‘A Factory Lad: The Songs of Colin Dryden' by Daniel Kelly out now!

As promised in a previous post on this project, the full album is now available to listen to free on YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mT6f4HBcZVDjqLEVXhtFPYJ9Of_TfRv90

It is also available to stream/purchase on most of the digital platforms (iTunes/Amazon/Google/Spotify/etc) - search for 'A Factory Lad'.

Daniel will be launching the album at Yazzbar, Yass, on Friday, 23rd August. Facebook event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2825601377513740/

He will have a handful of physical CD's available at the event and people can contact him on admin@folklounge.orgif they would like to buy a physical copy and have it sent to them ($20). 

VERANDAH MUSIC - AMERICAN SHANTY BOAT STYLE

Verandah music afloat – why not? Here’s a lovely blues on the river shanty boats by Jimmy Murphy, recorded in 1951, Knoxville, Tennessee.

This site is also the home of a great folklife project, ‘A Secret History of American River People: the lost narratives of river people, river communities, and the river itself’. And they’ve built their own shanty boat which they sail around the rivers collecting, documenting and learning …