Folk songwriters return to childhood home region
23.06.2025 words by Anousha Victoire and Emmy Ryan
Musicians Anousha (left) and Emmy (right)
Join Anousha Victoire and Emmy Ryan at the Citadel in Murwillumbah and Pearces Creek Hall for an intimate songwriters-in-the-round show. Fresh off shows at the National Folk Festival, Anousha and Emmy will share two sets and a thousand stories.
Both Anousha and Emmy lived in the Northern Rivers in their youth, and Anousha is now based in Newcastle while Emmy is a travelling musician based most recently in Alice Springs. They met through a shared love of authentic folk storytelling and regular meet-ups at festivals, most recently performing together on a shared line up at Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Anousha is an ABC music award-winning contemporary folk singer-songwriter, stitching together folk and world-influenced melodies with bell-over-water clarity of vocal tone. A weaver of everyday dreams, she blends delicate ideas with a heart-aching immediacy, with her trademark fingerpicking folk guitar style paired with haunting vocal melodies in both French and English.
A semi-finalist in the celebrated International Songwriting Awards 2024, Emmy’s music carries the weight of solitude and the warmth of solidarity. With her soul-stirring vocals, intricate guitar and mandolin playing, and lyrics that land straight in the heart, Emmy's songs feel like desert winds–gentle one moment, powerful the next. Emmy’s songwriting has drawn comparisons to Paul Kelly and Sarah Blasko, but her sound is uniquely her own.
Anousha actually attended Pearces Creek Public School for a little time so her last performance at this hall was as a local school student at the end of year concert, back when school swimming lessons were held in the local creek. Emmy is looking forward to performing in her old stomping ground before continuing on her east coast tour southward to promote her recent release I Ain’t So Blue.
Entry: $25
Doors 7pm, music 7:30-9:30pm
contact@thecitadel.com.au
Entry: $25 full price/$20 concession and
12-18 years, kids under 12 free
Doors 3pm, music 3:30-5:30pm
info@pearcescreekhall.com.au
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