The Great Divide

Port Fairy Folk Festival has revealed the first group of artists for its 50th anniversary event, confirming a mix of international and Australian performers for the 2027 gathering in regional Victoria. The festival, which will run from 5 to 8 March 2027 over the Labour Day long weekend, marks half a century since the inaugural event was staged in the coastal town of Port Fairy in 1977.

Australian folk songwriter Leah Senior has unveiled “Two Weeks”, the final advance track from her forthcoming fifth album Pt. Roadknight, due for release on June 19 through Third Eye Stimuli in Australia and SPINSTER in North America and the UK. The song arrives ahead of a national tour and offers one of the album's most direct reflections on the changing social landscape of Victoria's coastal communities.

Don McLean revisits a pivotal 1984 moment with The Jordanaires, unveiling previously unheard rehearsal recordings captured ahead of his Carnegie Hall performance in a new archival release through StarVista Music, alongside a companion YouTube series.

Canadian artist Taylor Kirk, the driving force behind Timber Timbre, has died suddenly at 44, leaving behind a distinctive catalogue that reshaped modern gothic folk

West Australian artists Whiskey Jack and Kiera Jas return with Remain Strange, a warm and whimsical folk collaboration celebrating friendship, individuality and creative connection

Foy Vance closes a deeply personal creative chapter with The Wake, the seventh album in a decades-long project shaped by the loss of his father.

Irish Balladeer Dan McCabe Returns For His Biggest Australian Tour Yet, Building On A Remarkable Rise From Lockdown Viral Star To International Concert Drawcard