Category Archives: General
Sydney Heritage Fleet turns fifty!
James Craig
The Roaring Forties are singing this afternoon on board the James Craig at the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Sydney Heritage Fleet.
Our monthly shanty sessions are also held on the James Craig – next one is Thursday 12th November.
The fascination with shanties – radio interview
FBi Radio presented a podcast interview with Redfern Shanty Club and Roaring Forties members about the resurgence of interest in sea shanties (about 6 minutes in).
#1525 Past in the Present
“It’s easy to think of time as a continuum – what is done is done, what is past is past, the future holds only new stories and possibilities.
The problem with that is, it ignores all the detritus the past speckles through the present. What do sea shanties, a cassette player and a broken heart have in common? They’re all examples of the past crashing painfully, curiously, into the present.”
Newcastle Folk Club – July 4
The Roaring Forties will be performing at the Newcastle Folk Club in Hamilton on Saturday, 4th July. It’s a double bill with the Newcastle People’s Chorus.
The songs from We Made the Steel will be a big feature.
Some more gig details are here.
Illawarra Folk Club – “We Made the Steel”
We Made the Steel
The Roaring Forties will present the We Made the Steel workshop on Saturday 16th May at Illawarra Folk Club in Wollongong at 7:30pm.
Tickets and more details here.
Vale Dermott Ryder
Back in 1988 Dermott Ryder invited the Roaring Forties to do a live recording in his Ryder Round Folk program at 2MBS-FM and that became the basis of our first shanty album, Hazard Hardship and Damned Little Pay – originally on cassette; then a CD.
Graham MacDonald was at the controls. Dermott died on 3rd March 2015 and his funeral will take place 11:45am Wednesday 11 March 2015 at the Mary Mother of Mercy Chapel, Barnet Avenue, Rookwood Catholic Cemetery. He was 74 years old.
Paul Hemphill has posted the following tribute.
Thanks and RIP Dermott.
Forty Degrees South 