Memories of Ulleswater

Memories of Ulleswater

Faded photos I still keep Into the past I often creep To recreate from what I see The environment that moulded me. © Jim Low November 2022 For my first twenty-two years, I lived with my family in flat 4, one of five, large living spaces that made up Ulleswater. The...
Henry Lawson Rock (Lyrics)

Henry Lawson Rock (Lyrics)

  Your memory still lives in this rock Myth or truth – it matters not Kanimbla Valley’s vast divide Recalls a time the world was wide. Buildings here you worked upon And like your writing they live on Vast spaces tramped your whole life through At this...
At Henry Lawson Rock, Mt Victoria

At Henry Lawson Rock, Mt Victoria

  Henry Lawson Rock, Mount VictoriaThere is a statue of the Australian poet and writer Henry Lawson in the Sydney Domain. Fixed to one place, it could be considered an uncharacteristic representation of a man who moved about so much during his life. High in the...
Kurt Jacob, Hohner Harmonicas and Me

Kurt Jacob, Hohner Harmonicas and Me

The Kurt Jacob Portrait Melbourne 1937 Kurt Jacob had only recently arrived in Melbourne from Germany to start the first official Hohner Agency, when he was approached one day in 1937, while walking along a Melbourne street, by Horace Pearson. Jacob was on his way to...
Gary Shearston: THE BEST OF ALL TRADES

Gary Shearston: THE BEST OF ALL TRADES

Rouseabout RRR46 (2009) review  ©️Jim Low * The last studio recordings made by Australian singer-songwriter Gary Shearston came out in 2001. In 2007 a selection of Gary’s recorded work was released in recognition of his valuable contribution to Australian music....