Verandah Music

  Patrick Tayleur in later life at the New York World's Fair in 1940, where he displayed his model sailing ships. He walked from Brisban...

This photograph was taken in 1895 on Western Australia’s Rottnest Island (Wadjemup).  Pat Baird on 5-string banjo was a lighthouse keeper on...

  https://www.outbackmag.com.au/sounds-like-australia/ Article about the collecting odyssey of Rob and Ollie Willis in Outback magazine. W...

Interesting article by Toner Quinn on the distinctive communal nature of Irish traditional music, probably also applies to traditional music...

  Hairyman from Tasmania being interviewed by Rob Willis and Graham Seal in the Fitzroy. Hairyman talked about his life, philosophy, folk fe...

  From Australia in Pictures, https://www.facebook.com/ausinpictures/ Here's an intriguingly rare snap of a British custom in Hobart dur...

                                           Unknown band at Elisha William Gale Mine, Hill End?, NSW, c. 1860 We've had a selection of gh...

Here’s a tenth birthday present from Verandah Music, courtesy of Rob Willis: The late Les Bruton was a versatile musician playing fiddle, ac...

This year, Verandah Music is ten years old. We’ve put up around 150 posts and had around forty-six thousand visitors from Australia and arou...

  Cigarette cards were used by manufacturers to promote their products. They were attractive mini-art works that came with a pack of 'ci...