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MUSIC

BURIED COUNTRY

AUSTRALIA
THE STORY OF ABORIGINAL COUNTRY MUSIC — LIVE IN CONCERT
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL
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WED 8PM / THU 6.30PM
1 hr 30 mins , no interval
A Reserve $ 69 / $ 59 B Reserve $ 59 / $ 49 C Reserve $ 49 / $ 39
Students $ 25
Transaction fees may apply
www . festival . melbourne
Melbourne Recital Centre 03 9699 3333
“ This music is alive with heart and wit .”
~ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Writer and Director CLINTON WALKER
To find the soul of our land we have to dig deep . Long before Aboriginal painters , filmmakers and dance companies were becoming household names , generations of Indigenous musicians were finding a voice in white Australia through country music .
When Clinton Walker began delving into this forgotten history , he never expected that the songs and stories he would uncover would go on to inform a book that went from instant cult classic to widely recognised masterpiece , and that a film and album would follow .
Now these same musical stories are brought to the stage in a concert featuring singers and songwriters from across the continent and across the generations , from iconic elders Roger Knox , Auriel Andrew and L . J . Hill , Central Desert legend Warren H Williams , to younger artists such as Leah Flanagan , Luke Peacock and James Henry .
A potent and moving song cycle and a tribute to an enduring musical tradition : this is music that couldn ’ t stay buried .
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