Ciaran O'Grady
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Sadler’s
by Ciaran O’Grady This was written for a friend called Chris Sadler who lives in England and also plays the concertina. Composed in 2015. Continue reading
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Mrs O’Grady of Curradavitt
by Ciaran O’Grady I wrote this tune for my grandmother Helen O’Grady who was just an incredible woman. She was a farmer who had a larger family – 20 children, and my Dad was no. 12. Composed in 2021. Continue reading
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The Migrant
by Ciaran O’Grady When I first moved to Australia, I decided to write a tune every day for a month while I was waiting to get a job. This was one of them. Composed in 2015. Continue reading
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Cape Otway
by Ciaran O’Grady It’s a bit spooky down at Cape Otway in Victoria’s south west. As you approach, there’s a lot of dead trees that are bleached white and it looks quite ghostly. Then, when you reach the ocean at the end, you come across this beautiful lighthouse. So that’s what was going through my Continue reading
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
Melbourne Tune Collection 