Archie Roach
Musician
Archie Roach...ballads and songs by Billie Holiday, the Ink Spots, the Drifters and Nat King Cole. As a young man, Roach received a letter from an older sister, describing to him the events of their childhood. Angry and hurt, he left his foster home... In this article: Archie Roach, Paul Kelly, Ruby Hunter, Mooroopna, Victoria, Melbourne, Rolling Stone magazine, Joan Armatrading, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, and Tracy Chapman |
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The Australian | October 25, 2009
Through the past brightly
...of language in Aboriginal culture, and the show included songs sung entirely in Aboriginal languages. Singing in Bundjalung, Archie Roach opened the evening with Far Away Home from Rolf de Heer's The Tracker. In Madha yidi Mutti Mutti man...
In this article: Joni Mitchell, Wendy Matthews, and Katie Noonan
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Wikipedia | October 11, 2009
Arts in Australia
...turned their hand to Western popular musical forms, often to considerable commercial success. Some notable examples include Archie Roach, the Warumpi Band, NoKTuRNL and Yothu Yindi. The first Australian musician of any sort to achieve...
In this article: Australia, Nobel Prize, Booker Prize, Ben Quilty, Brett Whiteley, Clive James, Sidney Nolan, and Germaine Greer
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Wikipedia | September 24, 2009
Vika and Linda
...on other people's songs - people such as Hunters and Collectors, John Farnham, Seven Stories and Archie Roach. Whilst working on the Archie Roach's album, they met and started working with Paul Kelly . After 6 years with the Black...
In this article: Vika and Linda, Sophisticated Boom Boom, Paul Kelly, The Black Sorrows, Joe Camilleri, and Tim Rogers
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The Australian | September 13, 2009
Festival kicks off with a bang
...of the festival and will conclude on October 3 with a day-long party on that same Boundary Street, with performances by Kev Carmody and Archie Roach. Terracini is clearly aiming for a symbolic kind of taking-back of territory, in celebratory...
In this article: Brisbane, Queensland, Sausage, Kev Carmody, Catonsville Nine, and Opera Australia
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Wikipedia | September 12, 2009
Timberyard Records
...Christmas compilations "Rockin' Bethlehem" and "Rockin' Bethlehem - The Second Coming" in 1989 and 1990 - featured artists included Steve Kilbey from The Church, the Celibate Rifles, The Falling Joys, Ed Kuepper, Archie Roach and Paul Kelly
In this article: Timberyard Records, Paul Kelly, You Am I, Ed Kuepper, Falling Joys, Cosmic Psychos, The Celibate Rifles, and Melbourne
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Wikipedia | August 18, 2009
Kevin Garant
...Show on the Nine Network in Australia. Kevin has worked with Paul Kelly, Neil Finn Mandawuy Yunupingu (Yothu Yindi), Rob Hirst, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Stephen Cummings, Colin Hay, Deb Conway, Mick Thomas Ross Hanaford, Renne Geyer, Dan...
In this article: MTV, Sting, Kevin Garant, Australia, Academy Award, Paul Kelly, and Amnesty International
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Independent.co.uk - Music | July 16, 2009
Rokia Traore - The natural ascent to global superstardom
...at the birth of Castro's revolution. The Black Arm Band Twenty-eight-piece, mostly Aboriginal assembly, including the veteran Archie Roach and his wife, Ruby Hunter, both members of Australia's Stolen Generation, removed as children to...
In this article: Mali, Womad, Orchestration, Africa, Billie Holiday, Brussels, and Stolen Generation
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The Australian | July 03, 2009
First Impressions: Deborah Conway
...featuring the Black Arm Band, brings together an all-star cast of indigenous Australian performers including Jimmy Little, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter and Dan Sultan, who will be joined for the night by the 33-piece Queensland Youth Symphony.
In this article: Deborah Conway, Michael Nyman, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Melbourne, Katie Noonan, and Taliban
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Wikipedia | September 26, 2008
Portal:Music of Australia/Intro
...Gurrumul Yunupingu, Saltwater Band, Nabarlek, Nokturnl, the Pigram Brothers, Coloured Stone, Blek Bala Mujik, Kev Carmody, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter. Rock music in Australia first became popular in the 1950s , with artists including...
In this article: Australia, Hilltop Hoods, INXS, United States, Pub rock, Rock music, Saltwater Band, Nabarlek, Kev Carmody, and Down Under
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Sydney Morning Herald - Entertainment | July 14, 2008
Swansong of versatility and ambition - Arts - Entertainment - smh.com.au
...to Back Theatre, an ensemble of eight actors with intellectual disabilities, and the Black Arm Band, which includes Ruby Hunter, Archie Roach and Ursula Yovich. After Back to Back achieved international success with its outdoor plaza show...
In this article: Philip Glass, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and Romeo and Juliet
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Archie Roach (born 1956, Mooroopna, Victoria) is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.
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