Kev Carmody is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter born in 1946 in Cairns, Queensland. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics His father was a second generation Irish descendant, his mother a Murri woman. The family moved to southern Queensland in early 1950. His parents worked as drovers there, moving cattle along the stock routes. [1]
At the age of 33 Carmody had the opportunity to go to University where he studied history, eventually finishing a PhD. While at university Carmody used his guitar as a means of implementing oral history in tutorials, which led to his career in music.
His first album, Pillars of Society, was released in 1989 and drew heavily upon country music and folk music styles. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Australian Rolling Stone described the record as "the best album ever released by an Aboriginal musician and arguably the best protest album ever made in Australia". In subsequent recordings he has adopted a broad range of music styles from reggae to rock and roll. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African
On October 31st 2007 Carmody was a special guest at the TV music channel MAX's "The Max Sessions: Powderfinger, Concert For The Cure" singing alongside front man Bernard Fanning to the controversial 'Black Tears' and also joined in with the encore of 'These Days'. Powderfinger is an Australian Rock band. The band formed in Brisbane in 1989 and since 1992 their line-up has consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969 in Brisbane, Australia) is a Musician and Singer-songwriter. " Black Tears " is a song by Australian Alternative rock band Powderfinger, from their sixth studio album Dream Days at the Hotel Existence The concert was a fundraiser and thank you to the "unsung heroes" of breast cancer with an invite-only audience, made up of a special group of people – those who have suffered and survived breast cancer and their support networks. The concert closed Breast Cancer Awareness Month and was the brainchild of 20-year-old Nick Vindin, who lost his mother Kate to the disease a few years ago.
Carmody regularly tours Australia and internationally and is highly regarded by audiences and critics.
He co-wrote "From Little Things Big Things Grow" with Paul Kelly on the The Gurindji Strike. "From Little Things Big Things Grow" is a rock Protest song recorded by Australian artists Paul Kelly & The Messengers on their 1991 Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian Rock music Singer-songwriter, Guitarist and The Gurindji Strike (or Wave Hill Walk-Off refers to the walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji Stockmen, house Servants and their families in August
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Awards
- 2005 recipient of the Jimmy Little Award for Lifetime Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music (The Deadlys)
Discography
- 2003 Mirrors
- 2000 Messages
- 1995 Images and Illusions
- 1993 Bloodlines
- 1991 "Eulogy"
- 1989 Pillars of Society
References
- ^ Told to ABC-TV interviewer Peter Thompson in Talking Heads program, aired May 21, 2007. Winners of The Deadlys Awards 2005 Music Most Promising New Talent Lez Beckett Single Release of the Year Casey Donovan Jimmy Little OAM (born James Oswald Little on 1 March 1937 is an Australian Aboriginal musician singer songwriter and guitarist whose career has spanned The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music sport entertainment and community
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