BROKEN CREEK creates intricate folk arrangements for banjo, guitar, violin and voice. Drawing on diverse sources including union songs, Old-Time banjo tunes and Celtic fiddle traditions, they recontextualise songs, stories and musical traditions from the past to revive them for our present moment.

Growing up in rural Australia steeped in bushbands and balladeers ignited a love for all things folk, fiddle and old-time which Broken Creek have been using as inspiration for their songwriting ever since.

  
Broken Creek’s debut album SMALL TOWN ANTHROPOLOGIES includes original songs about Australian small towns, twisted fretless banjo tunes that incorporate forgotten modes, ancient protest songs and folk favourites from the Appalachian mountains.

  
Broken Creek delivers an engaging live show incorporating foot percussion, energetic fiddle licks, mind-bending guitar, shruti drones and anecdotes from two music nerds who have lived in both the city and the country.

They are joined for a night of thrilling folk with MICKEY AND MICHELLE an Australian harp and violin duo who seamlessly blend contemporary folk and jazz in a rich, unique style of their own.