Archie Roach - The Songs Of Charcoal Lane '2020

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Native Born (30th Anniversary Edition)
02. Charcoal Lane (30th Anniversary Edition)
03. Munjana (30th Anniversary Edition)
04. I’ve Lied (30th Anniversary Edition)
05. Down City Streets (30th Anniversary Edition)
06. Took The Children Away (30th Anniversary Edition)
07. Sister Brother (30th Anniversary Edition)
08. Beautiful Child (30th Anniversary Edition)
09. No No No (30th Anniversary Edition)
10. Summer Of My Life (30th Anniversary Edition)


Music legend, Stolen Generations survivor and 2020 Victorian Australian Of The
Year Archie Roach AM releases The Songs Of Charcoal Lane, to celebrate the 30th
anniversary of the release. 

The Songs of Charcoal Lane includes all of the 10 impassioned tracks from his
landmark debut album, re-recorded in Archie’s home in 2020. 

When Charcoal Lane was released in 1990, the impact was immediate. Critics were
quick to realise that Archie’s soulful vocals and heartfelt lyrics
heralded the emergence of a major new artist. The album’s centrepiece,
Took the Children Away, shone a spotlight on the impact of the forcible removal
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from their families and brought
it to the attention of the global community. The single won an international
Human Rights Achievement Award (the first time ever awarded for a song), while
the album was certified gold and won two ARIA Awards.

In June and July 2020, and in a year like no other, Archie Roach gathered two
trusted musicians, Stephen Magnusson and Sam Anning, along with recording
engineer Hadyn Buxton, around his kitchen table in Gunditjmara country down at
Killarney in southwest Victoria to record those timeless ten songs again.

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