About Wattle Lane (Vic) with special guest Holly Baker (SA)
Wattle LaneCate Taylor is an award-winning, indie-folk songwriter from Naarm (Melbourne), performing delicately crafted material with voice, guitar and mandolin. Amla is a captivating multi-instrumentalist (flute and violin) drawing on her classical training and extensive performance experience.
Together they form the contemporary folk duo Wattle Lane. They present moving songs that explore social, personal, and environmental themes through stories, ballads, and upbeat tunes, balancing contemporary and traditional folk sounds.
Audiences frequently praise their on-stage rapport and overall performance.
Cate Taylor's new record tells stories of an observant poet with an honest heart. Layered with luscious instrumentation. - Kerryn Fields
Sometimes in Winter, an album of subtle, generous beauty." Michael George Smith - Rhythms Magazine
Holly 'Cookie' Baker
Raised on a farm by the seaside in rural South Australia, Holly ‘Cookie’ Baker’s trademark sparkling vocals and the poetic grit of her cool wordsmithery paint a portrait of this pint-sized melodic force to be reckoned with. Now based on Kaurna land, Cookie creates lyrically-rich alternative country folk and dreamy pop that is all at once breathtakingly intimate, dynamic and compelling.
From recording with Tim Rogers (You Am I), touring with Mick Thomas (Weddings Parties Anything) and sharing stages with the likes of Neko Case, Augie March, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ben Lee, Jen Cloher, Vikki Thorn (The Waifs) and Angie Hart (Frente!), Cookie’s 2019 LP, This Is Not A Love Song, is the perfect introduction to her wide range of influences and the whip-smart character of her songwriting.
In 2025 Cookie embarked on the extensive ‘Where Do You Go In The Winter?’ tour throughout New Zealand and Australia, culminating in her first release in five years, the enthralling single, The Winter, featuring Ollie English.
In a world of cheap thrills and quick pleasures, Cookie’s singularity is tantalisingly refreshing.
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