With one of Canada’s best new folk rock talents Terra Lightfoot currently on an Australian tour with talented local troubadour William Crighton, following the release of her excellent third album New Mistakes, we’ve been in a serious folk mood.

So, with guitars and stunning voices ringing in our ears, here are five of our favourite modern folk singers from Australia and around the world.

Terra Lightfoot’s Australian tour with William Crighton

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Thursday 2nd November – Australian Music Week, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 3rd November – Central Bar, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 4th November – Inland Sea of Sound Festival, Bathurst, NSW
Sunday 5th November – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Monday 6th November – Yah Yah’s, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 9th November – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th November – Majors Creek Festival, Majors Creek, NSW
Thursday 16th November – Left’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD

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