This song uses the lyrics of one of Australia's earliest recorded traditional folk songs. We updated it with an angry melody and some funky new rhythms.

Jim Jones at Botany Bay

This is our interpretation of a Alistair Hulet song about the Witenoom mines in Western Australia.

He Fades Away

This is a Gillian Welch inspired take on a traditional Australian Folk Ballad called The Palmer's Song. The Raglins gave it a fresh new melody and updated a few of the more traditional (and racist)lyrics.

The Palmer's Song

Rob wrote this song whilst transitioning from high school to university, for the people he met and those he left behind.

Empty Rooms

Award winning duo The Raglins perform traditional Australian folk songs with a twist, reinterpreting old Australian ballads before reimagining them into something new, rhythmic and memorable. With funky rhythmic guitar and esquisite vocals/fiddle, The Raglins concentrate on songs worth remembering. 
The duo is made up of award winning guitarist Robert Hillman (Port Fairy Emerging Artist of the Year) and classically trained vocalist and violinist, Hannah Pelka-Caven (B.Mus, Liz Johnston Memorial Award for Vocal Excellence), and this year were runners up in the Folk Alliance Youth Awards. Together they have performed at Cygnet, the National Folk Festival and the National Celtic Festival and will be launching their first EP of original and traditional material in 2014.

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