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Kev’s debut album Pillars Of Society is finally back in print on vinyl. Red coloured vinyl (see above). Kev has autographed 50 copies and these are now available by clicking above. Get in quick!!
We are proud to announce the re-release of Kev’s tribute album Cannot Buy My Soul available to order from our webstore now. The 2020 edition comes with new recordings of his songs and his ageless contribution to the BLM movement celebrating Indigenous song writing and featuring new recordings.
The new release includes the stunning new take on From Little Things Big Things Grow by Electric Fields (see below), plus other contributions from artists such as Courtney Barnett, Kasey Chambers & Jimmy Barnes, Mo’Ju & Birdz (produced by Trials), Kate Miller-Heidke, Alice Skye and Archie Roach.
Additional film clips added on our filmclip carousel.
Orders can be taken by clicking on the banner above or album cover below.
Head to @cannotbuymysoul for updates.
From 'Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody (2020 Edition)'.
From 'Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs of Kev Carmody (2020 Edition)'.
KEV’S COUNTRY
His world is centered on his beloved patch of bush in Queensland’s Granite Belt. But Kev Carmody’s influence on Australian music spreads far and wide.
By MATTHEW CONDON - Weekend Australian Magazine (Sat 15/08/20)
Click pic to the left to go to Weekend Australian article, or download pdf format here.
LOVELY WRITE UP IN THE GUARDIAN FROM ANDREW STAFFORD
Kev Carmody’s debut album, Pillars of Society, recorded as a conceptual excoriation of the Australian bicentenary in 1988, is now 30 years old. On release, it was described by critic Bruce Elder as “the best album ever released by an Aboriginal musician and arguably the best protest album ever made in Australia”. Click the picture to the left for a series of appreciations and reflections by other artists who have drawn inspiration from his extraordinary debut, recorded when he was 42.
Purchase the new Box Set now with Free Postage. Autographed copies available whilst stocks last!
As featured on the ABC TV documentary Songman. This is the 4CD set made up of songs written over the last 40 years but not recorded up until now! Click on the link below to secure your copy with free postage!
BUSKERS BOOK NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Busking is connected to an ancient historical tradition.
The travelling minstrels, and the song guardians of First Nations Peoples started
the traditions of taking songs to the people.........
Amnesty International - 10 songs for social change
From the original protest songs of the civil rights movement to the charity
singles raising money for those in need, for decades musicians have
inspired change through their songs.
Here are our top 10 songs (in no particular order) to inspire you to change the world for the better.
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From Little Things Big Things Grow...
An Indigenous rights classic, “From Little Things Big Things Grow” is based on the story of the Gurindji Strike, a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families in August 1966 at Wave Hill cattle station in Kalkarindji, Northern Territory. The strike took place mainly due to work and living conditions but ultimately became about the return of Gurindji peoples’ land.
Watch Archie Roach, Emma Donovan, Blake Scott, Ella Hooper, and Richard Clapton cover the Kev Carmody/Paul Kelly classic song "From Little Things, Big Things Grow" with the RocKwiz Orkestra and Vika and Linda Bull to close the RocKwiz Salutes The Legends of Australia on SBS.
Recollections REflections 4CD Box Set
Recollections... Reflections... (A Journey), a four CD set, is a collection of stories, written and collected over forty years, politically charged, driven by the history of his peoples’ struggles and set on the land he loves.
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Cannot buy my soul - buskers book
Busking is connected to an ancient historical tradition.
The travelling minstrels, and the song guardians of First Nations Peoples started
the traditions of taking songs to the people.........
Read More ›
Cannot Buy My Soul DVD
Cannot Buy My Soul DVD
Over two nights at Sydney's grand State Theatre, before a packed audience, many of Australia's most acclaimed singer/songwriters and musicians came together to perform the songs of Kev Carmody......