Dave De Santi
Dave (David) De Santi, collected and arranged some of the Australian tunes in this archive.
Dave De Santi was born 1963 in Wollongong, NSW. He learnt piano accordion from his father, and has been playing folk music in earnest since the age of 21. He founded the Wongawilli Band in 1987, and the Wongawilli dance display group. He has been involved in festival organising (Illawarra Folk Festival, Australian Folk Festival, Folk by the Sea, Perisher Peak Festival) since the early 1990s. He has published over 20 publications of Australian and Italian folk music, song and dance. He has won a number of awards.
There is a recording of David de Santi interviewed by Alex Hood and Annette Hood in the National Library of Australia in Canberra, from 2007.
More information is available from:
- ReverbNation - David De Santi profile.
- ReverbNation - Wongawilli Band
- Shoestring Records - Wongawilli Band
- Wongawilli Colonial Dance Club
Some of his publications are available from: Payhip - David De Santi, including
- Tunes of Arthur Bowley
- Tunes of Bert Jamieson
