BUSH GOTHIC & THE LONELY STRING QUARTET Thursday 20 June 6pm Primrose Potter Salon PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre and Bush Gothic & The Lonely String Quartet ARTISTS Bush Gothic Dan Witton double bass/vocals Jenny M. Thomas piano/fiddle-singing/spoons Chris Lewis percussion/drum kit/vocals The Lonely String Quartet Rebecca Adler violin Sarah Curro violin Jason Bunn viola Rachel Johnston cello PROGRAM TRADITIONAL* Wild Colonial Boy HENRY LAWSON* Andys Gone With Cattle TRADITIONAL* Female Transport Mines of Australia Currency Lads Black Velvet Band JUDITH WRIGHT* Country Town TRADITIONAL* London Convict Maid HELEN PALMER, DOREEN BRIDGES & DAN WITTON Ballad of 1891 >>
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BUSH GOTHIC & THE LONELY STRING QUARTET Thursday 20 June 6pm Primrose Potter Salon
PRESENTED BY Melbourne Recital Centre and Bush Gothic & The Lonely String Quartet
ARTISTSBush Gothic Dan Witton double bass/vocalsJenny M. Thomas piano/fiddle-singing/spoons Chris Lewis percussion/drum kit/vocals
TRADITIONAL*Female TransportMines of AustraliaCurrency LadsBlack Velvet Band
JUDITH WRIGHT*Country Town
TRADITIONAL*London Convict Maid
HELEN PALMER, DOREEN BRIDGES & DAN WITTON Ballad of 1891
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PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT PARTNER
DAN SHEAHAN & GORDON PARSONS* Pub With No Beer
JOHN WILLIAMSON* True Blue
*arr. Jenny M Thomas
ABOUT THE ARTISTSMurder, sadistic commanders, cross-dressing gold diggers, gay bushrangers and bizarre rituals. Australian history – boring? Not at all. H.G. Wells based The War of The Worlds upon this beautiful yet dangerous island. Extremes of emotional behaviour were displayed by coloniser and convict alike as they battled with their mental states away from the governing authorities. Bush Gothic's mission is to keep Australian folk culture breathing, building upon traditions stretching back hundreds of years from the IONA (Islands of the North Atlantic). These ancient cultures have deep connections to land and offer us archetypes and guidance as we listen to those whose land has been stolen.
Bush Gothic has been invited to perform at some of the worlds most happening festivals including Mona Foma, Festival #6 (Wales) and R.I.F.F (India). U.K. magazine fRoots chose The Natural Selection Australian Songbook as runner up for the 2016 Album of the Year and it was also awarded one of BBC Magazine's Best World Music Albums. The band has followed this up with a new album, Beyond the Pale, released in May this year. Joining the band for the recording was The Lonely String Quartet. Band leader Jenny M. Thomas began her career as a classical violist and it is to the subtlety and emotional depth of strings that she turns to when arranging the old traditional songs.
‘The outfit changing the face of classic Australian folklore songs. Bush Gothic’s interpretations of classic Australian folk songs sear with power and truth. Completely respecting the original songs, whilst providing a unique and eloquent rendition … Australia’s own Bush Gothic is incomparable.’ Forte Magazine
Melbourne Recital Centre proudly stands on the land of the Kulin Nation and we pay our respects to Melbourne’s First People, to their Elders past and present, and to our shared future. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
