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| Coast Acoustics Music Association. Coast Acoustics is a venue for local and regional artists with a passion for acoustic music with jam sessions every month and regular concerts with guest artists from all around the region. |
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| Bluegrass Australia Blogspot put out by Greg McGrath - This site aims to help put you in touch with what's happening in the Australian bluegrass music scene. |
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| Bluegrass Australia. This is the main home page of the Bluegrass Australia site. |
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| Upfront Club Maleny. |
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| Peter Slapa bought the Maton EBG808 Custom Artist through Fingerstyle and is delighted. Hear a variety of Peter's fantastic guitar picking on his myspace site ... |
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| Hamish Sutherland's Edge of Darkness Home Page. An (almost) insane muso & triathlete who lives in Sweden.
Lots of links for Guitar, Banjo, Dobro etc. |
Hamish Sutherland |
| Bluegrass New Zealand . Newly created club and site - visit our Kiwi bluegrass cousins. |
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| Cowpie. Has words for most country/Old Time/Bluegrass songs. |
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Banjohangout. It's a HUGE site with lots of everything banjo: tabs, links, MP3s. Great place to find other banjo pickers in your part of the world, user's own reviews of different makes and LOTS more. |
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| Port Fairy Folk Festival. Along the Great Ocean Road |
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| National Folk Festival. Canberra, full of folk being folky |
National Folk Festival |
| Redlands Bluegrass Convention.
Workshops and slow jam sessions for all the instruments and a session on vocals and harmonies, plus the open mike concert and the not to be missed Saturday Night Concert. In between there will be jam sessions followed by jam sessions. |
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| Imbil Acoustic Music Weekend. Held annualy at the Borumba Deer Park Caravan and Camping Grounds 9 kms out of Imbil in the Mary Valley towards Borumba Dam. |
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| Harrietville Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Convention. A multitude of bluegrass and old time musicians from all over Australia and overseas guests. |
Harrietville Bluegrass & Traditional Country Music Convention |
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Woodford Folk Festival. Just north of Brisbane - gets bigger every year |
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Music - Bands, Teachers etc. |
| The Chardonnay Sippers guarantee you good times and fine music for Sunshine Coast weddings, conferences, functions, parties, restaurants or special events, whether you require a dance band, music for listening or atmosphere. |
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Tim Saunders and Seagrass I have been playing banjo and guitar for over 25 years. For the past few years I have been writing and recording all original material ...
Recently, I have teamed up with Rowlie Walker, a very accomplished mandolin player and singer. Local bass player player Mark Phillips has also joined our lineup. Collectivelely, we call ourselves Seagrass. |
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Peter Somerville, mainstay of Melbourne’s bluegrass scene and celebrated 5-string maestro, has been playing banjo for close on thirty years. He has toured and recorded with some of Australia’s top musicians including Paul Kelly, Kasey Chambers and Renee Geyer, as well as occasionally gracing the small screen with his banjo skills. On tour, he has brought his unique sound to appreciative audiences across Australia, the USA and Singapore, and has a small but devoted cult following in Japan. Currently he plays regular gigs with his own band The Somervilles as well as longtime Melbourne favourites the Pheasant Pluckers. In addition to playing banjo, Peter is an accomplished singer and also plays fiddle, dobro and guitar.
Peter has been teaching banjo for most of his playing career and has developed a proven teaching method that caters to students from absolute beginners to advanced players. He teaches both 3-finger/ bluegrass style and clawhammer/ old-timey banjo.
For lesson bookings call: (03) 9877 8431 or (mob) 0439 490 716.
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Peter Somerville Bluegrass / Country
Hear Peter Somerville on the bluegrass-style album 'Smoke' . Australia's prominant performer and songwriter Paul Kelly teams up with Melbourne-based bluegrass combo Uncle Bill (UK-born Gerry Hale on guitar, dobro, mandolin, fiddle and vocals, Adam Gare on fiddle, mandolin and vocals, Peter Somerville on banjo and vocals and Stuart Speed on double bass).
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| Grundy Banjos. Banjos by Laurie Grundy, a luthier and banjo player, from Beechworth, Victoria Australia. Laurie has been playing, building and repairing five string banjos since 1976. |
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| Louzee Banjos
The LouZee Banjo is the culmination of the many years of experience of Paul Hopkins and Mike Longworth, who was associated with C.F. Martin, Inc.™ for many years.
Each LouZee banjo is personally assembled by Paul and/or David Hopkins. The banjos are adjusted, inspected and played by Paul or David Hopkins before being made available for sale. |
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Banjo Brothers - Australian handcrafted banjo parts
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| Kel Kroydon Banjos by the American Made Banjo Co Originally inspired by the prewar Kel Kroydon Style 10 and 11 banjos the AMB Co has grown leaps and bounds offering many new Banjos, Parts and Accessories for every level of picker. |
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| Eucalypt Banjos. Australian made banjos using Australian timbers. |
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| Frets.com. Very informative and interesting site on caring for your banjo or guitar. |
FRETS . COM
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| Liddy Instruments. Hand made mandos and guitars by John Liddy in the Adelaide hills. All good Aussie stuff. |
Liddy Guitars and Mandolins |
White Swallow Banjos. White Swallow banjos hand made by Alan Funk, Adelaide. |
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| Australian travel guide with online booking enquiries for accommodation, attractions, tours, hire cars, restaurants, flights and maps. |
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| Tourist Information. Things to do, places to see and stay on Queensland's beautiful Sunshine Coast and Hinterland |
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| My Sunshine Coast - for all Sunshine Coast information |
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| Coolum Beach Sea for Yourself |
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