Tag: "Woodford Folk Festival"

Kate Miller-Heidke
0 Comments. 2,628 Views. Posted 20 Apr 2012 @ 8:17am.
  It's almost hard to believe that Kate Miller-Heidke is only on her third album (fourth if you count side-project Fatty Gets A Stylist, which was released as a solo album outside Australia). Her latest, Nightflight, is atmospheric, engaging, colourful, emotional, revealing and enticing. The strong melodic sense of her best work is there, of course, as is the thoughtful orchestration.... Read More
The Count With... Rosie Burgess Trio
0 Comments. 860 Views. Posted 24 Feb 2012 @ 6:23am.
Name/Band: Rosie from the Rosie Burgess Trio.   Ten bands everyone should know about: Barenaked Ladies, Be Good Tanyas, Melissa Ferrick, A Tribe Called Quest, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, The Herbaliser, Balkan Beat Box, Jungal and well, I have to say it, the Rosie Burgess Trio.   Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Tomatoes, mushrooms, pasta, facon, soy... Read More
The WooHoo Revue
0 Comments. 1,606 Views. Posted 13 Oct 2011 @ 8:33am.
In an ever-changing world where nothing is what it seems ,it's good to know that two simple things exist: cold beer and a Melbourne-based "Balkan gypsy brass band." The Woohoo Revue guitarist Dannie McKenzie, who mans the 12-string acoustic, tells us that the most apt description of their musical melange came from "a lunatic guerrilla music journalist" from Adelaide. Among the terms thrown around... Read More
Gossling Announces War For Victoria and NSW
0 Comments. 2,573 Views. Posted 12 May 2011 @ 2:33pm.
After touring with Oh Mercy earlier this year, Gossling has decided to headline her own tour through Victoria and New South Wales this June. Gossling has previously supported acts such as The Villagers, The Whitlams, Lamb, Whitley and Lior as well as appearing at Woodford Folk Festival, Boogie Fest, Peats Ridge and Caloundra. Now she is reading for her own tour, announcing a two week tour... Read More
The Good Ship
0 Comments. 1,603 Views. Posted 5 Apr 2011 @ 11:56am.
  Brisbane was going through one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit Australia last January when the sea-shanty folk-rockers The Good Ship set off for the Illawarra Folk Festival. It was a bitter-sweet experience, as vocalist/guitarist Daz Gray recalls, because kick-starting the band’s biggest year yet required The Good Ship to turn their back on their troubled hometown. “The... Read More
Gossling To Support Oh Mercy
0 Comments. 2,002 Views. Posted 4 Mar 2011 @ 3:34pm.
Victorian songstress Gossling will be joining forces with Oh Mercy on their national ‘Great Barrier Grief’ tour.   Gossling (aka Helen Croome) has quickly gained popularity after the release of her EP If You Can’t Whistle in late 2009. Since then she has appeared at Woodford Folk Festival as well as touring with her current EP Until Then.   Supporting acts such as... Read More
The Barons Of Tang
0 Comments. 2,633 Views. Posted 27 Jan 2011 @ 2:13pm.
  Hot on the heels of their Woodford Folk Festival tour, The Barons Of Tang are scheduled to support the Gold Coast's alternative/electro/flamenco act Tijuana Cartel.    Having played a huge year of shows and festivals including Byron Bay Blues And Roots Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, sharing the Billboard stage with international gypsy punks Gogol Bordello and... Read More
The Birdmann At The Butterfly
0 Comments. 1,949 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Infamous comic variety artist The Birdmann will begin the new year with a show at Melbourne's The Butterfly Club.   Entitled Birdmannia, the show guarantees fanatical interest and illogical commotion, displaying virtuosic talents with a visual edge.   Arriving in Melbourne fresh from the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, The Birdmann plans to deliver a left of field and... Read More
Direct Influence
0 Comments. 980 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Fresh from attempting to conquer the Asian market following a slot on the world-famous festival Japan Music Week in Tokyo, Melbourne six-piece Direct Influence are taking the road less travelled. Unlike most of their peers, it’s Japan and Vietnam that these electro-reggae heads have been squarely focusing on – though, look out Europe, according to guitarist Marcus Ross, you... Read More
The Barons of Tang Add More Shows
0 Comments. 558 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:22am.
With their new EP Knots and Tangles in their back pocket, The Barons Of Tang will play at Woodford Folk Festival, The Peregian Originals, The Lighthouse Party (Coolum) and Rainbow Serpent Festival. For details visit myspace.com/thebaronsoftang. Read More
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