The fate of a buzz band need not be a fizzle. In the case of the Waifs, the beguiling Australian band that was all the rage in contemporary folk music circles five years ago, chemistry and commitment ...

Writing about a band’s influences and inspirations can easily become an exercise in clichéd rock journalism. But sometimes the musical back story serves a purpose. Josh Cunningham of The Waifs says ...

Maybe it’s their isolated Western Australia stomping grounds, but the Waifs’ music boasts a lonely campfire quality even the best wandering raconteurs rarely capture. You can hear this coursing ...

They put a call out to their fans to tell them how The Waifs’ music had affected their lives. Vocalist Vikki Thorn said they were overwhelmed by the number of people who sent in their memories or ...

They have come close to splitting up several times, but the two Albany women behind folk rock band The Waifs believe it is sisterhood that has kept them together. "The way we have treated one another ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. No matter what the scale of the map, if you put a pin in it for the location of each member of the Waifs, it's obvious that the ...

Twenty three years and seven albums in, The Waifs work on Waifs time. The West Australian band run their own record label, so each new album arrives when the trio are good and ready, not when some ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In the tiny southern Utah town where she now lives, there are straightforward perceptions of Vikki Thorn. The singer, one-third of multi ...

The cover for the Waifs' "Ironbark" album. For Vikki Thorn, one third of the Australian folk-rock trio The Waifs, next week’s concert at the Ogden Nature Center is a return to the state where she made ...

The Waifs (David MacDonald, Vikki Thorn, Josh Cunningham, Donna Simpson and Ben Franz) perform at Capilano University Tuesday, June 30 as part of this year’s TD Vancouver International Jazz ...

The Waifs, the Australian folk singing and songwriting trio that includes sisters Donna and Vikki Simpson, along with fellow traveler Josh Cunningham, often open their shows with an a cappella ...

WHEN Vikki, Donna and Josh from determinedly independent Australian band The Waifs got back together in Nashville after a couple of years off the road while the sisters "went off to have babies and ...