The grand dame of Australian folk music comes to the Peninsula on October 29, when the Troubadour Folk Club presents Judy Small and Anousha Victoire in concert at Everglades Country Club.
Judy Small was undoubtedly Australia’s most popular and successful woman folksinger-songwriter of the 1980s and 90s.
She was loved by audiences across Australia and internationally for her honest, powerful feminist and political songs.
Her voice was glorious, her shows full of laughter and jokes, and her performances were always packed.
She won all the big prizes, including the Mo Award for Australian Folk Performer of the Year (1989) and was invited to Beijing for the United Nations Women’s Conference NGO Forum in 1995, where she sang to thousands of women from all over the world.
She produced 12 albums and hundreds of songs, many of which have been recorded by other famous artists in Australia and internationally.
In 1998 she stopped performing full-time and became a family lawyer in Melbourne while continuing to perform regularly at festivals around the world.
Then in 2013, she was appointed as a Judge with the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, and she retired fully from performing.
Now, having been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her contribution as a songwriter and recording artist to folk music, and receiving the National Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022 she’s back.
She will be supported by the Newcastle-based contemporary Australian-French folk singer-songwriter Anousha Victoire and one of the members of her trio.
This will also be the Central Coast launch of her new EP.
Judy Small and Anousha Victoire will be at Everglades Country Club at 2pm on Sunday, October 29
Book direct from the Troubadour website: http://troubadour.org.au/
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Troubadour Folk Club