| Brother | |
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| Origin | New South Wales, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Celtic rock |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Brother is a rock band incorporating Celtic rock (with bagpipes), mongrel rock, Australian rock, didgeridoo, and vocals. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Celtic rock is a genre of Folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Celtic rock is a genre of Folk rock which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag Australian rock and pop musicians have produced a wide variety of music The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. They record on their own Rhubarb Records label, and have gained a worldwide following with their meld of Celtic music and dress with alternative rock and style. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of
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Band History
The band formed around the nucleus of brothers Hamish and Angus Richardson, who grew up in Bathurst, New South Wales and began touring pubs in Sydney, Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 After releasing their first album Black and White, they scored a spot opening for Joe Walsh; a number of albums followed, as well as placement of a song, "An Daorach Beag", on the soundtrack to the movie Baraka. Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American Guitarist, songwriter and Rock musician He has been a Baraka ( 1992) is a Todd-AO ( 70 mm) non-narrative film directed by Ron Fricke, cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi [1] A live album, 2000's This Way Up, was met with critical acclaim and an opportunity to perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States [1]
Today, the band mainly operates in the USA but returns to play in Bathurst regularly. They have undertaken numerous tours around the United States and the world. [1] They have played Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Summerfest and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Musikfest. Summerfest (also known as "The Big Gig" is a yearly music festival held at the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the Musikfest is a Music festival held each August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
In 2007 the song "Photograph" by Brother appeared on a compilation CD containing songs associated with Bathurst, Hamish and Angus Richardson's hometown.
Members
- Hamish Richardson
- Angus Richardson
- Dave Allen (Dalbo)
- Drew Reid didgeridrew
Albums
- Black White (1992)
- Pipe Dreams (1994)
- Exit From Screechville (1995)
- Black Stone Tramp (1996)
- Digging Bone (1997)
- Your Backyard (1998)
- This Way Up (2000) (live)
- I You You Me (2001)
- Urban Cave (2003)
- Pax Romana MMV (2005)
- As You Were (best of)
- The Terrain Around Here is Far Too Dangerous (live)
- Live in Melborne. . . BROTHER & Claymore
DVDs
- Mongrel Mythology Vol. 1
External links
References
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