by Warren Fahey | Jun 20, 2023 | C
Concert Recordings Beats, Folk Music & Bongo Beats There was a time in Sydney’s past, in the post-WW2 years of the late 1940s and through the 1950s, when the sounds of bongos, beat poetry, and passionate debate echoed across the city. Sydney was a much...
by Warren Fahey | Jun 20, 2023 | C
Collectors of Australian Folklore & Music The Folk Song Collectors. Australia has been good at preserving its bricks and mortar and wattle and daub heritage but not so good at preserving non-material history, particularly folklore. We have no Smithsonian Institute...
by Warren Fahey | Jun 19, 2023 | C
Colloquial Sayings & Slangugae Born under dubious circumstances in 1788, Sydney didn’t take long to realise its potential. 64 years later, it celebrated when, in 1842, Governor Gipps sealed an Act declaring the township of Sydney to be Australia’s first city....
by Warren Fahey | Jun 7, 2023 | C
Children’s Rhymes & Play Billy-carts, Hopscotch & Razzle-dazzles., Whoever coined the phrase ‘As easy as child’s play” didn’t know very much about children. Playtime’s many expressions can appear simplistic but is often extremely complicated. Constructing a...
by Warren Fahey | Jun 7, 2023 | C
Children’s School Songs & War Cries Singing is acknowledged as a healthy and rewarding school activity. It is communal yet allows individuality. It encourages comradeship, concentration and memory; assists in understanding and appreciating melody; provides...
by Warren Fahey | Jun 7, 2023 | C
Country Music in Australia – its roots & branches. Country Music in Australia is related to the old bush songs, although you wouldn’t believe it if you turned on your radio today. Early country music here was born of amateur hour broadcasts, travelling tent...
