Verandah Music

Taia de Burca was recently recorded by Rob and Olya Willis in Bilpin, NSW, singing a few Irish songs from her family tradition. He...

Here’s some interesting research on the universality of music and song. It more or less confirms what most of us probably thought was...

Rob and Ollie have just been awarded the Australasian Sound Recording Association (ASRA) award  for 2019 for ‘Their Outstanding Cont...

Just when was Australia’s accidental anthem, ‘Waltzing Matilda’, first composed. In what circumstances, and where?  These niggl...

The Bushwhackers See fol klorist John Meredith talk with Philip Ashton about the early days of the original Bushwhackers band and m...

Sandra Nixon is tracking down some historical songsheets in the  BMC archives and has encountered a few puzzles for all the folkson...

As promised in a previous post on this project, the full album is now available to listen to free on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.co...

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

Boater-style cabbage-tree hat, MAAS Sue Brian divulges all the secrets of this traditional craft – along with some fascinating yar...

The current edition of the National Library’s magazine,  Unbound , holds a feast of verandah music: Salvatore Rossano writes about Italia...