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BRIDGE PROJECT, THE
BYGONE ERROR
CANBERRA SCOTTISH FIDDLERS
When three musicians who are Moslem, Jewish and Christian by birth decided to collaborate in creating musical beauty, The Bridge Project was born. The Project bridges France, Israel and Australia and three exotically different yet complementary musical styles. A desire to see peace between otherwise often warring religions, saw Umit Ceyhan, a Turkish refugee now living in France, Ittai Shaked an Israeli Jew and Andy Busuttil our own transcultural musician, create a remarkable band and CD through file sharing over the internet. Now come and see and hear what they can do ‘live’ together with local guest musicians John Robinson, Bertie McMahon and Peter Kennard.
In a show carefully crafted to captivate the connoisseur and confound the castigator, Bygone Error will give you a bit of what you fancy and some frolicsome frivolity as they enchant, amaze and enthrall with turn-of-thecentury British Music Hall songs and recitations, deftly designed to disport the discriminating dilettante and dumbfound the detractor.
The Canberra Scottish Fiddlers is a group of enthusiasts who meet regularly to learn, teach and perform their favourite Scottish fiddle tunes. Formed in 1999 in Canberra and directed by Lachlan Green, the group includes fiddlers of all ages and experience. Their repertoire reflects the global spread and influence of Scottish music, and includes music from the wider Celtic and Scandinavian traditions, from slow airs to bouncy jigs and rollicking reels.
Friday 5:00pm Marquee
Cameron is a traditional musician and singer from Sydney, playing tenor banjo, guitar, bouzouki and mandolin. He has worked with many visiting Irish artists including Damien Dempsey, Gary Og, and The Young Wolfe Tones as well as performing at folk festivals around the country, notably the National Folk Festival, Turning Wave Festival and Illawarra Folk Festival. The 2011 National Folk Festival saw him team up with the Kellys, a revered Irish traditional music family. Cameron is a versatile performer playing traditional Irish music and singing songs from Ireland, Canada, Scotland and Newfoundland.
Saturday 10:00pm Trocadero Sunday 10:00am Trocadero Sunday 8:00pm Trocadero
BRIEGE MURPHY Briege is an Irish singer song-writer, who has songs recorded by Frances Black and Niamh Parsons, and many others. Colum Sands calls her poet “Patrick Kavanagh’s sister spirit”, Christy Moore said; “lovely songs, great singing - a joy to hear”. Original, a distinctly Irish act Briege Murphy was a stand-out at Turning Wave Festival two years ago. This is her second visit to Australia. Friday 1:20pm Budawang Saturday 9:40pm The Terrace Sunday 10:50 Marquee Monday 3:50 Flute ‘n’ Fiddle
Friday 6:00pm Majestic Saturday 4:00pm Majestic Sunday 1:20pm Flute ‘n’ Fiddle
CAMERON MATHER
Friday 6:00pm Trocadero Monday 10:50 Flute ‘n’ Fiddle
CASSIDY’S CEILI
Friday 10:50am Scrumpy
Cassidy’s Ceili is a band that enfolds you in the stories of folksong: gripping prime-time tales of crime and passion, cross-dressing sailors, and the ever-popular theme of not being where you wanted to be with the one you would have liked to have been with. They bring you delicate ballads and foot-stomping songs with four part harmonies making for some celtalicious choruses. Jigs, reels and airs, plus rare gems from the tango tradition are performed on fiddle, guitar, banjo, saxophone, bouzouki and percussion, and delivered by a band with the ease and power that comes from playing together for ten years while wowing audiences across Australia.
Saturday 2:10pm Flute ‘n’ Fiddle
Thursday 6:00pm Scrumpy
Sunday 12:30pm Flute ‘n’ Fiddle
Friday 11:40 Marquee Sunday 2:30pm Song Room Sunday 10:00pm Scrumpy Monday 2:30pm Acoustic Lounge belle jar