Verandah Music

  The tucker box statue before the snappy recent one, photographed in 1926 The small town on the Murrumbidgee River has always bee...

Gay Charmers at Yarrawalla, 1989 "You don't have to be a Rhodes scholar to sit down and play a piano or a banjo." That ...

Broken Hill's famous local delicacy is a classic example of folklore in action. In this case it's a traditional recipe that com...

William Strutt (English, 1825–1915) Bushrangers, Victoria, Australia, 1852, 1887 What are your favourites? Here’s my list: Jack D...

A while back I posted on the old Boomerang songsters and instruments, especially harmonicas (‘tin sandwich’, ‘mouth organ’, ‘harp’...

A number of people at our parody session at this year's National Folk Festival asked for some samples to be put online. Here a...

Our various sessions were well attended and all went well. ‘Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It’s Flavour?’ was a hoot, with a dozen player...

From The Folklore Society conference, Folklore and the Nation, 2019 After a few queries from various folk, I’ve put together a brie...

Some modern composed murder ballads in the discussion at Australian Folk and Roots Music Forum: https://m.facebook.com/groups/19721...

Why are there no murder ballads in Australian folksong?   Is it because Australians seem to have killed each other much less frequ...