillips, Rosie Burgess Trio, The Special
Sunday 4th February – The Retreat, Melbourne, VIC
Lucy Rose
Friday 2nd February – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 4th February – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Monday 5th February – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 7th February – Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT
Friday 9th February – Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan
Thursday 8th February – Bar 303, Melbourne, VIC
Margret RoadKnight and Laura Jean
Saturday 3rd February – MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
Mark Lucas & The Deadsetters
Tuesday 6th February – The Bald Faced Stag, Sydney, NSW
Matt Walker
Saturday 3rd February – The Gem Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Mimi Gilbert & Merpire
Sunday 4th February – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Mitch Power
Sunday 4th February – The Union, Melbourne, VIC
Montgomery Church
Saturday 3rd February – Rydges Hotel, Jindabyne, NSW
Mount Eliza Music Festival
Saturday 3rd February – Melbourne, VIC
Mr. Alford & Jess Holland
Sunday 4th February – The Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Neil Murray
Friday 2nd February – Red Velvet Lounge, Cygnet, TAS
Friday 9th February – Hamilton Institute of Rural Learning, Hamilton, VIC
Old Mates Block Party feat. The Lockhearts, Papa Pilko And The Binrats, Neon Heart, Hobo Magic, The Ugly Kings, Fox Company, Andy Golledge Band, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, Johnny Hunter, Eightball Junkies, Particles, Hello Bones
Saturday 3rd February – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Papa Pilko and the Binrats
Friday 2nd February – Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Pickin’ in the Park
Sunday 4th February – Banjo Paterson Park, Sydney, NSW
Pierce Brothers
Saturday 3rd February – Apex Park, Wangaratta, VIC
Porch Light Sessions feat. Mike McCarthy, Stephanie Cherote, Emerald Ruby
Thursday 8th February – Porch Light Sessions, Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Raised by Eagles
Sunday 4th February – Noisy Ritual People-Powered Urban Winery, Melbourne, VIC
Red Dog Studio Session XV feat. Thompson Springs, Alanna Eileen, Steph Miller, Chasing the Dream, Clouydbird
Saturday 3rd February – Red Dog Studio Sessions, Sydney, NSW
Rick Hart
Sunday 4th February – The Taproom, Castlemaine, VIC
Romisounds & Jimothy Andrews
Friday 9th February – Glenorie RSL, Glenorie, NSW
Quarry Mountain Dead Rats
Saturday 3rd February – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sam Buckingham
Thursday 8th February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Sass The Patriarchy feat. This Way North, Bitch Diesel
Wednesday 7th February – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Simon Rudston-Brown
Sunday 4th February – Bombini, Avoca Beach, NSW
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
Friday 2nd February – Hart’s Mill, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 3rd February – Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 4th February – Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, NSW
Stella Donnelly
Saturday 3rd February – Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, WA
Sugartree
Saturday 3rd February – Mount Eliza Music Festival, Melbourne, VIC
TEK TEK Ensemble
Saturday 3rd February – The Bearded Tit, Sydney, NSW
The Ahern Brothers
Friday 2nd February – 63 First Ave, Sawtell, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – Stag & Hunter, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 4th February – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 8th February – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 9th February – Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
The Backsliders
Saturday 3rd February – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
The Beez
Friday 2nd February – Woodville Hall, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – House Concert, Medowie, NSW
Sunday 4th February – Humph Hall, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 8th February – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday 9th February – Arcade Circus Shed, Katoomba, NSW
The Black Sorrows
Friday 9th February – Bird’s Basement, Melbourne, VIC
The Bushwackers
Friday 9th February – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT
The Cat Empire w/ Allysha Joy
Saturday 3rd February – Melbourne Zoo Twilights 2018, Melbourne, VIC
The Demon Drink
Saturday 3rd February – Mt Gravatt Marketta, Brisbane, QLD
The Djangologists
Saturday 4th January – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
The Drunken Poachers
Friday 2nd February – The Nightjar Festival, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 3rd February – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
The Emerald Ruby & Stephanie Cherote
Wednesday 7th February – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 8th February – Porch Light Sessions, Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
The Gypsy Scholars
Friday 2nd February – Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 9th February – Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW
The Long Johns
Friday 2nd February – QPAC, Brisbane, QLD
The Shack feat. Joel Havea, Phillip Bracken, The Mighty Resonators
Saturday 3rd February – The Music Lounge, Sydney, NSW
The Swamp Stompers
Friday 2nd February – Bellevue Hotel, Tuncurry, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – Stag and Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
The Waifs
Saturday 3rd February – Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Perth, WA
Sunday 4th February – Mossvale Park, Berrys Creek, VIC
The Wilson Pickers
Saturday 3rd February – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
This is A Robbery w/ Quinton Trembath
Friday 2nd February – Newtown Cemetery, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 3rd February – Small Shows, Sydney, NSW
Thompson Springs
Saturday 3rd February – Red Dog Studio Sessions, Sydney, NSW
Friday 9th February – The Townie, Sydney, NSW
Tim Hart
Saturday 3rd February – Front Bar & Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Friday 9th February – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Tim Hulsman Trio
Saturday 3rd February – Martians Cafe & Bar, Deans Marsh, VIC
Tolka
Sunday 4th February – CERES Joe’s Market Garden, Melbourne, VIC
Vanishing Shapes
Sunday 4th February – The Ori, Newcastle, NSW
Witches Leap and Pukichi
Friday 2nd February – Illawarra Folk Club, City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW
XANI
Sunday 4th February – The Post Office Hotel, Melbourne, VIC