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The Justin Walshe Folk Machine
Genre: Roots, Indie
Region: Perth, WA
Members: Justin - Singin, Guitar, Harmonica, Knitting... Rhyll Wilson - Singin, Ukelele, Mandolin... Craig Sinclair - Slide Guitars & Singin... Andy Pearson - Bangers and Crash... Gavin Shoesmith - Double Decker Bass
Sounds Like: The Decemberists, Weddings, Parties, Anything, redgum
Influences: Paul kelly, Dylan, Tom Waits

“A Justin Walshe Folk Machine live show sits somewhere between a campfire yarn, a sea shanty, bush poetry and a country rock hoedown. In a one hour set you might get an historical anecdote about convicts and shipwrecks, croony, delicate tales on love and whisky (in no particular order), and plenty of barnstorming folk rock to tie it all together.” Xpress Magazine

Blessed with the charisma to entertain crowds on a grand stage and the humility to draw people in on a personal level, Justin Walshe leads the Folk Machine and it's passengers on a foot-stomping journey from the quiet contemplations of folk to the wilds of gospel-infused country rock with feet firmly rooted in Australian soil. Touted by The Weekend Australian as a forerunner in a threatened Australian folk revival, the much praised release of their second album Walking to China (June 2010) adds significant weight to a heavy claim. Accompanied by lush 'Carter-like' harmonies and a driving rhythm section (very useful on those long tours), “The Justin Walshe Folk Machine take their audience on a wandering, dusty, train-hopping folk tour through early-Australian history... one would be hard pressed to name a more evocative or entertaining storyteller in the folk-rock genre.” Xpress Magazine.

What the people say...

“Energetic, layered story telling... not your average folk music.” Gillian O’Shuaghnessy - ABC Perth

"A rock and roll roustabout with a gentle soul... like a kooky cowboy on a long lonely outback trail; he provides guidance towards good times with gusto and glee."
Peter Barr - RTR

"Fremantle's folk-country extravaganza leaves nothing in the tank to create it's own kind of raucous, foot-stomping, front bar, whisky-drinking, guttural folk."
Fremantle Herald

“The bearded one is the consummate showman.” Faster Louder

"Not much beats the feeling one gets when taking a punt on the unknown and coming up trumps, which is exactly what'll happen to anyone willing to track down Fremantle/Melbourne-based folk/country quintet The Justin Walshe Folk Machine."
Time Off Magazine

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Love Machine
rating:  5/5
nice cuzin rockin 3016




Love Machine
rating:  5/5
catchy as the clap, one of the best australian songs ever written, well done to j walshe and the folk machine, a mix of cab calloway and henry lawson...




Love Machine
rating:  5/5
This is a great song. I always turn it up when it comes on the radio. I like the bit about the child in africa, made me laugh
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This project is supported by the Australia Council, the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, through its Music Board Section.