Recovering from three days recording songs and tunes at the National Library of Australia. Great sessions. Thanks to NLA staff and especially to our engineer Greg Downton for the clever stuff.
The results will be edited and turn up on the NLA digital site in one form or another. We’ll post a few tracks as well in various places, so watch out for notifications.
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
AFTER THE FESTIVAL ...
Our Crims, Crooks and Cops session went well on the Saturday, as did the Tassie Verandah
Music session on Sunday. Thanks to Erin
Collins,Kris Willis, Geoff Iliff and Kerrie Maguire and our
enthusiastic audiences.
Our next stop
on this journey is a three-day recording session to document our repertoire and
associated collections and researches. We might post a few items on Soundcloud
as well.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
VERANDAH MUSIC AT THE 2018 NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL
We're back at the National this year after a sold-out performance of The
Music of Mawson's Men and a good session on Tassie traditions on the Sunday
afternoon.
At the National we'll be presenting another Tassie session with the help
of a few friends as well as a new show on crime in folklore, called 'Crime,
Cops and Crooks' (plenty of material there).
If you're at the National, come and join us:
Crims, Crooks and Cops -
Trocadero 31/03/2018 3.30-4.30pm
Tassie Tunes and Tarradiddles -
Trocadero 01/04/2018 10:00 - 11.00am
Rob will be doing a few other gigs, including:
Trocadero 30/03/2018 13:00 - 1:00
Tales and Tunes of the Darwin Stringbands
Tales and Tunes of the Darwin Stringbands
plus a few Live at the Lounge interviews
And don't forget the National Folklore Conference at the National Library on March 29. Entry is free (but registration to g.seal@curtin.edu.au) and there will be a great lunchtime concert featuring the Darwin Rondalla Stringband.
Does it get any better!?
Thursday, January 4, 2018
VERANDAH MUSIC AT CYGNET FOLK FESTIVAL, 2018
We're returning to Cygnet after two
years for a couple of performances:
THE MUSIC OF MAWSON’S MEN, Cygnet
Folk Festival. National Library of Australia Presentation.
Saturday Jan 13th 3-4 Huon
Christian Life Church.
Join Erin Collins, Fred Pribac,
Geoff Iliff, Pat Cranney, Denis McKay, Jason Roweth, Graham Seal and Rob Willis
for The Music of Mawson’s Men.
The Music of Mawson’s Men blends
music, recitation, readings, archival and recreated audio and visuals into an
entertaining one-hour stage presentation using the same instruments played in
the hut as the men battled isolation, emotional deprivation and madness in the
‘home of the blizzard’ during the 1911-1914 Antarctic expedition.
They had a variety of musical
instruments, a number of song books, a wind up gramophone and small number of
records to entertain themselves for the duration. There are a large number of
references in the expedition diaries to the music, parodies and songs they
enjoyed. A wide variety from traditional shanties to the latest ragtime songs.
Written and produced by Graham Seal and Rob Willis the production also features
images from photographer Frank Hurley (NLA collection) and stories from the
diaries.
Verandah Music: Tales, Tunes and
Taradiddles from Tasmania
A presentation of traditional
Tasmanian songs and tunes and stories from the collection and research of Rob
Willis and Graham Seal. Rob is a leading oral historian who has worked extensively
with the National Library of Australia. Graham is a folklorist and historian at
Curtin University. Rob and Graham are both experienced musicians and will be
accompanied by Olya Willis.
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