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Coolgrass – Illawarra Folk Festival

December 29th, 2009

News just in from the Illawarra Folk Festival is that their program has been announced. The program reveals that the comically irreverent team of  pickers masquerading as a bluegrass band, otherwise know as Coolgrass are scheduled to play at the 2010 Illawarra Folk Festival. Performance times and locations are:

  • Fri 15/01/2010 08:15pm to 09:15pm – Grandstand Bar
  • Fri 15/01/2010 10:15pm to 11:15pm – Show Pavilion
  • Sat 16/01/2010 10:15pm to 11:15pm – Show Pavilion
  • Sun 17/01/2010 02:45pm to 03:15pm – The Shed
  • Sun 17/01/2010 04:30pm to 05:15pm – The Chapel

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Bluegrass Parkway & Coolgrass – Folkus Room ACT

November 3rd, 2009

Blaugrass at the Folkus Room 17th Nov 2009 – 8:00pm

Paul Duff from Bluegrass Parkway has alerted us to an upcoming gig featuring the unlikeliest combination of Australia’s talent. The all so traditional and highly reverent Bluegrass Parkway are joining the ever irreverent Coolgrass for a gig at Canberra’s Folkus Room at the Italo-Australian Club, 78 Franklin St. Forrest. ACT., on the 17th Nov 2009 – 8:00pm.

It’s going to be the best in straight bluegrass and the best in bent bluegrass you’re likely to hear, according to Bluegrass Parkway’s Paul Duff.

Contact: Bill on 0407 434 469 – Tickets are $25/$20.

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Coolgrass on Cybergrass

December 25th, 2008

Coolgrass, Victoria’s somewhat bent bluegrass phenomena has recently had their profile debuted on the Cybergrass website.

Cybergrass writes:
In addition to their own songs and parodies, Coolgrass tackle the likes of Mozart, Mancini, Chuck Berry, Queen, Duke Ellington and many more in a tongue-firmly-in-cheek bluegrass style. They’re based in Melbourne (Australia, not Florida) and can be found causing musical mayhem at various folk and bluegrass festivals. They’ve been busy in the studio – their 2004 CD “Toad Rage” has recently been joined by a new recording: “Jaguar Breakdown” in honour of Jim’s “reliable” old car.
Read the full post on Cybergrass

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