Jazz band at folk club

The CWA Hall at Woy Woy will host jazz band The Roaring Forties on Saturday, May 26, from 7pm as part of the Troubadour Folk Club concert.

A one hour presentation by the Roaring Forties will feature a slide show and songs about the steel industry in the 1960s and early 1970s around Port Kembla and Newcastle.

A singing workshop will precede the concert from 5pm to 6:15pm where a number of sea shanties in harmony will be taught.

The songs will then be performed at the concert at 7pm.

Floor spots are available and supper will be provided.

The Roaring Forties have released three CDs including Hazard, Hardship and Damned Little Pay, which includes a 23 track recording of traditional sea songs and shanties and Shore Leave, which has 17 tracks ranging from the bitter-sweet Lady of Autumn to the sombre Shallow Brown.

Their latest album, Life of Brine is a collection of 23 sea shanties, 11 of which are Australian or have an Australian connection.

The Forties have performed frequently at the Australian National Maritime Museum, the National Folk Festival, Majors Creek Music Festival, the Loaded Dog Folk Club; and have also appeared at Wollombi, Woodford, Port Fairy, Jamberoo Folk Festivals and the Melbourne Acapella Festival.

Email, 1 May 2012

Willy Timmerman, Troubadour Central Coast Inc.