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Bridget Robertson

About Me

Bridget Robertson and The Wellsfords with their own unique alt country/folk style have been described as “captivating and absolutely charming”. The group have been playing together since 2007, though many of the band members have known each other and played together for much longer. Consisting of old friends and ex band mates reunited the band draws its name from the native bush land close to Bridget’s home and the mysterious owl, presumably from The Wellsford forest nearby, that would arrive to perch near the studio in the evenings the band first started playing together. Bridget Robertson and The Wellsfords highlight what is great about music, some members of this outfit have been playing together for over 10 years and you can certainly hear it in the playing.The Wellsfords consist of Liam Thorpe (Bass, vocals), Tony Olsson (Violin) Lance Hillier (Electric Guitar), and Gypsy John Robbins (Mandolin, percussion). Bridget is a Bendigo based Singer/songwriter and previously led Folk/acoustic outfit- Violethands who rose to prominence between 2000-2005. Violethands released 2 independent albums, received wide radio airplay and toured the festival circuit extensively.Bridget’s songs have been described as emotive, sentimental and lyrical. Her songs capture a sense of wonder and space, our relationship to our environment and relationships to each other. Her song themes are intertwined with reflection and hope inspired by the past and present and modern day life.The band is currently in the studio working hard on a new album 'bird state' set for release late 2008 on Ghost Gum Records. ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 30/03/2007
Band Website: Currently under construction
Band Members: Currently playing with The Wellsfords Lance Hillier- Guitar Liam Thorpe- Bass, Vocals Tony Olsson- Violin Gypsy- Mandolin, Percussion
Influences: At the moment listening to...John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Mazzy Star, Natalie Merchant, Martha Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Jesus Rodriguez, Low, Iron and Wine, Neil Young, Nick Drake,Grant Lee Buffalo, ....
Sounds Like: Not sure
Record Label: Ghost Gum Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

mama take this badge ofa me

I drank too much wine last night at the Kristin Hersch concert....i'd say it was worthwhile though....Lance reminded me this morning that I accidently threw a large log at a strange man as I was attem...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:23:00 GMT

carpet

yay it's october....so i've got my life back after the gruelling GAF festival....yee haa....though things are still busy....in a good way....we have a few new pets ...a blue tongue lizard named 'flowe...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:05:00 GMT

hectic

things have been a bit hectic....such a great word hectic....not listed though.....I wish it was October cause life will be so bloody unreal once I've done this festival i've been working on.....hecti...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:53:00 GMT

RIP Sash the dog

This week my dog died.......
Posted by on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:07:00 GMT

birds birds birds

feel like a bit of stranger to my bloggy self  at the mo....hmm what's been hapenning....last week trapsed over to Hepburn Springs hotel with Liam and Lis to check out the Wax lyrical songwriting...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:13:00 GMT

ahhhkaflunk

played today in the gardens in Benders, not sure if we played that well at all, felt distanced and a little odd....outdoors thing i suppose...the dudes organising it had us waiting around for an hour ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:15:00 GMT

aaaaarrrggghhh

Thanks to Fran and Steve for a lovely dinner and evening last night.....I remember commenting to Lance on the way out at 4am, jeez look at all those empty wine bottles everywhere....did we drink all o...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:03:00 GMT

The day after the night before

The day after the night before..... was i run over by a steam roller as I slept this morning?....Bretts after party after the gig has left me in poor shape today....enjoyed the gig last night Little F...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:12:00 GMT

bath drains and mermaids

Well, life is all about night lights, pink cats and unicorns at the moment.....life with a 3 year old.....i mean really who am I to say that mermaids don't really exhist, or live in the drain that the...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:02:00 GMT

do you want to know a secret?

I think i was a bit hard on the ruddster in my last blog....Xavier that is not Kevin...hmmmm wonder if they're related....I read a thingo about him the other day, he seems like a pretty well tuned dud...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:45:00 GMT