Saturday-Sunday 17-18 September: Solent Folk Festival at Woolston Community Centre
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Play or Sing, read a Poem, tell a Story, listen, fetch the beer, anything
| "…a delightful duo who not only inspire one another but put an indelible smile on the faces of their audiences. Strong harmonies, side-splitting stories and ballads brought to life in a way we hadn't seen before. Heartily recommended." James Fagan and Nancy Kerr With their warmth, talent and loving stage presence, Australian duo Cloudstreet makes their audience feel that they are the privileged viewers of something very special. Combining contemporary arrangements of traditional ballads with original songs in a traditional style, their magic is marked by their dazzling vocal harmonies. A "cloudstreet" is a row of thermals marked by cumulus clouds. When gliders fly from thermal to thermal by following the clouds, they "fly the cloudstreet", staying aloft for miles. |
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| Nicole Murray is a full time musician and visual artist. Her long musical and performing career has seen her in many different bands and ensembles in Townsville, Melbourne and Brisbane, ranging from the exacting combination of vocal and instrumental music which is Cloudstreet, to pantomime and celtic concerts with Baldrick and the Cunning Plans. She plays flute, tin whistle and guitar, and writes songs and flute tunes. | ![]() |
John Thompson developed a love of harmony singing and unaccompanied vocals during his time in St. Stephen's Boys' Choir in Brisbane. Winner of the inaugural Lis Johnston Award for Vocal Excellence at the National Folk Festival in 1994, he developed his reputation with tight harmony groups No Right Turn and One Step Forward in Brisbane. John's remarkable vocal range provides some enthralling listening in cloudstreet's arrangements. |
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