Brisbane Folk: Folk Music in Brisbane 1950 to Now
English


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About The Book

Brisbane has the most vibrant folk scene in Australia. From humble beginnings in the 50s Queensland has generated a passionate and organised community of singers dancers musicians songwriters instrument-makers and - yes historical recreationists. People from many walks of life countries of birth and shades of political persuasion identify as folkies bound together by a common ethos as powerful and enduring as it is hard to define.Yet folk functions as an underground movement barely recognised by mainstream culture. Ask someone on the street about folk music and theyll say it wandered into the sunset humming I Shall Be Released around 1975. The folk interviewed for this book aged 9 to 90 tell a different story - in fact hundreds of them.Here for the first time the Brisbane folk community reflects on this creative cohesive multi-generational sub-culture. How has folk music shaped and been shaped by the states political evolution? Where does the Brisbane folk scene intersect with Queensland Australia the world? And whats coming next?Packed with shenanigans insight tragedy love and phone-tapping with its blood alcohol content perhaps a little high but its heart firmly in the right place Brisbane Folk will make you feel the music.
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