Kerryn Fields
Fuelled by humility, integrity and a raw clarity of vision, Kerryn Fields paints enduring musical portraits that detail the colour and feeling of everything that makes us human.
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Cherry Factory
Cherry Factory are a fresh new band of young musicians, ready to make an impact on the Melbourne scene. This 5-piece will get you dancing with their upbeat and groove-infectious sound. Grabbing from funk, RnB, jazz, soul and pop, Cherry Factory are bringing the past, present and future of music to their sound.
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Folk Bitch Trio
Melbourne/Naarm's Folk Bitch Trio are a band born out of a mutual love for songwriting, rocking and the truth. Known for enrapturing audiences with sensitive and thoughtful arrangements of three part harmony, what begun as an unserious collaboration between three friends has led the trio to share stages with acts such as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Julia Jacklin, Courtney Barnett and M.Ward (US), and festivals such as Port Fairy Folk Festival, Boogie, Nine Lives, Queenscliff Music Festival and more.
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Tendrils
Tendrils were an irregular collaboration between two Australian guitarists, Joel Silbersher of Hoss and Charlie Owen of Beasts of Bourbon.[1] The music of Tendrils is characterized by two chaotic yet complementary guitar parts and occasional stripped-back percussion. In 1995, billed simply as "Joel Silbersher and Charlie Owen", they issued an album, Tendrils. It was produced by Spencer P. Jones and recorded at Atlantis Studios, Melbourne.[2] Drums were provided by Greg Bainbridge on three tracks and Todd McNeair on one track.[2]
For the second album, Soaking Red (1998), they used Tendrils as the band's name. Owen played guitars, pedal bass, piano, organ, percussion, mandolin, banjo, bass recorder, backing vocals on one track and drums on another; Silbersher supplied vocals, guitars, drums, harmonica, and incidental keyboards; Jim White provided additional drumming on one track.[2] It was produced by Dave McLuney, Owen and Silbersher and mixed at Atlantis studios.[2] Soaking Red was nominated for at the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 for Best Alternative Release.[3] In April 1999 they advertised an intention to tour overseas. In November 2011 Tendrils supported a gig by Gareth Liddiard.
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Alivan Blu
Hailing from the small coastal town of Yamba, NSW, roots duo Alivan Blu have established themselves as an integral part of the rising folk scene in Australia. Beginning their journey as a couple in 2016, the band quickly fell in love with traveling and making music on the road, drawing on influences from Ben Howard to Fleetwood Mac.
The duo are comprised of Anna Stanton and Jed Billington, who are also in a relationship and have traveled the country making music since 2017.
“We write, perform and spend all of our days together, and have done this for the past 5 years - this allows us to write songs based on our life together.”
Having grown up with the ocean at their front door, Alivan’s earthly blend of warm harmonies and dreamy melodic guitar riffs encapsulate salt water on warm summer nights and have seen them on a steady release trail since their debut single ‘Wild Eyes’ in 2019. Since then, they have accumulated over 2.5 million Spotify streams, over nine singles and their debut EP.
2022 has been a whirlwind for the duo, selling out national headline tours, supporting the likes of Kim Churchill and Riley Pearce and appearing at some of Australia’s biggest festivals, including Splendour In The Grass and Bluesfest.
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Tiny Habits
Tiny Habits is an American folk-pop group formed in Boston in 2022. The trio consists of Berklee College of Music students Cinya Khan and Maya Rae and alumnus Judah Mayowa.[1] Their first EP, Tiny Things, was released in April 2023. Their debut album All For Something was released May 24th, 2024.[2]
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Cam Cole (UK)
Hailed as “the most impressive one-man band you will ever see” by Unilad when they showcased him to their 44 million followers, Cam Cole is a singer, songwriter, busker and new age traveler from London, UK who roams around performing on streets and venues as his one man band show influenced by Folk, Delta Blues, Grunge and Rock N' Roll.
Check out the Instagram feed below to see what Cam is up to.
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Charles Maimarosia
Charles Maimarosia is a contemporary artist born in A're'A're, Solomon Islands. He is the former lead singer, choreographer and songwriter of the globally successes band, Narasirato, who have brought the traditional bamboo band onto the world stage, toured to Glastonbury UK, Fuji Rock Japan, Austronesian Music Festival Taiwan, BluesFest Australia and countless more.
As a solo artist now based in Melbourne Australia, he continues his passion of the ancient A're' A're ancestral music. He has a simplicity and grace in his solo performances where he blows the panpipe, plays chords on his guitar, sings cultural and ancestral songs. He brings the audience on a spiritual journey from the past into the present moment.
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Ry Cooder
Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.
Cooder's solo work draws upon many genres. He has played with John Lee Hooker, Captain Beefheart, Taj Mahal, Gordon Lightfoot, Ali Farka Touré, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Linda Ronstadt, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, David Lindley, The Chieftains, The Doobie Brothers, and Carla Olson and The Textones (on record and film). He formed the band Little Village, and produced the album Buena Vista Social Club (1997), which became a worldwide hit; Wim Wenders directed the documentary film of the same name (1999), which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000.
Cooder was ranked at No. 8 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time",[2] while a 2010 list by Gibson Guitar Corporation placed him at No. 32.[3] In 2011, he published a collection of short stories called Los Angeles Stories.
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Daoirí Farrell
'Daoirí Farrell is singlehandedly spearheading a resurgence of the authentic in Irish folk music…he is rightly in demand all over the world.' Irish Music
It's commonly accepted that Dublin-born singer and bouzouki player Daoirí Farrell is one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years.
A product of Dublin's famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections, Daoirí Farrell has gone from strength to strength. On the verge of releasing his fourth solo album in early 2023, he can boast numerous honours from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards to ALSR Celtic Music accolades.
He has received endorsements from the likes of Christy Moore ('Daoirí has assumed the mantle of Luke [Kelly]'), Mark Radcliffe ('What a voice') and Dónal Lunny ('Daoirí is one of the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade'), with his music and live performances earning the acclaim of respected publications including MOJO, The Irish Post, Songlines and more.
On record
The debut album, 'The First Turn', surfaced back in 2009, with his breakthrough album appearing in 2016 with the powerful 'True Born Irishman', a set that Songlines called 'an album that could yet prove to be one of the most significant Irish releases of recent years.' It went on to win him two prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Following 2019's 'A Lifetime Of Happiness', which earned three nominations in the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards and FATEA's 'nothing less than a quintessential Irish folk album' approval, Daoirí's long-awaited fourth album, 'The Wedding Above In Glencree', is set for release in late February 2023.
On stage
Daoirí's live work sees the 2013 All Ireland Champion Singer touring far and wide, performing regularly at festivals around the globe including in Canada, Australia and Europe. He has also toured the USA as vocalist for Lúnasa, performed in the UK in the line-up of the renowned Transatlantic Sessions and played to a live and TV audience at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards at London's Royal Albert Hall.
More recently, March 2020 saw him live stream from what he called 'The Covid Corner' of his kitchen in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day. It was followed by an additional twenty-five consecutive weekly online performances, attracting worldwide audiences with over 15,000 views each week and resulted in an appearance on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme.
As well as touring internationally, Daoirí still hones his art with regular unannounced visits to the many sessions across the city of Dublin.
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