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Jesse McCormack

Eccentric Tasmanian Troubadour

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Read all about inter-generational trio Velvet Sledgehammer, classical-folk fusion duo Zoukin, eclectic folk trio The Rolling Waves, and Scandi trad duo Nordic Wombat.

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I signed up to Instagram in December 2016 and could not have imagined how different my life would be four hundred posts later (though not necessarily because of Instagram itself)...that's right, folks; this is my 400th post!! It's another few photos from last month's final snowfall, this time with whistle instead of bouzouki.

Swipe to meet the cats who I currently live with: Sana, Luna, Zoe, Nemo, and Nero.

It was going to snow again this week...but it didn't. So here's some photos from the snowfall of two weeks ago...hopefully the last one before spring actually happens here!!

Happy Beltane, everyone! Back in the day, folks used to light bonfires to drive away evil spirits and it was also the day to move the livestock to the summer pastures. While we decided it's not quite time to move the goats to their grazing area, due to not quite enough spring growth and more snow forecast for the coming week, we decided we could at least move ourselves to "greener pastures" on a metaphorical level by setting some positive intentions for the warm half of the year. It was a most empowering and uplifting experience. 😊

One of my hosts at the homestead where I'm volunteering is Dutch. His birthday is on Koningsdag. He has a Stroopwafel Machine. Much happiness.

Three minutes or so of rambling about how the 1985 debut album of @loreenamckennitt and the digital single from @gracebaldridge that dropped a few days before I made this post somehow intersect with each other...at least in my mind.

Some highlights from Monday's snowfall.

Swipe for a surprise 😜

A couple of unposted photos from over a year ago of amazing moments in Tasmania with this legend. Happy birthday, Jeroen! I eagerly look forward to our next batch of shenanigans, now that we're in the same timezone again 😎

Commence the adventure! Farewell to the old country; hello to my new homeland. A long, exhausting week of goodbyes is over; an exciting time of reconnections and new meetings is just beginning. Onwards and upwards!

Some highlights from my final week in Australia. Thank you to all those who contributed to such a wonderful send-off, especially my lovely parents.

Throwback to a bit over a month ago when I was on tour with #VelvetSledgehammer launching our new album #KingBillyIsAblaze and entertainingly educating the good people of Tasmania on the history of Queenstown. I've already talked about the album in plenty of my previous posts, so this one's just going to be about the tour:

VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER - KING BILLY IS ABLAZE

It's good to be home again. I'm going to miss this place.

Velvet Sledgehammer's new studio recording is finally completed, and we are SO keen to launch it! More details on the tour coming in the near future, but for now, some info on the album itself: it is made up of songs from the shows 'Fire Underground' and 'The Power', originally performed by the West Coast Singers, under the leadership of our very own Kerrie Maguire (who also composed most of the songs), at the 2012 and 2014 (respectively) Queenstown Heritage and Arts Festivals (which has since been renamed @theunconformity from 2016 onwards, I believe).

Ingrid and I were channelling our inner #trolls this weekend.

What a great start to the year it's been so far! I flew to Adelaide on the 1st, went on a CouchSurfing roadtrip to Wallaroo and Port Pirie (where the busking was excellent, especially the former!), finally met @lawsondaly in person for a quick gym sesh, binge-watched a FANTASTIC series that I can't believe I hadn't seen before, and cooked one of the best stirfries I've thrown together in a loooong time. I hope 2021 has more of this sort of thing!

I often wonder; why is it that all the attractive people on Instagram are always at the BEACH? 😖 Why not in a field? Or down by a river? Or up a tree?! WHERE ARE ALL MY BEAUTIFUL (HALF-)NAKED FOREST PEOPLE AT?!

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