Verandah Music

Now and then some information on community music making pops up in archives. This quote is from the collection of oral history in the Subiac...

The board at Burrawang shed, near Forbes An informative article in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser of 5 August 1899 gives a ...

Tex c 1940  Photo by photographer Lyle Fowler (1891-1969) Sourced via Wikipedia from State Library Victoria (CC) Andrew K Smith has just pub...

Monumental set of field recordings released by The Field Recorders’ Collective – A Survey of Traditional Music from the North American Tradi...

  What fun they must have had to the tune of that accordion! This is o ne of the oldest photos in the Box Hill Historical Society collection...

Bob Bolton Sadly, Bob Bolton died recently. He was best known for his extensive photographic work at folk festivals, concerts and anywhere e...

 Some snaps from the Melting Pot gig in the Trocadero, Sunday 9 April: L-R Fred Pribac, Ruth Hazleton, Clarita Derwent, Gemma Turner, Chisti...

 

THE FAMILY FOLKLORE SHOW What is ‘a wig-wam for a goose’s bridle’?   Come and find out at the National Folk Festival in Canberra this easter...

  Henry Kyle and Mary Ann with Eva Norman and George 1905 Historian Noelene Kyle has published an excellent article on Irish fiddle traditio...