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Sunday 31 August
Folk Club Picnic Day and sessions
Centennial Park Cooks Hill
11-3pm games start at 1pm
BYO picnic lunch. We'll bring the games. including games and sessioning
If weather in doubt the phone E laine on 4943 1552 or Bilbo 4958 4033
Free event
6 September
Mark Jackson
Supported byTariiq Turuq
 Occasionally recognised with a piece of paper or trophy, this MSSG (Male singer/songwriter,/Guitarist) combines strong melodies, powerful song-writing and a nice set of vocal chords. Focuses upon entertaining and getting an audience singing. Comes complete with humour and an ability to address issues that others would rather not. Chops, slices and dices. A songwriter and all round entertainer and a great involver of audiences is Mark Jackson.
Singer, songwriter and all round entertainer and a great involver of audiences is Mark Jackson. Mark will have you totally involved.
 DANCE OF LIFE AND TARIIQ TURUQ
The “Dance of Life” Gypsy Belly Dance Troupe and “Tariiq Turuq” Arabic Fusion live band.
A collaboration developed between the extended Dance of Life family to produce dance with live music. Playing music from the Middle East and Eastern Europe the group combine traditional and fusion dancing with traditional and modern instrumentation in an exciting and innovative way.
The Dance of Life has been Newcastle’s premier Gypsy Belly Dance group for 12 years and has been performing with Tariiq Turuq for 3 years.
Tix: $14 non members, Con $12, Members $10
27 September
Bushfire Spring Dance
Hosts our September Spring Swing bush dance with the best of dance callers and musicians. So mark this date. Bushfire are Kent Daniels, Gary and Steve Roberts, Kay Cogan and a host of others
Tix: $14 non members, Con $12, Members $10
4 October
Bob Campbell
Bob the fiddler from Gulgong from the band Home Rule.
Supported by local lads, quirky Nerds and Music (Clark Gormley and Wayne Thompson)
| Bob Campbell is a singer, musician, writer and teacher who has been involved in the cultural life of the Gulgong- Mudgee area since 1984 when he began teaching at Gulgong High School. He has appeared on many CDs with his band, Home Rule, and has toured and performed throughout Australia and overseas playing his particular style of distinctively Australian music. | |
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Bob's latest CD is called FREEDOM ON THE WALLABY and was recorded and produced in his local area.
The CD was made as a result of the positive response to his readings of Henry Lawson poems on Radio 2MG as part of a promotion of Gulgong during 2004 when many people asked for copies of the pieces he performed on the radio.
Henry Lawson, Australia’s best known and loved poet and short story writer, resided in Gulgong during the 1870s Gold rush and drew on the area for many of his stories and poems in later life. A tragic romantic, he died far too early after losing a battle with alcohol and serving time in jail because he could not pay his debts. Ironically, his face appeared on the first ten dollar note along with Gulgong street scenes.
The CD contains nine poems, one story and four songs with musical arrangements by Bob on most tracks. The Lawson works, with two exceptions, were written between 1889 and 1900 when Henry Lawson was at his revolutionary best and fired by sympathy for working class people around the time of the 1891 Shearers Strike that played such an influential role in the consciousness of that period. Local musicians, Dennis Ryan and Ross Kurtz also played on several tracks.
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Tix: $14 non members, Con $12, Members $10
1 November
Folk in Broke Festival
More info at link above
22 November
Festival Favourites Something Big Gig
sing, laugh, dance and tap you feet with Bill Bekric, Arch, John Grenager and others
Tix: $14 non members, Con $12, Members $10
6 December
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is a three piece combo who are, in my humble opinion, the most entertaining group on the Sydney scene today. Although they have been together for ‘round 30 years, their humour, spontaneity & all round professionalism are a wonder to see. Funny name, great band.
Warren - Banjo / Guitar, Isabelle - D.Bass and John - Mando / Guitar 60's sing-a-long songs and lots of participation. Been together for 30 yrs, Funny name, Funny group! from Sydney.
Supported with the talented concertina player; Carole Garland with her music hall variety, sing along songs and antics.
Tix: $14 non members, Con $12, Members $10
Sunday 7 December
King Street Fair
Top class entertainment Folk Club stage with local performers, poets, busking competition, stalls and food. A fun day out to find some Christmas gifts.
Tuesday 16 December
Alistair Hulett (UK) and David Rovics (US)
Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club
Wesley Fellowship Hall, 150 Beaumont St, Hamilton
Alistair Hulett, born in Glasgow, is an acoustic folk singer with a distinctively political tone. In the early 80's Hulett was the founding member of the five piece folk punk band, Roaring Jack, opening for overseas acts, including Billy Bragg, The Pogues and The Men They Couldn't Hang.
‘Alistair Hulett is a singer of intensity, integrity and conviction, but although much of his writing is hard edged social and political commentary which challenges any hint of passivity in his audience, he doesn’t let the ideology overpower the imaginative lyricism of his writing. He combines rich vocal tonality, deceptively understated guitar style and articulate incisive introductions in a relaxed presentation. He is a singer and writer of stature and Australia’s loss is most definitely our gain.’ The Living Tradition UK
‘Hulett has an extraordinary knack of capturing folk ballad phrasing and melody and putting them into overtly contemporary story songs. It is a mix that has been achieved by very few other writers.’ Sing Out! USA
‘His writing style never seeks the obvious path of easy rhyming or scanning schemes, instead seeking to challenge and provoke, as he explores where other songsmiths fear to tread… The combination of the songs, the delivery and that knife-edge Glaswegian voice is a weapon which refuses to take a background role.’ Taplas UK
Hullett's first solo CD, Dance of the Underclass, was released in 1991 and was completely acoustic, featuring contributions from other members of Roaring Jack, and a rendition of The Internationale. The album was hailed as a folk classic, with the song, He Fades Away, being covered by Roy Bailey and June Tabor, and later by Andy Irvine. A second album, In The Back Streets Of Paradise, was released in 1994, and was a collection of songs originally intended as the next Roaring Jack's release.
In addition to his solo albums, Hulett has worked with Dave Swarbrick of Fairport Convention, producing three albums. |