PERFORMERS RUSTY SPRING SYNCOPATORS Drawing bigger and better crowds each gruesome vicious night with their cruel brand of crusty blues, rusty rags and manky-janky jazz, the “Original” Rusty Spring Syncopators have caused such a rip roar in the barrelhouse that they may fairly be described as “Gods”. Thursday 12 Midnight Scrumpy Friday 3:00pm Majestic Sunday 5:00pm Majestic
RUTH WISE Ruth Wise is a young folk musician with talent and maturity, growing up under the musical tutelage of her parents, renowned WA duo Scott and Louisa Wise, and performing with them as the Wise Family Band since age nine. Ruth has also performed with her sisters as The Wise Girls, who were joint winners of the 2008 Declan Affley Award. Having juggled family gigs with full-time study, Ruth is now re-emerging as a strong performer in her own right. She presents old and new songs and fiddle tunes representing both her strong musical heritage and the dynamic folk scene of today, including some of her own originals. She is accompanied by Dylan Reilly-Hynes on mandolin and guitar.
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SÁSTA
SAM KING
Sásta (meaning ‘Happy’ in Gaelic) have made a huge impact on the Irish music scene in Australia recently. The band is made up of four multi-instrumentalists who have performed at the highest national level. Pumping reels with phenomenal energy, and of course all of your favorite Irish songs, as well as some superbly penned original tunes & songs will have you up and dancing in no time! Sásta has recently released a debut CD as well as supporting international rock acts such as Aslan, Shane McGowans band ‘The Pogues’ and performing at many festivals including the National Folk Festival & Woodford.
Sam King is a performer mostly known for his work in Canberra bands Mr. Fibby and the Ellis Collective. He is now offering his own brand of finger picking guitar and songs from the heart. Friday 7:00pm Majestic Saturday 5:00pm Majestic Sunday 6:00pm Majestic Monday 12:00pm Majestic
SANS
Thursday 9:00pm Scrumpy
SANS is the quartet of multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cronshaw (zither, fujara, ba-wu, marovantele, kantele) the great Finnish singer Sanna Kurki-Suonio, multi-instrumental reeds player Ian Blake, and Tigran Aleksanyan, Armenian master of his country’s ancient, voice-like wind instrument, the duduk. It’s an instrumental combination not found in any other band in the world, and drawing deeply on their different but remarkably compatible traditions they combine to make a genuinely unique new music of extraordinary beauty and fluidity, in which each performance is a new creation.
Friday 11:00pm Marquee Saturday 8:00pm Flute ‘n’ Fiddle Sunday 11:40am Scrumpy
SEAMUS GILL Seamus Gill, a singer with a song for all occasions. Has been performing in folk clubs and at festivals for more years than he cares to remember. He sings a variety of Irish, English, Scottish, Australian and South American songs, and has even been known to sing Beatles’ songs in Irish.
Friday 9:00pm Trocadero
Friday 10:20am Budawang
Saturday 12:30pm Budawang
Saturday 3:00pm Scrumpy
Sunday 4:00pm Marquee
Friday 6:50pm Trocadero Saturday 6:10pm Carnival Stage
Sunday 11:30am Acoustic Lounge
Saturday 10:00pm Song Room
Sunday 3:50pm Scrumpy
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