Following performances at the Perth Festival and MONA FOMA in Launceston, the Lucky Oceans produced Songs for Freedom will embark on a short national tour.
Songs for Freedom has its foundations in workshops involving the family of John Pat, whose death in custody in 1983, triggered the Royal Commission into deaths in custody. 28 September 2023 is the 40th Anniversary of John Pat’s passing. Songs for Freedom is an uplifting concert of original songs created by an intercultural group of artists, many in the Pilbara town of Ieramugadu (Roebourne WA).
This event will take place on Saturday 2 September (Sydney), Saturday 9 September (Canberra), Friday 15 September (Melbourne), before returning to Roebourne on Saturday 23 September.
With musical direction from Grammy award-winning artist, Lucky Oceans, and powerful narration by Ngarluma man, Patrick Churnside, Songs for Freedom offers heartfelt messages of freedom and hope from the people of the Pilbara, in their own words, and is set to fill the night with voices of peace, freedom and country.
The album Songs for Freedom was released February 17, 2023. The album is the work of numerous songwriters, musicians, and other creatives, coming together under the name The Freedom Collective. Produced by Grammy Award-winning musician Lucky Oceans, Songs for Freedom features lead vocal contributions from Naomi Pigram, Patrick Churnside, Fred Ryan, Vikki Thorn (The Waifs), Kendall Smith, Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight), Jay Jarome and John Bennett. The album was recently selected as ABC Country’s Album of the Week.
SONGS FOR FREEDOM NATIONAL TOUR DETAILS:
SYDNEY – Saturday September 2, 6:00 pm Barangaroo Reserve, Barangaroo
With Special Guests – Emma Donovan, Kutcha Edwards, Shellie Morris, Nooky
FREE ENTRY – No bookings required
CANBERRA – Saturday September 9, 7pm Llewllyn Hall (ANU), School of Music Building #100, William Herbert Place, Acton
Tickets: $10 Booking link.
MELBOURNE – Friday September 15, 7:30 pm Melbourne Recital Centre, Cnr Southbank Boulevard & Sturt St, Southbank
With Special Guests – Kutcha Edwards, Stephen Pigram, Shellie Morris, Kankawa Nagarra
Tickets: $50 (Mobtix available) Booking link.
ROEBOURNE – Saturday September 23, 5:00pm Ngurin Culural Centre, Roe St, Roebourne
FREE ENTRY – No bookings required