Great Aunt and Mary Anne Moorman at Artichoke Community Music – Portland, OR

GREAT AUNT:

Country folk duo from Australia

(For fans of Milk Carton Kids, Secret Sisters, Gillian Welch)

Great Aunt is an Australian folk duo celebrated for their soaring harmonies, distinctive instrumentation, and heartfelt live performances. Winners of the 2024 Folk Alliance Australia Duo of the Year award, Megan Bird and Chelsea Allen blend elements of folk, country, and roots music with the energy and edge of their backgrounds in punk, jazz, soul, and rock—crafting a sound that is refreshingly original. With four U.S. tours already behind them, the duo is set to release their debut full-length album, It’s All Downhill From Here, in 2025. This year, they return to North America for multiple appearances, including performances at Ossipee Valley Music Festival and Red Ants Pants Music Festival. Their music is equal parts joyful and vulnerable — and delivered with warmth, wit, and soul.

http://www.greatauntmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/greatauntmusic
https://www.instagram.com/greatauntmusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYkypuKOcQw
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KUmunIoNdlLcGl4UQ9fvR

MARY ANNE MOORMAN:

I was born in the Appalchian mountain foothills now known in southwestern Virginia as The Crooked Road. The wind whistled through the hollar, Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe played from the back of a pick up, Mama thought it was all sad music so we also listened to Orving Berlin and Cole Porter while telling stories, lots of Jack Tales and ghost stories. Mama used Greek mythology to teach us lessons. Daddy used the Bible. In between, they told us abut our family all the way back to the Garden of Eden. Yes, they embellished. It was those stories that caught my imagination until I heard myself telling them to one generation, another generation, the neighbors became a festival the festival became a stage and I became Auntmama. I’ll tell you my stories and I want you to tell yours. That’s how we connect and a community forms.

https://www.meetup.com/AuntMamas-StoryTable/

https://www.maryannemoorman.com/