Woodford Folk Festival, Phina Hartson, Digi Youth Arts, Mission Songs Project, Constantina Bush, Jeremy Dutcher

Thursday, 16 January 2020 - 7:00am to 8:30am
Photo of Constantina Bush

Acknowledgment of country 


Carly speaks with Phina Hartson - the first Pacific trans Fa'afafine person to be admitted as a lawyer in so-called Australia. 


Alethea Beetson, Mervyn Trescott, Loki Liddle and Kane Brunjies talk about their experiences of being a part of Digi Youth Arts and the incredible sound installation and clapstick performances curated for the festival. 


Carly converses with Jessie Lloyd from the Mission Songs Project. Jessie speaks deeply about her love for reviving intergenerational song traditions. 


Kamahi Djordon King, aka Constantina Bush, speaks with Carly about living under the Northern Territory intervention and the uplifting power of humour.  


Monica from 4EB and Carly converse with Jeremy Dutcher, classically trained operatic tenor and composer who takes every opportunity to blend his Wolastoq First Nations roots into his music. Jeremy speaks about his process of incorporating 1900s wax cylinder field recordings into his music, the turbulent nature of the pop industry and this period of Indigenous renaissance. 

 

Songs 

Better in Blak - Thelma Plum 

Mission Songs Project at the Melbourne Recital Centre

Mehcinut - Jeremy Dutcher