You've found the website of Bruce Cameron. I live in the regional city of Bathurst
in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. I am a trainer, radio
producer and event manager and a happily amateur folk musician who performs
regularly in two bands and irregularly in at least two more.
I am involved in a wide range of community development activities in Bathurst
and occasionally I participate in oral history collection projects for the
National Library of Australia, work on folklore productions at folk
festivals, as well as dabbling in CD production.
I have more success with some of these activities than with others, although I
retain boundless enthusiasm for all of them.
Radio Training
Since gaining a training qualification some time last century, I have
specialised in the delivery of training at radio stations in the community
broadcasting sector, usually in association with the Community Broadcasting
Association of Australia.
Funds are available through the Community Broadcasting Foundation to assist
licensed community radio stations to provide accredited skills training for
broadcasters, staff and volunteers. This is nationally recognised training which
helps stations and presenters to make better radio programs. This is a good thing.
Training is quite flexible. It can be a short course of several units over one
weekend right up to a Certificate in Broadcasting (Radio), which can then lead
to diploma or degree level qualifications.
Contact me for more information or visit the websites of the Community
Broadcasting Association of Australia or the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
www.cbaa.org.au
www.cbf.com.au
'Come All Ye'
The longest running folk music program on Australian radio still with its
original presenter, heard each week on 2MCE-FM since 1976.
Tune in Sunday afternoons from 12.00 to 2.00 on 92.3 in Bathurst and 94.7 in
Orange. Now streaming to the world via
www.2mce.org
The
'Come All Ye' website contains playlists going back to 1998.
Nodding Thistles Bush Band
An almost traditional Australian folk band based in Bathurst, with music for all
occasions. Ideal entertainment for any family, corporate or school events.
Established in 1994 and well known across the region.
Songs sung - tunes played - dances taught. This is 'the sound of Australia'.
Senor Cabrales
Traditional music from Europe's Atlantic coast. Familiar Scottish and Irish
tunes sit comfortably alongside their less well known musical cousins from
Brittany, Asturias and Galicia. The band members have over 150 years combined
experience playing celtic music. Between them they have played everywhere from
Aberdeen to Auckland; from the Thorn Creek Grill in Moscow, Idaho, to the
Liverpool Bar in Belfast; from the Orkney Islands to Lord Howe Island; from the
Memorial Hall in Sofala to the International Music Hall in Grass Valley,
California.
Senor Cabrales has performed at several Australian Festivals, including the
National Folk Festival, the Illawarra Folk Festival, the Port Adelaide Celtica
Festival and the Gulgong Folk Festival.
We don't know why, but the band seldom plays at the same venue more than once,
so don't miss the chance to see them if they appear somewhere near you.
The semi-serious website:
www.senorcabrales.com
The not-serious website:
www.tinyurl.com/cabrales
Bathurst Folk Club
The Club has a history of concerts going back to the 1980s, but is currently in
recess.
There will be better times ahead for Bathurst Folk Club.
Click here to read a brief history of the Club.
Click here to see an impressive list of concerts hosted by the Club.
Links
Click to see a page of folk related links.
These have been informally assembled over time and I don't necessarily visit
them regularly, so please let me know if any don't work.
Click on the images appearing below to visit some other sites I like.
