Celebrating the Golden Years of the Bush with Songs, Poems & Yarns

Martyn Wyndham-Read and Warren Fahey, legendary performers of bush songs, recitations and yarns, will be touring rural NSW in March and April 2026. Both singers have been custodians of Australia's folk song heritage for over sixty years. Their deep swags offer songs and stories that bring history to life from convict days to nowadays.

Marcus Holden will join them on fiddle, mandolin and banjo, and Australia's accordion wizard, Garry Steel.

Martyn Wyndham-Read has released over 30 solo albums (and has appeared on 35 more) and is recognised for his polished, rounded singing style. He is equally at home singing sensitive age-old ballads and the often raucous songs of the shearers and drovers on the spree. Born in Sussex, England, in 1942, he lived and worked in Australia from 1958 to 1967. He became one of the early folk revival’s most popular performers and a feature at festivals, clubs and on the radio. He has returned to Australia regularly. This will be his final Australian tour. Martyn will be honoured with the National Folk Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2026.

Warren Fahey AM is acknowledged as one of Australia’s leading interpreters of the bush tradition of singing, reciting and yarn-spinning. He has had an illustrious career as a historian, prolific author, record producer, video creator and performer. He has been a ‘talking head’ on ABC Radio for over 55 years. As an actor, he performed (as Banjo Paterson) alongside Max Cullen’s ‘Henry Lawson’ in their hit two-man play ‘Dead Men Talking’ for over 250 performances. Born in Sydney in 1946, he has received many honours for his work in folklore and music, including the Order of Australia, Prime Minister’s Centennial Award, Judith Hosier Golden Gum-leaf (for services to the bush ballad) and Australia’s highest award for lifetime contribution to music, The Don Banks Music Award. He prefers to say he is a graduate of the Dingo University of the Outback.

The Humph Hall show - ‘Bushwhacked, Bothered & Bewildered’ - salutes Australia’s wild ride from convict settlement through to the early twentieth century, when we were looking back at our pioneering success and eyeballing the new Australia of city slickers. Favourite old songs merge with newer songs to tell Australian stories, which should never be allowed to disappear.

Visit Warren's web site.