THE ACOUSTIC CAFÉ is a fortnightly program featuring a mix of singer – songwriter, Celtic, Cajun, global roots, traditional and contemporary folk, blues, country blues, bluegrass, country, old timey and Americana music from Australia and around the world. Live to air, 8pm, every second Tuesday.

In this edition of The Acoustic Café we preview the music of artists appearing at the 2026 Yackandandah Folk Festival.

Playlist:

1.            Amarillo - Run Rabbit Run

2.           Candice McLeod & The Sweetwaters Choir - The Water.

3.           Charley Castle - Poison the Well 

4.           Chris While and Julie Matthews - Even The Desert Bears a Seed

5.           Dallahan - Dutch Courage

6.           Ella Hooper - Small Town Temple

7.           Elly Mck & The Unbelievers Don't Stay Away 

8.           Gráinne Hunt - Let Go 

9.           Grand Baxter - Holy Signs

10.          Great Aunt -  The Inventor

11.           Hana and Jessie-Lee's Bad Habits- The Tallest of Tales

12.          Inn Echo - If Only 

13.          Jack Gregory - Waiting On The Rain

14.          Joshua Batten - Open Box 

15.          Julian James & Becci Kate - Looking for a Light 

16.           Kerryn Fields - Until You

17.           Les Thomas and Band - The Ghost of Melbourne City

18.           Lloyd Spiegel -   Blood Out Of A Stone 

19.           Lucy Wise Trio- Wreck of the Dandenong 

20.          Mast Gully Fellers  - No Time 

21.           Norwood - Old Bones 

22.          Ranagri - The Hare 

23.          San Miguel Fraser  Xustans Sessions - La Jota del Guiri  Exteberritarrak

24.          Scott Cook - Song For A Pilgrim

25.          Small Town Romance - Wild Boys

26.          JC and the Tree - Sunday Coffee

27.          The Beez - I'm Never Gonna Be Barry White

28.          The Deserters - Blues Tram

29.          Toby Mobbs  - Over & Out

30.          Tony McManus- Jackie Coleman's/The Milliner's Daughter/Rakish Paddy/Connor Dunn's

31.            Wicker Suite - The Way That It Was (Ode To A Small Town)

32.          Windbourne - Fire in the Hole

33.          Winter Wilson- Doreen And Joe

Thank you for listening.

Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they use their feet to count the number of times this artist has appeared on the show, and they can inform you that it indeed twice. No need for fingers…Marc Cheeseman is a fine example of the benefits of going fingerless…in fact, there is a good chance that Shippa is going to go fingerless when he goes to see Mr Cheeseman with his band Fingerless later this week…no bad luck on this Friday 13th! It’s the band’s official album launch, and the songs on it are definitely guaranteed to get two thumbs up! An excellent repeat visit to promote Repeater, the new album.

Part 2: Tony and Shippa get stuck into some new submissions from up and coming artists in the second half of the show. Catch tracks from STAHR (Brisbane), The Great Emu War Casualties (Melbourne), Bad//Dreems (Adelaide), The Petrov Affair (Sydney), Kelly Brouhaha (Northern Rivers, NSW), Heavenly (UK), Jazzparty (Melbourne), Kris Mizzi (Melbourne), moonsea (Melbourne) and Mac The Knife (South Sydney), with Shippa’ Surprise describing Shippa as a Happy Pessimistic People Person Introvert…how did they know?!!!

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Ahoy Froggers, 
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This weeks BFRH playlist for you to gaze and stare at, and in some cases ask why or how did that get included.
On the surface valid questions indeed, and hopefully we give credible answers, but not here, cos we really want you to dive into the podcast and listen instead giving you the answer here.  We think we have the answers to the questions you may ask, so come on in and of course open up your mind and off course your ears.

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Part 1: Join Tony and Shippa as they venture over the high seas in search of that elusive Cetacean that has been singing its way along the coast whilst chewing on Gummy Bears…yes, you may think that they have been chewing on special gummies, but the lads actually chat to A Whale Called Phoenix, or at least Jimmy Pollock from the band. Climb aboard and discover the origin of the name, the tales of the crew and hear some incredible whale music!

Part 2: Tony and Shippa get stuck into some new submissions from up and coming artists in the second half of the show. Catch tracks from Chelsea Costar (Brisbane), Large (Canada), Abby Barnes (Melbourne), Ratboys (Chicago), Embrace (West Yorkshire), REFLEKTA (Central Coast, NSW), Most Epic Dream (Adelaide), Thrillhouse (Brighton, UK), Gimmy (Mullumbimby) and Shorehaven (Perth), with Shippa’s Surprise taking no Excuses from him for any misunderstandings in communication!