Announcing more performers for the 2023 Festival
The committee members have been working our way though the impressive list of applicants for the year’s Festival. We are excited to announce that the first performers have been booked—with more to come in the next weeks. As well as the Foghorn String Band from Canada we have:
- Tony O’Rourke
- The High Street Drifters
- McHarg Creek
- Bluegrass Junction, and
- Crooked Road.
The Foghorn String Band
The Foghorn String Band from Canada are coming our way in November! Not only will they be playing at the 2023 Festival, they will also be tutoring at the Wirrina Music Camp 2023, in the 3 days leading up to the Festival. From their website:
The Foghorn Stringband is the present day gold standard for real-deal hard-hitting genuine old-time American string band music, with eight albums, thousands of shows, over 15 years of touring under their belts, and an entirely new generation of roots musicians following their lead … The Foghorn Stringband is comprised four master performers and historians: Caleb Klauder (vocals, mandolin, fiddle) – From Orcas Island, Washington; Reeb Willms (vocals, guitar) – From rural Farmer, Washington; Nadine Landry (vocals, upright bass) – From the Gaspé Coast, Eastern Quebec; Stephen ‘Sammy’ Lind (vocals, fiddle, banjo) – From Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each member of Foghorn Stringband exemplifies the best of the roots music traditions from their respective native cultures … In performance, Foghorn Stringband gather around one microphone, balancing their music on the fly, and playing with an intense, fiery abandon.
