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... folksinger Penelope Swales....
- ↑ Liz Conor (2014). "Climate Guardian mural with singer-songwriter Penelope Swales". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ↑ Joel Crotty (7 October 2003). "Lots of naughty, trashy, folksy fun". The Age. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
...somehow Bruinsma and guest artist Penelope Swales managed to keep it from heading into choppy waters....
- 1 2 Michael Dwyer (15 May 2015). "Singer-turned-lawyer Penelope Swales to join Sleep at the 'G fundraiser". The Age. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
...The Melbourne singer-songwriter and activist turned legal aid lawyer spent much of her teens homeless, and she'll brush off some of her first busking compositions for the occasion, as well as songs of social passion and protest spanning her subsequent decades of touring and recording....
- ↑ Andra Jackson (8 March 2006). "Artisan folk singer's picking up gourd vibrations". The Age. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
...MELBOURNE folk singer Penelope Swales... fashioned from gourd ... could be adapted to craft Western instruments ... master guitar, mandolin and bouzouki maker Jack Spira, who guided her first efforts at making instruments. She has lost count of the number of kalimbas she has since sold. ....
- ↑ "Bio". Penelope Swales' official website. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ↑ "UMT list'96". Web.aanet.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
