South West Music Archive: The Waifs named artist of the year (Port Fairy Folk Festival 2009)

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The Waifs named artist of the year (Port Fairy Folk Festival 2009)

Warrnambool Standard March 5th , 2009 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2009. All rights reserved
THE Waifs have been named artist of the year for this weekend’s Port Fairy Folk Festival. The popular WAroots will be making their seventh visit to the event and festival director Jamie McKew the award reflected the event’s love for the group. The Waifs cook up a spicy gumbo of organic roots music, roots like it’s straight out of the earth, organic like it’s so nutritious you could eat it,’’ McKew said. Aside from the triumphant return of The Waifs, this Folkie will also feature what could be a record number of local acts including:
Blues legends Blue Heat who will be launching their new CD Live At The Continental at the festival;
Warrnambool country blues act The Rusty Bucks; Damian Howard & The Ploughboys; Former Mailors Flat artist CW Stoneking, who is touring in support of his ARIA top 50 album Jungle Blues; Locally-connected Celticpop act Dalriada, who will be promoting their album Soak; Warrnambool roots group TomRichardson Project; Warrnambool guitarist songwriter John Hudson, who performed at the Folkie guitar concert two years ago; Port Fairy’s Oriel Glennen, who is a festival regular; Children’s entertainer Barry Peters; WAMI nominated indigenous artist Brett Clarke& friends; New zydeco-blues group KombiNation, which features members of The Monaros and The Hog Stompin’ Zydegators; and Andy Alberts&The Walkabouts. If you can’t catch Irish accordion-guitar duo Seamus Murray and Jim Begley at the Folkie, then you’ve got two more opportunities. Tonight they play the Courthouse Cafe in Camperdown and on Tuesday they will be at The Loft in Warrnambool. Special guests tonight include Sugarloaf featuring Pete Daffy. The annual post-Folkie session held by the Friends Of St Brigid’s will take place at the Crossley Hall on Monday from 8pm. Local ensemble Lex’s Shed will be on hand to perform, plus some special international and national guests. You can also pick up a copy of the Saving St Brigid’s CD, recorded just hours before last year’s session.