Warrion Dreaming

June 26, 2023

Warrion Dreaming

by Mike Cosgriff

Red Rock and Warrion are part of the volcanic plains just outside of Colac. This song came from an alternative 26th January day that the local Indigenous people were running. I went along and had a great day learning all this stuff about the country. I’ve been living in that country for the best part of 50 years and I learnt all this stuff that I just had no idea about.

The next year, I was lucky enough that they sent me an invite to come along again, but I sort of felt like I was coming empty handed. So I wrote this song which is about all the stories that they had told me.

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Mike Cosgriff, song, Vic, Victoria

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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