National Folk Festival

Indigenous talent set to shine at this year’s National Folk Festival

This year’s National Folk Festival is set to highlight some great Indigenous talent as the festival celebrates its 52nd year in 2018. Held over the Easter break, the Canberra event will be coming to Exhibition Park with over 200 international and national acts set to perform. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of “Yill Lull”, Joe Geia is set…

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the AU interview: Martin Carthy (UK) on playing The National Folk Festival

Martin Carthy is rightly considered by many to be one of the most influential figures within the British music landscape, and continues to be a leading figure in the English folk tradition; having recently been awarded the Lifetime Achievement at the 2014 BBC Folk Awards. Carthy has released over 40 albums throughout the course of…

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