Music
Roach to perform at Aussie music festival
Published Monday, Jan 17 2011, 02:20 GMT | By Rebecca Davies
Archie Roach has been announced as a performer at Womadelaide.
The Australian music festival, which takes place in March this year, will feature a lineup of more than 550 artists from 34 different countries.
According to the ABC, Roach will perform a selection of indigenous songs at the event with his son Amos and nephew Ewen Baker.
Womadelaide director Ian Scobie said: "Archie is an artist who not only embodies the spirit of the festival, he is one of the country's greatest living musical treasures."
Other stars performing at the show include Canadian singer Martha Wainwright, Nathalie Natiembé from Reunion, Ukrainian group DakhaBrakha and Brazilian band Os Mutantes.
The Australian music festival, which takes place in March this year, will feature a lineup of more than 550 artists from 34 different countries.
According to the ABC, Roach will perform a selection of indigenous songs at the event with his son Amos and nephew Ewen Baker.
Womadelaide director Ian Scobie said: "Archie is an artist who not only embodies the spirit of the festival, he is one of the country's greatest living musical treasures."
Other stars performing at the show include Canadian singer Martha Wainwright, Nathalie Natiembé from Reunion, Ukrainian group DakhaBrakha and Brazilian band Os Mutantes.
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