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Barbara Jinks

  • Galettes

    by Jinsky I was in Brittany this summer at the amazing Lorient Interceltique Festival and not only fell in love with the people, music and landscape there, but also the crunchy tasty Galettes – gluten-free buckwheat pancakes! It is the start of a longer piece, but that can take years! Composed in 2025. About the Continue reading

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  • Reel Rhumba

    by Jinsky My husband and I love to dance and often I hear “folky rythyms” when we dance. I composed this in my head whilst dancing a rhumba, and it just fits well with the session music here in Bonn. Composed in 2023. About the Composer Barbara is an Australian (originally Scottish) living in Germany Continue reading

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  • 5 Goldfish for Tim

    by Jinksy I love unusual beats and composed this 5/5 tune as a birthday gift for a friend Tim. To get the 5-rythym, I watched a tutorial on YouTube where the guy explained the rhythm by singing “I just got a goldfish”, hence the name! Composed in 2024. About the Composer Barbara is an Australian Continue reading

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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

Katherine Oleinikov. Photo © 2022 Adam Purcell – Melbourne Ceili Camera