Brisbane Folk

<p>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.</p><p>Yet folk functions as an underground movement barely recognised by mainstream culture. Ask someone on the street about ‘folk music’ and they’ll 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.</p><p>‘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 state’s political evolution? Where does the Brisbane folk scene intersect with Queensland Australia the world? And what’s coming next?</p><p>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 <em>Brisbane Folk</em> will make you feel the music.</p>