Bob - what were you reading? It's a review of AUGUST & preview of September. Something gremlinish got in & removed section 3 of the newsletter which gave details for October & November.

Anyway, as Amalina will not be attending, maybe YOU would like to write the next review? You could also publish it in Mulga Wire!!

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Amalina's review of August Dog -
The August Dog started with a cappuccino moment, shared
with Jane Faulkner
who emceed the night. Margaret Walters sang two songs,
one from a new CD
that has come out which presents around 20 NSW folkies
performing songs
they wrote during the wharfies struggles with Patricks in
1998. The CD has
been produced by Mark Gregory for the Maritime Union of
Australia (MUA),
and Margaret's songs were powerful and moving reminders
of the union's
struggles.

The Dog was an opportunity to get Margaret's new CD,
which has a stunning
and lyrical collection of songs sung in Margaret's
bluesy, earthy style.
Margaret is one of the strong female singers of the folk
scene, and it's
good to hear her voice undiluted. Margaret's voice has
great flexibility
and range, and her vast repertoire is a continually
growing history of
Australian politics and people. As well, sales of the
Song Links CD are
moving quickly at the Dog, where it can be purchased for
only $42.00
(instead of the usual $48.95). This historic CD is a
collection of British
traditional songs and their Australian variants. It is
also a powerful
showpiece of fine Australian singing, and will introduce
thousands of
British folkies to a selection of some of our finest
musicians and singers.

Bob Bolton emerged from behind his trusty camera to tell
a hilarious yarn
(Incognito, by John Manifold) which Bob explained he
first heard told by an
extremely inebriated Brad Tate at the Newcastle folk
festival in 1985. The
audience was still chortling as Phyl Lobl came on. Phyl
was supported by
Michael Roberts on guitar and backing vocals , as (she
was nursing a broken
arm).

Phyl showed why she has become an icon of Australian
folk. Her song writing
has produced some of the most tender and original songs
about the
Australian environment, and about the fragility of the
greater world
ecosystem. Phyl's eco-songs reflect the rhythms and flows
of the rivers and
forests she sings about, and have moments of haunting
beauty, while her
satirical songs are hilarious, punchy and very ironic.
Phyl's last three songs were performed with Loosely
Woven, a gathering of
folkies with flute, fiddle, harmonica, recorder, tin
whistle and guitar,
who performed three textured and truly loosely woven
pieces, including a
fantastic song called Pride of the Land, dedicated to "a
girl born to
dance" - to Shirley Andrews.

Springtide is comprised of Greg Wilson & Jackie Luke, the
talented duo from
the Dang-Lyn Moon Folk Club at Mooney Mooney. Jackie and
Greg have a huge
repertoire ? one of our Dog fans heard them at another
venue the week
before, playing a totally different set of pieces.
Jackie Luke plays
Hammered Dulcimer, and Greg plays Celtic Harp, a truly
intoxicating mix.
Greg and Jackie hypnotised the Dog audience with reels,
harp solos and
jigs. The sweetness of their performance lulled one
unnamed Dog audience
member into such a state of relaxation .. Springtide has
performed in
Australia, America, and the UK, and we hope they come
back to the Dog
again..