Les Thomas
Award-winning Australian (Melbourne) folk & Americana singer-songwriter and storyteller, winner of the Troubadour Foundation's Keeping the Flame Alive Award.
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Aug 31, 2026
JPHOST
What was that experience like?
Les ThomasGUEST
I was primarily booked to play at a festival called the Toll Puddle Martyrs Festival in Dorset.
Les ThomasGUEST
That's where the modern union movement began, where six farm labourers got together to try to organise for living wages.
Les ThomasGUEST
But every year there's a convergence of music, trade unionists and activists from around the UK and other parts of the world.
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JPHOST
you often write about social issues why do you think music is such a powerful way to create change