SUE BARRETTTop Albums of 2006 (alphabetical order)1. Cyndi Boste Foothill Dandy 2. Catie Curtis Long Night Moon 3. Kris Delmhorst Strange Conversation 4. Sophie B Hawkins Live 5. Indigo Girls Despite Our Differences 6. Holly Near Show Up 7. Ann Reed Telling Stories 8. SONiA and disappear fear DF05 LiVE 9. The Charcoal Club Cry Freedom 10. Totally Gourdgeous The Stroke Of Midnight Best concert/club/pub gig of 2006 Judy Small — December 1 & 2 at The Artery, Fitzroy (recording of live album) Best music festival of 2006 40th National Folk Festival, Canberra Best music DVD of 2006 Faith Petric — 90th Birthday Concert Best music book of 2006 Wayne Mac — Don’t Touch That Dial: Hits ‘n’ Memories of Australian Radio Personal musical highlight of 2006 The National Folk Festival, including Akasa singing Melanie Shanahan’s ‘Walk With Me’. Obtaining a concert handbill signed by Joan Hammond. Folk and folk-rock artists re-discovering the importance of vocals and lyrics. Hearing the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Lim, Mozart and Saint-Saëns. Release of the film ‘Hunt Angels’, with Jen Anderson’s score. Obtaining recordings of Madeline Davis’ ‘Stonewall Nation’, Maxine Feldman’s ‘Angry Atthis’ and Lesbian Feminist Liberation’s ‘A Few Loving Women’. Buying a (blue) CD Walkman — watering the garden will never be the same! And Judy Small’s two concerts for her forthcoming live album (being produced by Siiri Metsar). |