The Rough Guide To Australian Aboriginal Music

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The Rough Guide To Australian Aboriginal MusicAgainst a history of pain and exploitation Aboriginal artists have now arrived as a powerful force in contemporary music and one bound up with the struggle for land rights and an end to discrimination. Politics is always on the agenda in the world of contemporary Aboriginal music, but so, too is an element of spirituality. Theirs are the songs that make contact with a history of 50,000 years, the oldest intact civilisation on the planet. This Rough

The album opens with its lush

Leaving behind a legacy of great songs

Fabian and Khalil connected on a musical level before realizing that each one of them carried a different passport

when record companies realized the potential of the African American market for what was then referred to as “race records”

The choice seemed obvious - we were already working with the very people who were great

Among the grasslands of the Sahel and the shifting dunes of the Sahara desert

After the initial recording session at Craig Ward's studio in a rain-soaked Scotland

Charlie Green (trombone)

his brief but glorious Indian summer ended in 1966 when he died following a heart attack

Whether he’s performing as part of a collaborative musical project or solo

Angel Villoldo's 'El Choclo' is one of the absolute classics of old-guard tango but in this version

'A fascinating fusion' Songlines