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-- YOUR ACOUSTIC GIG HERE - There appears to be a gap in acoustic shows appearing here at the moment, so if you you are a performer or know of any who have shows wanting FREE publicity then here is an opporunity to tell others about your upcoming performances. Whether they are traditional dance or acoustic showcases as long as they fall into folk, world, blues, country etc and are predominantly acoustic in nature then they will be posted here.
Just email the event to: events @ wafolk.iinet.net.au (click here or cut and paste into you email programme and remove the spaces).
If you send your acoustic gigs to WAAN or any of the other email based gig guides then why not "CC" this calandar in and your show will be up here within a couple of days and stay 'til the event is past, no waiting for emails to be sent out, it is online 24hr a day 7 days a week for everyone to see.
Sat 6 Feb
-- PERTH POETRY CLUB features Indigo (SA slam winner) + TBA Indigo, 27, is an emerging artist in spoken word, poetry, circus and dance. Recently third in the 2009 Australian Poetry Slam, she was the SA State Winner two years running. She enjoyed Perth and its poets so much the last time she is back again to distract you, and herself, with some entertaining word play. If that doesn't work, she might be forced to resort to a little contortion. 2-4pm Perth Poetry Club: www.perthpoetryclub.com Email: perthpoetryclub@gmail.com Phone: Janet 0406 624 578
Sunday 7 February
-- Ballpoint Penguins
We hope that you had an indulgent holiday season. Here we are in January----and the launch of the Ballpoint Penguins' new CD Flights of Fancy is coming up fast. The disc is finished and we're very happy with it--with offerings dealing with everything from the sex lives of single socks to Tupperware obsession to IKEA-induced ecstasy and the long-awaited golf song. In just over three weeks, this newest addition to the canon of comic a capella and retro interior decor will be loosed on the world. We hope you've already put the date in your calendar. Now you can add the details:
7:00 PM Sunday 7 February
Charles Hotel, 509 Charles St. North Perth
Entry $35/$32 with CD Entry only $15/$12 CD alone $25
Reasonably priced meals available at the pub (Dine in the venue during the show if you wish)
Now it's your turn. Send a reply email to say Yes, I'm booking and bringing a friend! or, No! I'm busy but post me the CD! (this has come via a 3rd party so you may need to find the email from Google or some other search engine)
In either case I'll send you bank details; you do a transfer and you're in. We would love to see you there so please support your local Penguins and show yourself a good time too.
Warks from Kerry, Tim and Colleen
Ballpoint Penguins
original comic a cappella trio
Friday 12th February 2010
-- Xiao Long Xia (The Yabbies) - House Concert @ Rita and Rob's Place 7.30 for 8pm, We are holding another House Concert, and we would love to invite you to an intimate folk performance in our lounge room, on our rural property, East of Wanneroo.
The concert will be presented by Xiao Long Xia (The Yabbies), made up of three members, our son Pete Phillips and his wife Cara, together with their house mate / band mate from China, Kirkman Cadle. The trio have just returned to Perth after a year abroad, during which time they performed as a band and solo in a number of venues in China, including a four month stint as a house band in a pub on Jin Li street, a traditional Chinese street in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
The Yabbies play a range of music, including a fairly large acoustic set, covers and originals, as well as music from other genres. They like folk, jazz, blues and the like, and have a few Chinese songs to sing as well. Interspersed between these they will tell a couple of tales of life in China.
Pete, Cara and Kirk are currently editing an Independent feature film they shot in China, entitled ‘The Writer’. We ask for a donation of $15 per person to support the evening, which will in turn support the production of this film. As usual, we will have a support act and a mini blackboard concert, so if you want to, you can sing or play a song.
We will have tea and coffee available, and glasses if you choose to bring some wine. We would also appreciate it if you could bring a small plate of snacks for the intermission. Please don't be late, so everyone has time to get a drink and be seated for the concert to start on time at 8 o'clock.
Please book early. It will be 'first come, first served' and we can only fit 35 people. Contact Rob and we will send you the address and a map.
-- Wanneroo Folk music Club opens its 24th year on Friday, February 12th at 8pm. Heading the program will be Loaded Dog, WA's premier purveyors of Australian traditional music.
The Dog has three critically acclaimed cd's to its credit and will start recording material for number 4 in the coming months. The name Loaded Dog is taken from a story recounted by Henry Lawson and the band has included musical settings of some of Lawson's poetry on 2 of the 3 current cd's. The band's repertoire also includes original material, songs and music, from band members. come long for a great night of Ausralian music. The Wanneroo Folk Music Club is in the Dorchester Community Hall, corner Dorchester and Dugdale streets, Warwick. The music starts at 8pm and entry is $7.50 Further information: Judith Shaw 94475659
Sun 14 February
-- Maria Forde VALENTINE'S DAY.... at the Irish Club - (Dinner bookings for after show 9381 5213) The Irish Club 3pm Townshend Road Subiaco - 9381 5213 Tickets: $20 ($15 concession) Book early!!!!! Following her very successful WA tour in 2009, Maria Forde returns in February. Having just returned from a very successful tour of Ireland, Maria is looking forward to again entertaining the Western Australian audiences.
Maria will again be joined by with Pete Tichener (Colcannon), a very fine guitarist who adds much to Maria’s performance. Maria Forde is one of Australia’s finest voices, not only for her rich, beautiful vocal tones, but for the inspired and passionate songs she writes, stories of life, love and the land. A regular favourite at venues and festivals around Australia, as well as numerous television and radio appearances, Maria has also supported international artists such as the Furey’s, Foster & Allen, Kieran Goss and Daniel O’Donnell. (The Furey’s have recorded two of Maria’s songs -"Waltzing Matilda, My Darling" and "Will You Dance With Me?"). Maria has been awarded nationally and internationally for her songwriting. Her strength lies in her ability to write timeless material that connects with people’s lives. Pete Titchener hails from Hastings in the South East of England. He has lived in Australia since 1991 and in 1998 joined internationally renowned band Colcannon and has enjoyed several national and international tours with them. Pete has worked with Maria on her new album and will join her for performances of tracks from the album. Maria adds much to all her songs with her wonderful introductions which are something to behold.... She will make you laugh and at times you may even shed a tear... that’s the magic of Maria Forde, you too will feel that emotion flowing from the times she steps on stage....! Pete and herself bounce off each other wonderfully and their love for their craft is quiet evident once you have seen them perform
-- 'PRITA and the PERFECT STRANGERS' VALENTINE'S DAY @ X-WRAY CAFE 4-7pm with special guest 'Brandon Lewis' FREE ENTRY! If you're looking for something cruisy to do on V-Day this year, we have the perfect canoodling afternoon! Jazzy, Soul -Folk inspired tunes, a sea breeze and a full kitchen and bar to fulfill your apetite's desires!! and our special guest 'Brandon Lewis' will be getting up and playing a few tunes with us too on acoustic lead guitar!!
SUNDAY 21ST FEBRUARY
-- DOUGIE MACLEAN Fly By Night
Doors Open: 7.00pm
Presale Tickets: $35.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976
Door Tickets: $40.00 (if available)
Scotland's Dougie Maclean returns to Australia in 2010 following a hugely successful run of shows in 2008 that took in a sold out Spiegeltent in Melbourne, headlining slot at Tasmania's Cygnet Festival and a show stopping performance at the Woodford Folk Festival.
Dougie MacLean is Scotland's pre-eminent singer-songwriter and a national musical treasure' (SingOut USA). From his home base in Butterstone near Dunkeld in the beautiful Tay Valley in Perthshire Scotland, MacLean has built an international reputation as songwriter, composer and extraordinary performer which has led to concerts and festivals all over the world including New York's Carnegie Hall, Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall and London's Festival Theatre.
MacLean's songs have been covered by hosts of artists, including Paolo Nutini, Amy MacDonald, Mary Black, Frankie Miller and Grammy award winning country singer Kathy Mattea and his song Caledonia has become one of Scotland's most popular contemporary songs. His music has been used in Hollywood films (eg Last of the Mohicans), TV Drama (eg BBC's A Mug's Game) and he has been the subject of three BBC TV music-documentaries.
As well as receiving a prestigious Tartan Clef Award for his music and being received into the Scottish Music Hall of Fame, Dougie MacLean's song 'Caledonia' was chosen as the theme song for the international initiative, Homecoming Scotland 2009!
His double-disc compilation The Essential Dougie MacLean brings together great tracks from over 15 award winning albums that span 25 years of magical recording.
Friday 26th February - Monday 1st March 2010
-- Nannup Music Festival
John Butler to Headline Nannup 2010. Heading into its 21st year the Nannup Music Festival continues to showcase the best of current and emerging Australian talent and 2010 proves no exception with the announcement of Australia’s much loved John Butler headlining next years festival. Having sold out shows worldwide both in solo mode and with his trio, John Butler is one of Australia’s most highly respected truly independent artists. He is about to launch a new journey with his brand new trio as they complete the recording of their fifth studio album ' April Uprising' due out in early 2010. John Butler will reflect on past tunes and share some new music with fans at the Nannup Music Festival when he performs in solo mode which is always a real treat for fans!
Joining John will be another favorite Australian son, Harry James Angus from Cat Empire fame. Harry is a regular guest on ABC TV’s hit show spicks and specks, has played to audiences all over the world, and become renown for his unique vocal abilities and wild stage presence.
While Australian talent is always a strong focus of the Nannup Music Festival International artists form a major part of the programme so the crew are thrilled to see one of Irelands amazing female folk singers return to the town, Eleanor McEvoy. Respected as a fine multi-instrumentalist in both traditional and contemporary music, she is best known for writing “Only A Woman’s Heart”, the title track of an anthology album that’s gone on to be the best selling recording in Irish History. Eleanor was a crowd favorite at Nannup in 2008.
East Timorese Ego Lemos will also be taking the journey to Nannup. Recognised as a spokes person for East Timor’s most popular contemporary band, Cinco do Oriente, Ego had interpreted and modernised some of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching traditional melodies from his nation’s history, and produced a wreath of original songs in the Nation’s lingua-franca.
Over 200 artists will once again journey to Nannup on the March Long Weekend 2010 from February 26th to March 1st. Book your early bird tickets now and take the journey with us. Tickets from http://www.nannupmusicfestival.org
FRIDAY 12TH MARCH
-- LULO REINHARDT Fly By Night
Doors Open: 8.00pm
Presale Tickets: $38.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976
Door Tickets: $45.00 (if available)
LULO REINHARDT WORLD TOUR 2010
Lulo Reinhardt: From Germany 'One of Europe's finest Gypsy Guitarists from one of the most famous Gypsy families...'
'...the finest concert of acoustic guitar I have ever seen...' John Shand. The Sydney Morning Herald
Don't miss the one and only Show of Gypsy guitar legend Lulo Reinhardt direct from Europe with 6 piece band.
Grand-nephew of Jazz legend Django Reinhardt, nephew of the Gypsy violin master Shnuckenack Reinhardt and from a traditionally long line of musicians Lulo represents one of the most unique voices in Gypsy-Jazz music today.
Lulo's Latin-Swing Project combines pure Gypsy-Swing with elements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango and bossa nova.
The band is Lulo Reinhardt from Germany on guitar, violinist Daniel Weltlinger from Sydney, bassist Harald Becher from Germany, Uli Kramer from Germany on drums and keyboardist Sean Mackenzie from Sydney.
9 - 11 April 2010
-- Fairbridge Festival - Western Australia’s most popular family camping festival, is delighted to announced that early-bird tickets are now on sale. Fairbridge 2010 will take place from 9-11th April at historic Fairbridge Village, South West Highway, 5 km north of Pinjarra. The festival is a friendly celebration of folk, roots, blues, acoustic, celtic, a capella and world music in a traffic-free, self-contained bushland site.
There are some exciting changes for this year. For the first time, kids up to 12 years old are free - yes FREE - and they camp for free too. They'll still need a ticket to get in but it doesn’t cost anything. Ticket prices and info are up on the website - www.fairbridgefestival.com.au - which is also where you go to buy tickets. The festival is running camping this year and instead of buying a marked site you'll buy within a particular area and then chose your spot when you arrive. You'll be able to hold space for friends for a limited time so you can all camp together. We're also doing a big upgrade on the toilet and shower facilities. Lots of work is going into making sure that the facilities are as deluxe as possible - all weekend, not just when you arrive.
This year, 2010, will be the 18th Fairbridge Festival and all the signs are that the momentum and enthusiasm continues to grow. The scene is set for another great weekend of joyous music making. As well as a growing number of top international, interstate and home grown artists there are the youth and children’s festivals, numerous workshops, street theatre, a vibrant markets area, poetry and much much more to enjoy. The festival program is up on the website.
In keeping with this years’ celebration of Crossing Rhythms Flamenco, Irish and Indian dance traditions will take pride of place on our revamped concert stage. The Crossing Rhythms theme also includes some amazing adventures in percussion, featuring some of the country’s top players taking you on a global journey through African and Indian polyrhythms, the hypnotic broken rhythms of the Balkans, Quebecois foot percussion, thunderous Irish hard-shoe dancing and lots more.
Combined as ever with extensive children’s and youth programs, the 2010 festival will be a genuine all-age event guaranteed to delight and inspire the music lover in all of us. This could well be our hottest lineup ever – don’t miss a bar of it.
If anyone is interested in advertising in the program book there are still a few spaces available. For rate card and other details please contact Woody, shurmans@iinet.net.au. Press enquiries to phoebe@corke.org. Web page: http://www.fairbridgefestival.com.au
Wednesday April 14th
-- Vin Garbutt with Special guest from the UK Stan Graham. Fly By Night
Doors Open: 7.00pm
Presale Tickets: $36.00 + $3.50 BF from www.flybynight.org or phone 9430 5976
Door Tickets: $39.50 (if available)
Powerful, hugely moving, warm, humane, inspired, funny and gut wrenchingly honest. These are just some of the superlatives used to describe Vin's performance this year. This international, award winning, singer songwriter is completing his 40th year on the road. He is forever in demand and his shows are continually sell outs, so get your tickets early!
Vin Garbutt is reputed to have said that he is not interested in becoming a big star in the accepted sense. Nevertheless in the area of music where he performs, there is no bigger star. He prefers to be a big fish in a small pond. This attitude means that his need for privacy and a balanced home life are safeguarded and satisfied. What the world realised long before Vin did, was that the small pond had grown over the years into a considerable lake.
All this has happened without the hype from big Record Companies and without the usual publicity from the mass media. He has performed all over the globe, and in parts of countries that the biggest stars will never see. This phenomenon has occurred solely by word of mouth, spread by people who have come across him, and felt the need to share this unique experience with their fellow countrymen.
30th May - 1st June 2010
-- Denmark Festival of Voice 2010
Performers applications close February 1. Weekend tickets and The Big Gig tickets now available online at www.dfov.org.au
2010 features the One Voice Closing Concert, with coming together to sing; one of Australia’s premier world-folk groups Dya Singh, with their soaring vocals and supported by the virtuosic Bobby Singh on tabla drums and violinist Andrew Clermont.
Joining them on the bill is internationally recognized choir leader Stephen Taberner, one of the ‘hits’ of this years Woodford Festival Mr Percival, extraordinary lead singer of the Narasirato Pan Pipers from the Solomon Islands Charles Maimarosia, the sweet indigenous vocals of the Stiff Gins, and the wild contemporary vocals of Colin Offord, as well as a wide variety of quality vocal acts representing nearly every sphere of vocal possibility.
From the blues, folk, world music and choirs, to contemporary story telling, rapping, vocal percussion, Indigenous and sacred chants, this years program is full of surprise.
Denmark Arts are predicting a sell-out festival, and suggest that anyone interested in an uplifting and extraordinary weekend of vocal heaven, go to our website www.dfov.org.au and purchase tickets online.
Tickets may also be purchased by cheque, made out to Denmark Arts Council Inc., and posted to
DFOV Tickets
PO Box 980
Denmark 6333
WA
For further information please contact: Peter Keelan, Coordinator Denmark Festival of Voice Ph: 0427798438 or Email: director@dfov.org.au
We look forward to you joining us again this year for another uplifting experience of vocal heaven.
Peter Keelan
Festival Director
Denmark Festival of Voice
4 - 7 June 2010
? (mob)0427798438
? SKYPE ID = peterkeelan
Our website www.dfov.org.au will be updated as acts, funding grants and venues are confirmed, so stay tuned for the program announcements!
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