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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Saturday read #2. Trip folk? 1890s-meet-1990s? Why not? Ahead of a weekend show @ruthhazleton.bsky.social talks us through meeting of minds. "I don’t know it if it was the soundscape or the beats but it evoked this kind of atmosphere that for me was so attractive" www.bernardzuel.net/post/now-is-...

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NOW IS THE TIME TO BEND RULES AND TIME SAYS RUTH HAZLETON

A FEW DAYS out from a gig that still has the whiff of rule-breaking about it, how the hell are you Ruth Hazleton?“I’m well, bordering on a bit bonkers,” she says as her partner, Bill, another musician...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Right/wrong? Bordering on sacrilege or what folk has always done? “I remember panicking towards the end of the album going this is nuts people are going to freak." @ruthhazleton.bsky.social on how traditions can mean many things & the song does not remain the same www.bernardzuel.net/post/now-is-...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Doctor was right says folk singer/historian/iconoclast @ruthhazleton.bsky.social, rules about genre & history are just wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. Get songs that get to the meat of our lives, that's "the cultural threads I guess that surpass time.” www.bernardzuel.net/post/now-is-...

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Most grateful for this in-depth review of Heronbones. Thank you @bernardzuel.bsky.social

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"There's even more space in The Heron (Two Sisters) which is airy, almost flighty, even as the murdering sibling ploughs through the ringing tone & marching banjo - 'Love does not make women free/Nor does murder bring peace to thee'." New @ruthhazleton.bsky.social www.bernardzuel.net/post/ruth-ha...

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RUTH HAZLETON – HERONBONES: REVIEW

RUTH HAZLETONHeronbones (independent) SOMEWHERE IN THE ELDTRITCH environs of Tri-Coloured House, between Ruth Hazleton’s questioning voice and the displaced-from-this-realm one of Aoife Nic Dhiarmada,...

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Bernard Zuel @bernardzuel.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It's not that time is irrelevant with @ruthhazleton.bsky.social's gripping new album, it's that it stretches & bends to accommodate stories & sounds that remake your view of folk, & folks. www.bernardzuel.net/post/ruth-ha...

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Heronbones is out today - #darkfolk #folktronica deep storytelling. ffm.to/a4ykrvm

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John Reed Music 🎼 and Radio 📻 @johnreed.bandcamp.com · 17/09/2025

Compendium #229 - Song 2 Ruth Hazleton - Tri-Coloured House Album: Heronbones Date: 29th September 2025 Web: ruthhazleton.com.au Blue Sky: @ruthhazleton.bsky.social

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

'The Returning (Selkie)', the second single from my new album 'Heronbones' is now available to PRESAVE!! Artwork by Diem Dangers, @feathersandfolktales Release date: 14 Presave: gyro.to/TheReturning... Not on Spotify! #newmusic #FolkMusic #Darkfolk #songwriter #folk #SoundDesign #selkie #folk

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John Reed Music 🎼 and Radio 📻 @johnreed.bandcamp.com · 11/06/2025

Compendium #215 - Song 10 Ruth Hazleton - Letter from a Friend (Fire Song) Album: Single Date: 2025 Web: ruthhazleton.com.au Blue Sky: @ruthhazleton.bsky.social

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Really feeling this one right now

Old tea towel for the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, with kids climbing on a playground with trees behind and the slogan “It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a cake stall to buy a bomber”

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Agnes Sampson, a midwife and healer from North Berwick, was accused in 1590 of raising storms against King James VI’s fleet. Her trial reveals the tangled roots of folklore, politics, and misogyny in Scotland’s witch panic. #FolkloreThursday Image: Unknown author

Woodcut illustration depicting a demonic figure with horns, wings, and a tail standing in the center, surrounded by four women, likely representing witches, who appear to be offering or receiving small dolls or effigies. Above them, three flying creatures with human-like forms and animalistic wings are shown in the sky. The image evokes themes of witchcraft and devil worship, typical of early modern European depictions of witch trials.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If the Albanese government wanted a trade policy retaliation for the Trump tariffs, I’ve got just the thing: local content requirements for American content companies. Force Netflix to carry 25% Australian content for local audiences, or pay a big levy

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

'Did you even say thank you?'

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A reminder for these times.

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Have come to the conclusion that grant-writing is essentially a task in being able to reformat templates to answer hideously-worded questions, over-complicate simple project ideas and over-simplify complex creative process. I swore I’d not do this again, but here I am. #independentmusic

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Sage advice, though we’re still waiting for Australia’s first confirmed witch bottle, and that becomes less and less likely with the passing of time. Apotropaic markings and concealed shoes, however, we have a wealth of these! #folklore #concealedshoes #witchbottle #Hexafoil

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My excellent brilliant partner, Lorana Bartels, writes today that mandatory minimum sentences are bad policy. Applying this bad policy to the real problem of antisemitism and other hate crimes is particularly ironically stupid, as it undermines the rule of law. This shit will only make shit worse.

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Mandatory minimum sentencing is proven to be bad policy. It won’t stop hate crimes

Extensive evidence shows the government’s plan to legislate mandatory minimum sentences for hate crimes, including antisemitic acts, won’t be effective. Here’s why.

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Hey @readifolkradio.bsky.social you might like the new release from @iamlukewatt.bsky.social - just an intro if you haven’t crossed paths already ✨🎶

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Loving the lingering summer holiday feels. Geez, these gals are good! #TestCricket #Ashes

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This project tracks government attempts to restrict or prohibit scientific research, education, or discussion, or the publication or use of scientific information. Read more about the tracker and related... Or contribute to the database. #science climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Meta blues: The cognitive dissonance in reading about Trump, Musk, the state of Gaza, the brooding hysteria of an upcoming Australian election, reading about the appalling plight of arts workers and musicians… then being urged to buy a whisk-wiper. A. WHISK. WIPER.

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I was privileged to be in the room for this session in Nov - the closing plenary: Truth-telling and Truth-receiving: Oral Testimony and the Yoorrook Justice Commission Seems the perfect day to share. Thank you @oralhistoryvic.bsky.social #AustraliaDay #DayofMourning #InvasionDay

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A day where many of us sit with the profound ignorance and cruelty of our colonial and settler ancestors, holding space for Australia’s First Nations people, and vowing to do better. #AustraliaDay #InvasionDay #DayOfMourning #AlwaysWillBe

Simple text, white on black, ‘Always Was. Always will be.’

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/01/2025

“Spotify is probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians,” says Bjork. ”The streaming culture has changed an entire society and an entire generation of artists.”

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Bjork Slams Spotify and Streaming as ‘Probably the Worst Thing That Has Happened to Musicians’

Bjork called Spotify and streaming 'probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians' because of the low royalty payments most receive.

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

New to this space (digging it), a musician, looking for alternatives to Meta & X to promote. Are there alternatives to Facebook & Insta? Here? On the way? Surely creatives can’t be tethered to these arsehats forever. #folkmusic #banjo #indiemusic #rootsmusic #electronicmusic #nichemusic #trad

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Ruth Hazleton @ruthhazleton.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

AI autocorrect of the day: ‘your foot being a spiked mouse’ (from ‘you’ve put me in a spot, now). Vastly more amusing than pondering the implications of world politics #oralhistorian

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Every billionaire is a policy failure Every billionaire has extracted their wealth from the poor and the middle and the Earth Every billionaire is proof that capitalism is a destructive system that needs to be ended before it ends us Every billionaire should be taxed out of existence

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Australian billionaires make $67,000 an hour, Oxfam says in call for tax on super-rich

Analysis shows local billionaire wealth rose by 8% last year, meaning tycoons such as Gina Rinehart make 1,300 times more than average person’s pay

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