After a string of five international acts, the Bendigo Folk Club will welcome some fellow Aussies to the stage this month. The fine Adelaide duo The Yearling will descend below the QEO Grandstand to entertain with their earthy, warm compositions. Robyn Chalklen and Chris Parkinson combine folk, blues and country and are often likened to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, what with their sensitive harmonies and haunting acoustic guitar and banjo that always complements but never overpowers the songs. They sing of clapped-out cars, ragged arse suitcases, broken dollars, ripped-up old dresses, fallen prayers, dirty wings, lonely roads, long-tongued lies, sticks and stones and bags of bones, stone angels and dreams, air thick with love, kisses on the breeze, diamonds in the sun. The Yearling’s songs have been described as heartfelt and precious things. The show will take place on Friday, May 9, and tickets are $12 for members and concession, $16 for everyone else. For more information visit www.bendigofolkclub.com or phone Simon on 0407 434 892.
