2016 Illawarra Folk Festival
Illawarra Folk Festival 2016
The countdown is on or the Illawarra Folk Festival – 14-17 January 2016.
On Friday 4.45pm in the Nags Lounge you can catch the Forties presenting settings of the nautical poems of Cicely Fox Smith, and we have a concert spots in the Odeon at 1.15 on Saturday and 11.30am on Sunday. There’s 75% quirky new repertoire at the latter with LOTS of choruses!!
Check out the other marvellous acts who’ll be there.
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.
Forty Degrees South 