Good News at the Walhalla Pub

April 26, 2023

Good News at the Walhalla Pub

by Kate Oleinikov

I had just finished my uni exams for the semester and decided to reward myself with a weekend road trip around the foothills of The Australian Alps. The last stop was the historic hill town of Walhalla. It was going to a long wait for lunch at the pub, so I brought out my phone and started going through my e-mails. To my absolute delight, I discovered that my little tune collecting project had just gotten me a performer’s ticket to the next National Folk Festival.

Composed in 2022.

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About Melbourne Tune collection

Melbourne Tune Collection records and publishes original folk tunes and songs from around Australia.

I started this project after realising that I barely knew any Australian folk tunes, even though I’ve been playing the fiddle for almost two decades. It wasn’t that Australians weren’t writing tunes, it’s just that there was limited publishing opportunities for them.

I thought maybe if I collect these tunes and put them together, they would have a better chance of getting played. So in early 2019 I set off with my camera and recorder, first around Melbourne, then across Australia.

This site is the result of these travels. Its purpose is to make Australian folk music as accessible as possible and promote the incredible music that’s being written today. I genuinely believe that there’s something special happening in the Melbourne and Australian folk music scenes right now.

I hope you enjoy playing through these tunes as much as I have!

Katherine Oleinikov