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CONCERTS & CLIPS

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Collector Tablelands Jig Set

One of Collector's first tune sets, at a very early gig ! Pushing it out late at night, in a dark little hall in Albion Park.
Jim McWhinne (Bodhran), Chloe Roweth (Mandolin), Roger Hargraves (Fiddle), Bill Browne (Kit), Mike Martin (Buttons), Jason Roweth (Guitar)

Traditional Central West NSW Dance Tunes
The Day After...
The Wedding of Lachan McGraw (from Joe Yates of Sofala)
John Warn's Set Tune (from John Warn of Crooked Corner)
Joe Yates' Rant (from Joe Yates of Sofala)

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Live National Folk Festival Concert

Chloe and Jason Roweth Band In the Budawang, 50th National Folk Festival. Full 30 min concert, recorded Sunday 27th March 2016, Canberra, Australia.

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Take Me Down The Harbour

Words: Gray and Bennett / Music: Joe Slater. From the Silver Songster - 1908.
Performed by Chloe and Jason Roweth, with Bill Browne and Baz Cooper. From the 2015 double album by Chloe and Jason Roweth - 'Light Another Fire'. Movie created by Ian Large. Images from the collections of The State Library of NSW, 2015.

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"Click Go the Shears" (ABC Landline)

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The Death of Ben Hall

Traditional - from Sally Sloane (Born in Parkes, NSW - 1894)
A performance by Collector
Left to Right - Roger Hargraves, Mike Martin, Bill Browne, Chloe Roweth, Jason Roweth, Jim McWhinnie, Jason Neville

Filmed by Ian Large in an acoustic session at the 2004 Illawarra Folk Festival, Jamberoo.

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Whinge on a Huge Great Lumpa Wood

A Poem by Leno Martin.
Read by Jason Roweth - 2018 National Folk Festival
Written in response to winning the National Folk Festival Reciter of the Year. Leno was unable to come back to judge, and sent this poem instead.
Footage by Jaqui Malins

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Where I Stand (1995)

Us Not Them - Chloe & Jason Roweth with Paul Sinclair and Tyrone Dunn

From the dusty cobwebs at the back of an old hard drive... I'd love to find a better copy - but we have this artefact... A film, made by Wayne Milligan - in a back room at UTS, Sydney. This video brings back all kinds of memories - mostly relating to the 25th anniversary of our first album, 'Wailing Bizarre'.

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Ah, White Man, have you any Sacred Sites?

Poem by Denis Kevans. Tune is Frank Collins' Set Tune. Live performance by the Chloe & Jason Roweth Band at the National Folk Festival 2015 (Australia).

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Bells and Bullocks

Words: Mary Gilmore, Music: Bob Rummery
Performed by Chloe & Jason Roweth (2006)

ARTICLES & RESOURCES

Between The Lines

Articles on collected Australian music by Jason Roweth.

Featuring songs from Duke Tritton.

Featuring songs from Pat Nightingale and Neville Drysdale.

Featuring songs by Tom Stonham.

Sleepers Song Book

PDF Document containing lyrics, chords and melodies for a selection of songs from Carrie Milliner and the Bobbin family.

YouTube Playlist
The Songs of Carrie Milliner and the Bobbin Family

Includes recordings of Carrie Milliner and her family, and live performances by the Roweths.

RADIO & AUDIO

ABC Radio Show

The Rhythm Divine

Presenter Geoff Wood

ABC Radio Show

The Music Show

Anzac voices in song

Complete interview with Andrew Ford which aired over the Anzac Day weekend 2020 is now available as a podcast from the ABC Website.

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PODCAST

Activist

Masterclass

Moderated by Emeritus Professor Ed Davis, Tom McDonald is joined by leading Australian trade unionists to discuss big ideas about how to make Australia a fairer and more democratic and inclusive society.

Features performances by Chloe & Jason Roweth.

PODCAST

AusFolkus

Roweth History

Exploring the people and stories behind Australian folk music and dance.

Andy Busuttil'S extensive interview with us as a three part podcast. If you've ever wondered about the Roweth's history - here it is..