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Songs with Legs - folk duo. Jane Thompson accordion, tin whistle and percussion - Fay White guitar and flute
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"Songs with Legs" singing duo is the creative combination of the skills and gifts of two much-loved singers, Fay White and Jane Thompson. Their team of two was launched in January 2011 to delighted acclaim from patrons of the wonderful little music festival "Newstead Live" in the riverside town of Newstead on the Loddon in Victoria, Australia. Subsequent performances have been similarly greeting with warmth and enthusiasm and cries of "more, more!".
“Fay White and Jane Thompson are loved and respected individually as singers and songmakers; when they blend their voices together in glorious harmony the experience is exhilarating! They stand tall in any musical company and I cannot recommend them too highly. I have loved Fay’s songs and singing since first I was introduced to her recordings back in the 1980s, and have savoured Jane’s singing and songwriting through her longstanding membership of the renowned band Blackwood, and more recently The Rainmakers. I had not however seen them performing as a duo until last Easter, when they were a featured act at the National Folk Festival in Canberra. The audience reaction – and National Folk Festival audiences expect nothing but the best – was hugely enthusiastic.”
- Keith McKenry – former President of the National Folk Festival Australia
They've been described as "each possessed of a beautiful singing voice and with passion and warmth borne of a lifetime commitment to song. Together they make gorgeous music with richness and intimacy in equal measure and with glorious harmony"
They both have a passion for songs with heart, mind and soul, lyrics that tell the story of life as it is away from media bias and hype. They have worked up a fantastic collection of folksongs and contemporary songs in the folk tradition; songs that are poignant, funny, wise, ironic, topical and moving and grown from authentic connections to people and place. They accompany their songs with a captivating combination of guitar, accordion, flute, tin whistle, ukulele and percussion, and stories!
They bring a subtlety of interpretation to their songs, a singularly 'womanly' perspective and the kind of depth and heart that only comes with maturity. As such they are a rare and precious addition to the community of folk musicians in Australia.
They are available for concerts, workshops, noshes, events and festivals in Australasia - and beyond if you can pay their fares!
“Fay White and Jane Thompson are loved and respected individually as singers and songmakers; when they blend their voices together in glorious harmony the experience is exhilarating! They stand tall in any musical company and I cannot recommend them too highly. I have loved Fay’s songs and singing since first I was introduced to her recordings back in the 1980s, and have savoured Jane’s singing and songwriting through her longstanding membership of the renowned band Blackwood, and more recently The Rainmakers. I had not however seen them performing as a duo until last Easter, when they were a featured act at the National Folk Festival in Canberra. The audience reaction – and National Folk Festival audiences expect nothing but the best – was hugely enthusiastic.”
- Keith McKenry – former President of the National Folk Festival Australia
They've been described as "each possessed of a beautiful singing voice and with passion and warmth borne of a lifetime commitment to song. Together they make gorgeous music with richness and intimacy in equal measure and with glorious harmony"
They both have a passion for songs with heart, mind and soul, lyrics that tell the story of life as it is away from media bias and hype. They have worked up a fantastic collection of folksongs and contemporary songs in the folk tradition; songs that are poignant, funny, wise, ironic, topical and moving and grown from authentic connections to people and place. They accompany their songs with a captivating combination of guitar, accordion, flute, tin whistle, ukulele and percussion, and stories!
They bring a subtlety of interpretation to their songs, a singularly 'womanly' perspective and the kind of depth and heart that only comes with maturity. As such they are a rare and precious addition to the community of folk musicians in Australia.
They are available for concerts, workshops, noshes, events and festivals in Australasia - and beyond if you can pay their fares!
