South West Bush Poets Festival: Report

After the Fairbridge Festival Neil & I joined up with Marco Gliori for a week of performances and school workshops hosted and organised by Neil & Cathy Howard from Whicher Ridge Wines just outside Busselton WA. Neil Howard and I go way back to when we played junior footy together at Moonambel. Our folks were…

Fairbridge Festival 2016 Report

The Fairbridge Festival 2016 was a huge success for Neil McArthur and myself AKA The Inglorious Bardsters. Our poets breakfasts went extremely well with excellent attendances both mornings. We got to meet and perform with plenty of talented local poets who really enjoyed the walk up opportunities provided by the festival. Hosted by Phil Gray…

Inglorious Bardsters WA Tour

I’m joining forces with fellow Bush Poet Neil McArthur for a 2-3 week tour of south west WA in April 2016. First port of call is the Fairbridge Folk Festival where we will be appearing as the ‘Inglourios Bardsters’ at the poets breakfasts each morning, as well as a poetry workshop and a feature appearance…

The Man They Call The Banjo

For the past 3 years I have been involved in the development of a musical play entitled ‘The Man They Call The Banjo’. The play was written by playwright and composer Felix Meagher and is based on the research of musician/ historian the late Dennis O’Keeffe. From his groundbreaking research Dennis published a book entitled…