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MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday 15th January 2015 US ARTISTS RELEASED! With just 75 days until the 2015 National Folk Festival kicks into gear, the countdown has officially begun. Today the Festival is proud to announce its stellar artists coming all the way from the U.S of A. Twotime Grammy nominated Nashville altcountry artist Kim Richey heads the list. A singersongwriter whose music tugs at the heartstrings and, with a sound that’s tender, arresting and honest, Richey’s music is aching life’s truths. With two No. 1 singles, six critically acclaimed albums, a Top 10 Album listing in Time Magazine for her album Glimmer and her album Rise named as People Magazine AltCountry Album of the Year Kim Richey should be on your mustsee list of this year’s Festival. Blues music is coming to the fore at this year’s National with delta blues and roots duo Joe Filisko and Eric Noden, and the authentic blues of the Kipori Baby Wolf Woods New Orleans Band. Joe Filisko and Eric Noden are expert practitioners of the fabled harmonica and guitar ethos that defined the blues in its earliest days but is all too rarely heard. Prepare to be totally immersed with a spirited show taking you on a blues journey from 1920s delta blues to today. Experience the hottest blues coming out of New Orleans today when Kipori Baby Wolf Woods takes to the stage. Grandson of Luscious Lloyd Lambert, the NOLA band leader and bass player who played with Ray Charles, Little Richard, and Guitar Slim, Kipori is a natural crowd pleaser with a high energy stage show. Steep yourself in the rich tradition of American roots music with Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller from West Virginia. With close harmonies, fingerpicking guitar and a healthy dose of old time fiddling and songs that sparkle with hope, love and oldtime goodness their sound is reminiscent of the Louvin Brothers, Melvin Wine and Ernie Carpenter. Inhale some more old time country and bluegrass music with the Whitetop Mountaineers. Based in Whitetop, the highest mountains in Virginia they are Martha Spencer and Jackson Cunningham. With a show that will transport you to a different time and place, the Whitetop Mountaineers combine old time country duet singing, uptempo old time fiddle, clawhammer banjo, bluegrass mandolin, guitar instrumentals and Appalachian dancing. The National Folk Festival is one of Australia’s most accessible and longest running folk festivals and will feature an Alist of over 200 artists across 18 venues at Exhibition Park, Canberra on the Easter weekend, 26 April. Hurry! Earlybird2 Tickets close on January 31. With more international and national artists to announce for this year’s event stay connected for all the latest news. Visit www.folkfestival.org.au or follow National Folk Festival on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @natfolkfest #5daysinaperfectworld All Media Enquiries to National Folk Festival Publicist Bettina Richter mob: 0414 441 860 e: [email protected]

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 MEDIA  RELEASE:  Thursday  15th  January  2015        US  ARTISTS  RELEASED!    With  just  75  days  until  the  2015  National  Folk  Festival  kicks  into  gear,  the  countdown  has  officially  begun.  Today  the  Festival  is  proud  to  announce  its  stellar  artists  coming  all  the  way  from  the  U.S  of  A.    Two-­‐time  Grammy  nominated  Nashville  alt-­‐country  artist  Kim  Richey  heads  the  list.  A  singer-­‐songwriter  whose  music  tugs  at  the  heartstrings  and,  with  a  sound  that’s  tender,  arresting  and  honest,  Richey’s  music  is  aching  life’s  truths.  With  two  No.  1  singles,  six  critically  acclaimed  albums,  a  Top  10  Album  listing  in  Time  Magazine  for  her  album  Glimmer  and  her  album  Rise  named  as  People  Magazine  Alt-­‐Country  Album  of  the  Year  Kim  Richey  should  be  on  your  must-­‐see  list  of  this  year’s  Festival.    Blues  music  is  coming  to  the  fore  at  this  year’s  National  with  delta  blues  and  roots  duo  Joe  Filisko  and  Eric  Noden,  and  the  authentic  blues  of  the  Kipori  Baby  Wolf  Woods  New  Orleans  Band.  Joe  Filisko  and  Eric  Noden  are  expert  practitioners  of  the  fabled  harmonica  and  guitar  ethos  that  defined  the  blues  in  its  earliest  days  but  is  all  too  rarely  heard.  Prepare  to  be  totally  immersed  with  a  spirited  show  taking  you  on  a  blues  journey  from  1920s  delta  blues  to  today.    Experience  the  hottest  blues  coming  out  of  New  Orleans  today  when  Kipori  Baby  Wolf  Woods  takes  to  the  stage.  Grandson  of  Luscious  Lloyd  Lambert,  the  NOLA  band  leader  and  bass  player  who  played  with  Ray  Charles,  Little  Richard,  and  Guitar  Slim,  Kipori  is  a  natural  crowd  pleaser  with  a  high  energy  stage  show.    Steep  yourself  in  the  rich  tradition  of  American  roots  music  with  Jesse  Milnes  &  Emily  Miller  from  West  Virginia.  With  close  harmonies,  finger-­‐picking  guitar  and  a  healthy  dose  of  old-­‐time  fiddling  and  songs  that  sparkle  with  hope,  love  and  old-­‐time  goodness  their  sound  is  reminiscent  of  the  Louvin  Brothers,  Melvin  Wine  and  Ernie  Carpenter.  Inhale  some  more  old  time  country  and  bluegrass  music  with  the  Whitetop  Mountaineers.  Based  in  Whitetop,  the  highest  mountains  in  Virginia  they  are  Martha  Spencer  and  Jackson  Cunningham.  With  a  show  that  will  transport  you  to  a  different  time  and  place,  the  Whitetop  Mountaineers  combine  old  time  country  duet  singing,  up-­‐tempo  old  time  fiddle,  clawhammer  banjo,  bluegrass  mandolin,  guitar  instrumentals  and  Appalachian  dancing.      The  National  Folk  Festival  is  one  of  Australia’s  most  accessible  and  longest  running  folk  festivals  and  will  feature  an  A-­‐list  of  over  200  artists  across  18  venues  at  Exhibition  Park,  Canberra  on  the  Easter  weekend,  2-­‐6  April.  Hurry!  Earlybird2  Tickets  close  on  January  31.  With  more  international  and  national  artists  to  announce  for  this  year’s  event  stay  connected  for  all  the  latest  news.    Visit  www.folkfestival.org.au  or  follow  National  Folk  Festival  on  Facebook,  Twitter  and  Instagram  @natfolkfest  #5daysinaperfectworld      

  All  Media  Enquiries  to  National  Folk  Festival  Publicist  Bettina  Richter       mob:  0414  441  860  e:  [email protected]