Roots

High & Lonesome will be playing at the annual Deans Marsh Landcare weekend at the Deans Marsh Hall. Cafe and Bar will be open along with some stalls from the washed-out Pioneer Festival.

A great night out in a great little community. Bring your own dog or borrow someone else's.

Just wanted to let members know that I am organising a benefit SINGALONG of Pete Seeger's songs, centred on audience participation (inspired by recent celebration of Pete's 90th birthday).

The singalong will benefit Community Music Victoria Vic Sings, a program which trains singing leaders for community singing groups all around Victoria and the New International Bookshop which is in Trades Hall Basement. Read more »»

Aireys Inlet will host the 2nd Open Mic Music Festival this March to provide a stage for both established and aspiring musicians.

There are currently over 80 acts scheduled to perform on four stages over the weekend.

The festival is intended to be an open forum and will cater for all types of music and size of acts. From full rock bands to solo acoustic acts, there is something for everyone. Read more »»

With all the trials and tribulations of migrating the site to better premises we missed a wrap up of Strat and Lyndal performing at Live and Local.

I have put the two videos I did of Strat and Lyndal at the folk club up on YouTube.

You can watch them below the fold. Read more »»

Friday October 5th, 8pm
Emerald Lounge, Clifton Hill Hotel, Queens Parade, Clifton Hill.

“Blackwood” Warm, engaging, laid-back, cosmopolitan, rhythmic, lyrical … compulsive! ‘Blackwood’ make sweet yet powerful music on harp, guitar, whistles, fiddle, mandolin, cuatro and percussion, and with well-crafted songs and fine vocal harmonies they bring you ‘a superb bunch of songs that start out somewhere deep in the wide world of tradition and end up right in the moment…talented gits’ (Enda Kenny). Kwela jive from South Africa, Venezuelan joropos, and ancient Irish harp melodies, all in the same half hour! Read more »»