Hello again and welcome to your Weekly Wot’s Wot in Folkus…
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At long last the political race in USA is starting to get "interesting" … A doddery, 71 year old hawk, still fighting the Vietnam war becomes the preferred Republican nominee and Hillary & Obama are neck and neck & starting to get down and dirty … Let’s hope some common sense prevails.
INDEX
1. This Week in Folkus
2. Next Week in Folkus
3. Parish Notices
4. The Comics
5. Sport
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This Week In Folkus –
THREE MORE BIG SHOWS @ The Folkus Room, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, & SUNDAY….
(operates out of The Serbian Cultural Centre & Club) 5 Heard St. MAWSON ACT .. eastern side of Southlands Centre and just off Athllon Drive..
there are not enough words to properly describe the musical fields and styles of these three shows… Just google their names and go to their web pages if you want to find out more about them before getting along to The Folkus Room for a weekend of quality entertainment …
All shows start with doors & bistro from 6.00pm. Support act from 8.00pm and main act from 9.00pm
Friday 7 March .. Folkus on Blues. Guy Davis (USA) + Craig & Simone
"Like the best early blues men, Guy Davis is, at heart, a storyteller. A master at setting intimate, richly nuanced tales to stomping acoustic blues backing, often with folky accompaniment from mandolin, banjo, and accordion, he helped revitalize the state of country blues in the 1990s with a string of critically acclaimed albums for Red House Records." … Blues Revue
Saturday 8 March .. Folkus on Women. SONiA (USA) + Rachael Cooper
“On her new CD, "Tango," Baltimore folk-rocker SONiA takes the opposite tack, daring to offer original songs in four languages — English, Hebrew, Arabic and Spanish — and inviting the whole world to dance. In the hands of another musician, such an effort could seem like a gimmick — but from the socially conscious SONiA, who has such an obvious passion about promoting global harmony, the result is nothing short of magic.” … THE PRESS & SUN BULLETIN CHRIS KOCHER
Sunday 9 March .. Folkus on Folk. George Papavgeris (UK) + The Cashews
"songs you feel you’ve known all your life, or that you wish you did" … Hamish Currie, Tudor Folk
"I wasn’t prepared for the emotional experience of his performance. His presence was compelling" … Bryn Phillips, Woodman FC Review
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Next Week In Folkus … beauty in spades
Friday 14 March .. Michael Kennedy; Vasek & Vendulka
Saturday 15 March .. Saturday Arvo Jazz 2pm – 5pm with "Antiquity" & "Kooky Fandango"
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Parish Notices……..
3a. The Folkus Room is offering annual subscriptions. see website for details
3b. If through some quirk of the universe you cannot get to The Folkus Room on Friday nights .. ArtsoundFM is launching a new roots and acoustic program called BLUEBIRD on Friday nights from 10pm to midnight. Bluebird, presented by long-time ArtSound FM presenter Krista Schmeling, will have a range of music from 30’s and 40’s American delta blues, country blues, folk, and lots of modern music that pays homage to those older styles – it’s music that’s got a soul, a history and a story and it’s still being told…….it’s roots music! Krista co-presented Route 927 with Libby O’Loughlin on ArtSound in 2006, and has been a fan of community radio for many years. She has always had a soft spot for beautiful harmonies, and has sung in a few groups in Canberra over the years including the Worldly Goods a Capella choir and the Honeybells. Her concept for creating Bluebird came out of the idea to have a mix of music that incorporates some very soulful old sounds, from syncopated African-derived rhythms and soulful blues to beautiful gospel and bluegrass harmonies – with not quite in the mainstream ‘country’ music and even a touch of funk thrown in for good measure (if you didn’t think that was possible, you better tune in!). Bluebird will feature musicians and singer-songwriters from the local area and from around the world, including the likes of Bessie Smith, The Carter Family, Leadbelly, The Beautiful Girls, Xavier Rudd, Ben Harper, Jolie Holland, Gillian Welch, Chris Smither, Ry Cooder, Harry Manx, Steve Earle, Sufjan Stevens, The Waifs, The Cashews, Guy Davis, The Saltwater Band, Miriam Makeba, Ali Farkah Toureh and MANY MORE. So if you’re near your radio on Friday nights from 10-midnight, check out Bluebird on Artsound (92.7 or 90.3 FM).
3c. Advertise here .. cheap rates apply
3d. The notice with depth C21…. Advertise here .. cheap rates apply
3e. The 4th National Australian Folklore Conference will be held at The National Library of Australia on the Thursday preceding the National Folk Festival and promises an interesting mix of speakers and themes. The conference is free and is a great opportunity to listen, contribute and have a yarn about folklore in Australia. For further information please contact Graham Seal at [email protected] or Rob Willis at [email protected] ………..
4. … a bit of a theme going on here based on last week’s comics …
Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony. The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize. ‘Please allow me to help. I’m a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieve your pain if you’d allow me, she told him. ‘Oh, no, I’ll be all right. I’ll be fine in a few minutes,’ the man replied. He was in obvious agony, lying in the foetal position, still clasping his hands together at his groin. At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside. She administered professional, tender and artful massage for several long moments and asked, ‘How does that feel now’? He replied: ‘It feels great, but I still think my thumb’s broken.
Hope
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune … without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me. … Emily Dickinson
Stay Well & Truly Silly Gentle Folk
Bill Arnett
The Folkus Room
Canberra’s Acoustic Preference
61-2-62627265
0407 434 469
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