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  • To Be Shaw

    By Maddy Barbary Copley This is the first tune that I ever wrote. My Brother’s Godfather, Chris Shaw, was a really big fan of Irish music. He passed away when I was 13. I named it after him because he would have loved it. Composed in 2018. Continue reading

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  • On Tower Hill

    By Maddy Barbary Copley I wrote it while getting ready for the Star of the Lake Program at Lake School. We thought it would be really good to have more original tunes and since I got in early, I put this together while waiting for everyone else to arrive. Composed in 2019. 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