Former federal judge to perform at folk club
A former Federal Circuit Court judge will perform at the Troubadour Folk Club concert at the Everglades Country Club on Sunday, October 29.
Judy Small, who was a full-time folk singer-songwriter in the 1980s and 1990s, retired altogether from performing when she was appointed a judge in 2013.
Having retired from the bench in 2020, and receiving the National Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, "now she's back", said folk club president Mr Michael Fine.
"And best of all, she's coming to the Troubadour in Woy Woy."
Mr Fine said Judy Small, was undoubtedly Australia's most popular and successful woman folksinger-songwriter of the 1980s and 90s.
"She was loved by audiences across Australia and internationally for her honest, powerful feminist and political songs."
She won a Mo Award for Australian Folk Performer of the Year in 1989.
"She produced 12 albums and hundreds of songs, many of which have been recorded by other artists in Australia and internationally.
"In 1998, she stopped performing full-time and became a family lawyer in Melbourne while continuing to perform regularly at festivals around the world."
In the year, she appointed a Federal Circuit Court judge, she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia "for significant service to folk music, as a songwriter and recording artist".
Mr Fine said Judy Small would be supported by Newcastle contemporary Australian-French folk singer-songwriter Anousha Victoire and one of the members of her trio.
"This will also be the Central Coast launch her new EP."
Bookings are essential and may be made direct from the Troubadour website at http://troubadour.org.au/
SOURCE:
Media release, 10 Oct 2023
Michael Fine, Troubadour Folk Club