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The song Green Fields of France written by Eric Bogle, a Scottish folk singer, and made famous by Irish folk singers The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur was written as a response to the anti-Irish sentiment in Britain in the 1970s because of the bombings.
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Phillip Island folk singer Tim O’Brien. AN afternoon of sentimental war-era songs will be presented by Sing Australia and the Eastlake Group, including Phillip Island folk singer Tim O’Brien singing classic Eric Bogle favourites. Eastlake Gungahlin Club, 51 Hinder Street, 2pm, Saturday, April 24. Tickets $20, proceeds go to the Gungahlin RSL. Book at the club or 6147 5511. Jeff Lang. “SOME Memories Never Die” is muso Jeff Lang’s first book and to celebrate its release, he’s on the road with a show combining music with an “in conversation” and Q&A session. With more than 30 al...
(1916) served an explicit role as propaganda and recruitment tools, often glorifying the sacrifice, mateship and heroism of the young men who enlisted. Some, like the Boer war-era Sons of Australia , predate the commonwealth, with a call to patriotism that came firmly couched in the language of empire: (“Sons of Australia / Are your pulses thrilling? / Thrilling at the chance to thrash / Your empire’s foes”) . But not all wartime songwriters viewed Australia’s role in a contest of European imperial powers so sunnily. Mark Erickson and P. Clay-Bealer’s Only One of the Toys (1914) spe...
This announcer spotlight was written by Michelle Gearon and first published in our biannual member magazine, Easey Mag, May 2020 edition. We hope you enjoy reading this insight into story of Acid Country announcer, David Heard. David Heard remembers sitting on a train between Geelong and Melbourne in 1978 reading an article in the Green Guide about a group of people who were “plotting a revolution” for the airwaves of Melbourne. The new station would be unique, innovative, and would focus on music that did not receive airplay on commercial stations. An avid music lover, David d...