This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

– American newgrass five piece Trampled By Turtles released their new single “Wild Animals”. Details here

– Mustered Courage are heading to the US for pretty much the rest of the year, but before they go they have a handful of shows planned on the East Coast. Details here

– UK folk legends Martin & Eliza Carthy have released their new single “Happiness” from their new album The Moral Of The Elephant. Details here

– Melody Pool and Marlon Williams have announced a co-headline national tour this July and August. Details here

– Next week Sydney folk night Porch Light Sessions is set to feature Dave Calandra, Christopher Coleman and Elana Stone. Details here

– Timber and Steel favourite Imogen Clark is heading out on a three city joint tour with Darcy Fox and Paige Renee Court. Details here

– Melbourne singer-songwriter Marmalade Ghost has released his debut single “This Chest of Drawers”. Details here

– Australian singer-songwriter Stu Larsen has released the video to his new track “Thirteen Sad Farewells”. Details here

– NSW duo Siskin River released their debut video “Up”. Details here

– Americana old-timey artist Dom Flemons has confirmed a solo album for July and has released a new single “But They Got It Fixed Right On”. Details here

– Matt Walters has released his highly anticipated new single “NightWalk”. Details here

– The UK’s Monument Valley has released his new single “Plans”. Details here

– Monthly Sydney jam night Bluegrass at Yulli’s returns this Wednesday with an appearance from Not Good With Horses. Details here

– Sydney gets the Autumn/Winter Finders Keepers Markets tonight and tomorrow with music from folky artists like Leroy Lee, Brian Campeau, Martha Marlow (above), Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers, Bec Sandridge, Hannah Marjorie, Boy Outside and more. Details here

– We got a stream of the new Kaurna Cronin single “Goodbye to You” ahead of its launch in Adelaide tonight. Details here

– Brisbane’s Brianna Carpenter will help you chase the winter blues away with her new video “In Our Hearts”. Details here

– Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers have announced details of their 2014 Country Halls tour with Ruby Boots. Details here

– Sydney’s Huckleberry Hastings has started drip feeding his new mini-album and art project with the release of his track “The Sick”. Details here

Interviews

“After two successful runs in Australia in recent times with Pieta Brown, showcasing the Love Over Gold album, Lucie is back on the road solo, albeit with long time collaborator percussionist Hamish Stuart, and teaming up for a double bill in Bacchus Marsh with Liz Stringer” – Lucie Thorne chats to Billy Quinn. Interview here

“From humble beginnings in 1998, in a small venue that sat 20 in the audience, Michael Johnathon has built the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour into a public broadcasting colossus, heard and seen around the globe each week from its current home in the Lyric Theatre, Lexington KY” – The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour’s Michael Johnathon chats to Billy Quinn. Interview here

Releases This Week

Any Other Morning – Jack McNeill and Charlie Heys
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At The End – Oliver Downes
Bandcamp

Whispers – Passenger
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Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Kaurna Cronin

Adelaide’s Kaurna Cronin has spent the last month touring up and down the east coast and tonight returns to his home town to launch the new single “Goodbye to You”.

Friday 6th June – Pirie & Co. Social Club, Adelaide, SA

Gigs Next Week

Bluegrass at Yulli’s feat. Not Good With Horses
Wednesday 11th June – Yulli’s Upstairs, Sydney, NSW

Chaika
Friday 6th June – The Unorthodox Church of Groove, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 7th June – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 8th June – Upstairs@199, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 12th June – Avoca Beach Picture Theatre, Avoca Beach, NSW
Friday 13th June – The Foundry 616, Sydney, NSW

Christopher Coleman Collective
Thursday 12th June – Porch Light Sessions, Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th June – Brighton Up Bar, Sydney, NSW

C.W. Stoneking
Wednesday 11th June – St Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th June – St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne, VIC

Daniel Champagne
Tuesday 10th June – Burps, MacKay, QLD
Wednesday 11th June – Bellevue Hotel, Townsville, QLD
Thursday 12th June – Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD

Finders Keepers Sydney w/ Leroy Lee, Brian Campeau, Martha Marlow, Fanny Lumsden & The Thrillseekers, Bec Sandridge, Hannah Marjorie, Boy Outside
Friday 6th and Saturday 7th June – Australian Technology Park, Sydney, NSW

Graveyard Train
Wednesday 11th June – The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 13th June – The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD

Isaac de Heer
Saturday 7th June – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 8th June – Red Poles Winery, Adelaide, SA

Jeff Lang
Friday 6th June – Nexus Arts Centre, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 7th June – Fly By Night, Fremantle, WA
Sunday 8th June – Ravenswood Hotel, Ravenswood, WA
Thursday 12th June – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 13th June – The Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD

Josh Pyke with Jack Carty
Friday 6th June – Montrose Town Centre, Montrose, VIC
Saturday 7th June – The Memo, Healesville, VIC
Friday 13th June – Fannie Bay Gaol, Darwin, NT

Justin Bernasconi
Saturday 7th June – Pizza and Wine Club, Kyneton, VIC
Friday 13th June – The Bendigo Folk Club, Bendigo, VIC

Kaurna Cronin and Ben Whiting
Friday 6th June – Pirie & Co. Social Club, Adelaide, SA

Kim Churchill
Friday 6th June – The Prince of Wales, Bunbury, WA
Saturday 7th June – Alice & Sharni Present: Theth & Gibson, Adelaide, SA

Little Bastard
Thursday 12th June – Rad (Yours & Owls), Wollongong, NSW
Friday 13th June – Newtown Social Club, Sydney, NSW

Melbourne Folk Club feat/ Matt Walters, Anika Moa, Tim Guy
Wednesday 11th June – Bella Union, Melbourne, VIC

Paul Green and the Other Colours
Saturday 7th June – See Change Festival, Huskisson, NSW

Peak Festival
Friday 6th to Monday 9th June – Perisher, NSW

Ruby Boots
Saturday 7th June – The Astor Lounge, Mount Lawley, WA

Spookyland
Friday 13th June – FBi Social, Sydney, NSW

Taliska
Friday 6th to Monday 9th June — National Celtic Festival, Port Arlington, VIC
Tuesday 10th June — Vic Folk Music Club, Ringwood, VIC

The April Maze
Friday 6th to Sunday 8th June – Palm Creek Folk Festival, Townsville, QLD
Wednesday 11th June – House Concert, Mullumbimby, NSW
Friday 13th June – Dundurrabin Community Centre, Dundurrabin, NSW

The Audreys
Friday 6th June – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Saturday 7th June – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 8th June – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 12th June – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 13th June – Kyneton Town Hall, VIC

The Beards
Friday 6th June – Wollongong Uni, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 7th June – The Abbey, Canberra, NSW
Sunday 8th June – Captains, Batemans Bay, NSW
Wednesday 11th Jun – Carrington, Katoomba, NSW
Thursday 12th June, The Railway Club, Darwin, NT
Friday 13th June – The Railway Club, Darwin, NT

The Folk Informal feat. Enola Fall, Karl Christoph, Benjamin James Caldwell, Direwolf
Thursday 12th June – FBi Social, Sydney, NSW

The Paper Kites
Saturday 7th June – The Railway Club, Darwin, NT
Friday 13th June – The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW

The Pierce Brothers
Sunday 8th June – Hotel Brunswick, Brunswick Heads, NSW

Todd Sibbin and the Acadian Driftwood
Friday 13th June – Jade Monkey, Adelaide, SA

Top Half Folk Festival
Friday 6th to Monday 9th June – Mary River, NT

Wagons
Friday 6th June – Barwon Club, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 7th June – The HiFi, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 8th June – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Thursday 12th June – The Abbey, Canberra, ACT
Friday 13th June – Yours & Owls, Wollongong, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“Better Way” – Ben Harper

I’ve always said that one of the positives that comes out of having a government as divisive as the one Australia has right now is that it motivates the previously politically apathetic to take a stand. And one of the best ways to vent our frustration at the political process is through music. I believe in a better way.