Graeme Smith interviewed by Peter Parkhill [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2383053
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Smith, Graeme, 1950-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies; written permission required for public use.
- Description:
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- 2000
- 3 digital audio tapes (180 min.)
- Summary:
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Smith, writer and musicologist, presents an overview of his writings and researches to date, defines the different musical traditions - folk scene, folk festivals, bush bands, Irish music, their beginnings found in radical nationalism, "publicness" of bush band music in the 60s & 70s and its relation to social class, reviews the early folk movement, bush music and the folk scene, his own personal experience in the folk scene performing in England and in Melbourne, audience relations, changes in the 1970s, political affiliations affecting the folk scene, focus on the bush dance with the arrival of bush bands, his own participation, the Bushwackers, bush band repertoires and country music and their class origins, American star system influences the country scene, social analysis of the folk scene, theories of folk revival, importance of the pub in both Australian and British traditional music, the notion of community in music, relation of the pub to folk clubs, popular music studies.
Smith speaks of country music in Australia but its rejection by the folk/bush music movement, relation of country music to social class & class consciousness, audience expression of solidarity and concert behaviour, black Australian country music, Aboriginal performers such as Troy Cassar Daley, American influences on Australian country music performances, public/private multicultural music - ethnic music, Australia Council Music Board and multicultural policy, community vs. popular musical genres, personal views, his childhood and family outside Geelong, his musical studies supported learning the piano at school and the guitar before leaving school, influence of Melbourne University folk club, developed leftish political views and mixed with others of similar views, the importance of music among leftish groups attracting folk singers, the anti-conscription movement and songs at the Moratorium demonstrations, his travels in Britain during the 1970s English folk scene motivating him to play.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Dec. 27, 2000 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary available (3 p.)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Parkhill, Peter, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Creation date:
- 2000
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