PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL HONOURS MARCIA HOWARD

For more than 30 years, triple Aria Award-winning Goanna band member Marcia Howard has mesmerised audiences with her stunning voice and skill as a musician and songwriter.
Ahead of their opening on Friday, the Port Fairy Folk Music Festival has announced Howard is the recipient of the esteemed Maton Artist of the Year Award.
The Artist of the Year award recognises an individual who has made a significant contribution to the folk music community and the wider industry.
The award also celebrates the culture, the roots and the homelands from which music and stories rise.
As Australian rock royalty, Howard certainly makes the grade.
She has made music with the best in the business, from Goanna, to Mary Black, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Hothouse Flowers, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, The Chieftains and back home with Archie Roach.
Her solo albums have achieved high praise and she has sung, toured, recorded and performed with many Australian Indigenous artists including Bart Willoughby, Joe Geia, The Pigram Brothers, Archie Roach, Patricia Clarke and Deline Briscoe.
Many albums recorded in Australia over the past thirty years feature Howard’s harmony vocals and she is an accomplished singer, pianist, guitarist and vocal director.
Howard will be at the Port Fairy Folk Festival this weekend, launching her new EP, Nashville Sessions.
The EP was recorded in Nashville at Beaird’s Music Studio with an ensemble of seasoned instrumentalists, creating a classic Nashville sound spliced with a little bit of Australiana.
The Port Fairy Folk Music Festival is on March 11-14, featuring 100 acts across 18 venues.
Festival tickets are sold out, but the official Ticket Exchange Program is in full swing.
For more information and the full line-up, head to portfairyfolkfestival.com.