Katie Noonan⦠âIâm fiercely proud of Australian music. I want to remove the cultural cringe across the arts⦠we really are world-class leaders and itâs time we believe we are.â
âFOLK â itâs a big, beautiful word and for me, itâs the sound of the stories of the room,â Katie Noonan says.
âI consider myself just a storyteller,â Noonan tells me at the Mitchell offices of the National Folk Festival, where she’s taking over the reins as artistic director.Â
âFor years Iâve been writing stories, and I consider my band Elixir, which I formed in 1997, to be a folk band.â