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Jethro Pickett

Jethro Pickett is a Cygnet-based musician and producer. He’s softly spoken – but still waters can run deep. ‘I started my musical journey as a…

Dan Rawlings

Dan Rawlings grew up in Frankston Victoria and played drums in various Melbourne bands. He later picked up a guitar and started an acoustic folk…

Teresa Dixon

Originally from Victoria, Teresa Dixon lived and played music around Melbourne and Phillip Island before moving to the Huon Valley four years ago. A qualified…

Claire Anne Taylor

Claire Anne grew up in Milabena, a rural locality near Wynyard on the edge of the Tarkine region in north-west Tasmania. Her home was a…

River Bigby

River Bigby’s first musical experience was as a 14-year-old in a hardcore metal group with his mates in southwest Queensland. River recalls that the band…

Rose Wilson

Rose Wilson runs choir classes in the Huon Valley and is passionate about encouraging people to sign up. ‘I think many people carry around cultural…

Montz Matsumoto

Born in a small village in Japan, Montz Matsumoto started to learn bluegrass banjo from the age of 15. ‘When I was young I romanticised…

Rasa Jangala

Rasa Jangala caused a sensation at the recent Cygnet Folk Festival when the seven-year-old took to the stage and performed his original pieces Good as…

Ross Smithard

Ross Smithard began playing the violin when he was 12. He had some classical tuition but says it only became fun when he joined a…