I enjoy listening to few songs as much as I do this one by the Melbourne music duo Vika and Linda Bull. Interestingly, it’s one of those songs I have raved about to other people, but they haven’t shared my…
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When Will You Fall For Me – Vika & Linda Bull
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Weeping in the Forest (1993) – Archie Roach
Wikipedia: Jamu Dreaming is the second studio album by Australian singer song writer Archie Roach. The album was released in March 1993 and peaked at number 55 on the ARIA Charts. The album was recorded with musical assistance from David Bridie, Tiddas, Paul Kelly, Vika and Linda Bull, Ruby Hunter, Dave…
Walking Into Doors (1993) – Archie Roach
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this post contains images, voices and names of people who have died. I always feel humbled and privileged to listen to the late Australian Aboriginal singer-songwriter Archie Roach. He was a…
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Took The Children Away (1990) – Archie Roach
I first heard about Archie through my guitar player, Steve Connolly, who’d seen him on a TV show called Blackout and said, “You gotta hear this guy.” We wanted to do something special for our Hamer Hall show in 1990…
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There is a Garden (1993) – Archie Roach
Archie Roach’s There is a Garden stands, to my ears, as a contemporary spiritual masterpiece. It is a song so stark and hauntingly simple in its arrangement, yet it’s precisely the absence of embellishment that makes it feel timeless, almost…
From Paradise (1993) – Archie Roach
Australian singer songwriter Archie Roach is a national treasure. He is now at peace with his wife ‘Aunty Ruby’ Hunter who was also his musical partner. “Uncle Archie”, as he was affectionately known to many, was regarded as giving a…
Charcoal Lane (1990) – Archie Roach
‘I’m a Survivor of Charcoal Lane’ Archie Roach Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach can certainly tell a good yarn through song and Charcoal Lane is evidence of that. This title track is the third song to appear him from his…
Munjana (1990) – Archie Roach
Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach has appeared here before with his song about the homeless called Down City Streets. I have written about him also in conjunction with other Australian music – artists David Bridie and Paul Kelly. If there…
Down City Streets (1991) – Archie Roach
Australian Aboriginal singer Archie Roach was one of my biggest musical influencers in my young adulthood. I ended up seeing him in concert in Melbourne with David Bridie who produced his second album. The above record Charcoal Lane, his debut…
Leonard Cohen’s ‘Come Healing’ and 5 Other Contemporary Spiritual Masterpieces
As far as musical sub-genres go, contemporary-spiritual music doesn’t get its just-deserts! Heck, we might have got into the weeds professing our love for folk-rock and alternative seattle music, but when did you ever hear people spout on about ‘contemporary-spiritual…
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