Bob Brown invites you to join him, former PM Bob Hawke, former Premier Doug Lowe, Professor David Bellamy and blockaders and campaigners from across Australia for a night of celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of the High Court decision to save the Franklin River.
Shane Howard and the great South West Band will perform at the 25th Anniversary Hobart Celebration of the High Court decision to save the Franklin River.
Other perfroming artists include Lisa Keates and Ian Paulin
Tuesday July 1st
Federation Ballroom, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, 7 pm
$65/$50 concession plus booking fee
From the heart of Aboriginal Australia to the heart of Dublin for one night only, a very special concert and film –
‘LIYARN NGARN’ FILM FROM 4-6 PM (Introduced by Pete Postlethwaite) ‘LIYARN NGARN’ CONCERT FROM 7.30 – 11 PM featuring Shane Howard, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Bart Willoughby, Dan Sultan and Amy Saunders with some very special Irish guest.
Tickets: E20 (plus booking fee), available from www.tickets.ie, City Discs, or at the door.
Media Enquiries: Stevo Berube +353 (0) 87 244 2695, info@berube@communications.com
Contact Jill Shelton on jmas16@bigpond.com
Troubadour Music: www.troubadour-music.com
Saturday 24 May 2008
Federation Square to the MCG
The Long Walk invites everyone to gather at Federation Square to walk with Michael Long on The Long Walk to the MCG. This is the key symbolic walk for 2008. This year The Long Walk celebrates the positive achievements of Indigenous communities by starting the walk with a celebration including stalls, kids' activities and performances at Federation Square.
New Found Frequency is proud to announce the release of Australia's first Indigenous music 'instant' Live+Archived compilation CD as they recorded and archived the Yalukit Wilam Ngargee stage as part of this year's St Kilda Festival. The CD was produced and recorded live in association with The National Film & Sound Archive.
Yalukit Wilam Ngargee
Deline Briscoe with band
Andy Alberts and the Walkabouts with Shane Howard
Maza Sisters
Tjimba and the Yung Warriors
The Brolga Boys
Den the Fish
Christine Ward
James Henry
MC Comedian Sean Choolburra
The Black Arm Band-'murundak In 2006 Shane began his involvement as Co-Music Director, with David Arden, of a unique musical event brought together by Artshouse Melbourne & the Melbourne International Arts Festival, under the Artistic Direction of Steven Richardson. Murundak means “alive” in Woirurrung language, the language spoken by the traditional custodians of the Melbourne area, specifically the Wurundjeri people. Murundak is an extraordinary musical event that celebrates music as an instrument of identity, resistance, resilience and a call to freedom. The soundtrack to Australian Indigenous life is alive with songs that express joy, hope, struggle and compassion. murundak re-orchestrated many of these anthemic works and coupled them with gentle laments and infectious love songs that take audiences on a spiritual journey of contemporary Indigenous Australia.The Black Arm Band is a 21-piece ensemble featuring a line up of exceptional soloists performing works from the inspirational songbook of contemporary Indigenous life.The Black Arm Band are amongst the most respected names in Australian indigenous music and include Archie Roach, Bart Willoughby, Joe Geia, Ruby Hunter, Bart Willoughby, Stephen Pigram, Lou Bennett, Racel Maza Long, Carole Fraser, Peter Rotumah, Kutcha Edwards, Kev Carmody,Mark Atkins, Shellie Morris, Emma Donovan, Dan Sultan and Dave Arden. These artists are complemented by other Australian musicians that have added their own unique artistic voices to Indigenous musical history, including Shane Howard, Paul Kelly and John Butler.
In 2008 'Murundak' will be appearing at:
*Sydney Festival, 22nd, 23rd January, 2008
*Perth International Arts Festival 23rd February, 2008
Join Shane, Troy Cassar Daley, Archie Roach, Dan Sultan, Neil Murray, Amy Saunders, Dave Arden and many more at the..
Tarerer Festival November 10th and 11th
Killarney Recreation Reserve
Come and join in on a two day festival of Indigenous Music, Dance, Arts, Culture and Community.
Tickets are $40 for two days, kids free.
A night of SouthWest Victorian Music and Culture at the
‘The Friends of St Brigids’ and ‘The Lake School' 2007 Fundraising Dinner.
You can help a rural community buy back
their local hall and Church in Crossley
and hear the best of South West Victorian Music with special guests
Shane and Marcia Howard
$60 per head, incl. a three course meal at
‘The Celtic Club’ 310 Queen St, Melbourne
‘Cup Eve’,Monday November 5th, 2007
THE 2 SONGMEN ON THE ROAD AGAIN FOR TWO SPECIAL SHOWS IN OCTOBER !
Shane and Neil Murray will play at the 'Raindance concert' on October 20th at the Deans Marsh Hall, at 7 pm. For more info phone 03 5236 3314.
Shane and Neil are also playing at the The Famous Spiegeltent on October 31st . You'll find the Spiegeltent in the Arts Centre Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Bookings: Online at Ticketmaster , by phone 1300 136 166 or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets.
New Album:
Shane's new studio album, "Songs Of Love And Resistance", was released on November 20th, 2006, through Shane's own independent label, Goanna Arts and distributed by MGM Distribution.
Port Elliot, in South Australia, is situated by the mouth of the Murray River. A few years ago, Anne Todd, guitar teacher at the Port Elliot Primary School, re-wrote words to Shane's 1983 Franklin River anthem, "Let The Franklin Flow". The new version was called "Let The Murray Flow" and Shane was invited by Anne and the school to record the new version with the Port Elliot Primary School music students, "The Port Elliot Flyers". The idea kept growing and with the generous support of many people in the local community and with Shane donating his time and studio, the single and DVD were released for sale in 2006 to raise awareness and funds toward the plight of the Murray River. To find out more and buy the single and/or the DVD visit the Port Elliot Primary School's website: http://www.ptelliotps.sa.edu.au/murrayflow.htm
Shane is a founding member of the Tarerer Gunditj Project Association, a group consisting of Aboriginal and other Australians committed to cultural and environmental restoration in South West Victoria, where he was born and raised and now lives. The Tarerer lands were traditionally the site of a great annual meeting of the coastal clans. Tarerer promotes harmony and exchange through the celebration of culture and country. At a meeting at the old picnic ground in Framlingham forest, in 1995, a group of 12 people, black and white, decided to hold the first of the concerts to celebrate the abundance of talent in the local area and to encourage young Koori people. This has led to an annualTarerer Festivalfor the past 10 years.
Shane, Gavan Jennings, (Victoria's Minister for Aboriginal Affairs), Andy Alberts, Vicki Couzens & Jarrah Bundle outside the new Tarerer Festival Offices & Hissing Swan Gallery in Port Fairy on November 15th, 2006. The Minister announced the $1 million project and talked of the State Government's committment to supporting cultural Tourism in South West Victoria. The funding enables the Tarerer Festival to expand and consolidate it's 11 year history as one of the State's premier indigenous cultural festivals.
The Tarerer Family Day was held on the weekend of January 20, 21. and the Tarerer Festival for 2007 will be held in Port Fairy on Nov. 10th & 11th. Check the Tarererwebsite for more details
Shane was a guest artist for the songstress, Carole King on her Australian,"Living Room Tour", shows: Perth, Hobart and Brisbane. www.caroleking.com. Howard was delighted to be invited to do the dates and said of Carole King, "I've long been an admirer of her work. She is a remarkably prolific writer of quality songs as well as being a brilliant advocate for the environment and communitarian values. Unlike so many of her contemporary artists, she has consciously avoided the trappings and pitfalls of fame. That's no mean feat for someone who created "Tapestry", one of the most iconic and successful albums of the 20th century. In Goanna days we toured with her long time friend and champion of her songs, James Taylor, so it's an honour to finally work with Carole and to hear her play live ".
Two weathered songmen and long time friends took their lifetime of songs and their individual and shared visions of Australia on a national tour together in August 2006. Following the success of their tour, the 2songmen plan to tour again in April/May 2007 with a live album compiled from the 2006 tour.
“There’s been times when the Australian music landscape has looked pretty bleak but I can always count on a Shane Howard song to make me sit up and say, “Yes that’s it!” I’ve known him for a long time, felt he was my countryman, an ally…. it seems natural that we should tour together. With the two of us performing on each other’s songs, it’ll bring more weight to what we do”
- Neil Murray
“Neil Murray’s songs and writings speak to me about Australia, in a way that few other artists can. The loss and longing, the need for those of us, as migrant Australians, to understand this Aboriginal Country and create a new way to belong here. Neil’s never opted for the easy road. The hard edged reality of life on the fringes as well as the poetic grandeur of the landscape are all there in his powerful body of work."
- Shane Howard
“Shane Howard and Neil Murray made the journey into Aboriginal Australia and never came out.”
- Martin Flanagan
Countdown Spectacular
"History never repeats..." sang Split Enz. Not so says the Countdown Spectacular, which brings together a huge collection of performers and bands who featured on the very succesful 1970's/1980's TV show.
GOANNA were one of those acts who benefited from the national exposure that this hugely popular show provided. Shane joined the national tour in September 2006. Find out more:
A week after the Port Fairy Folk Festival, Shane joined long time friend and champion of his songs, Mary Black, for a celebration on the Eve of St. Patrick's Day at the FORUM THEATRE, Melbourne on March 16th. Also joining the Ceili was The Fitzgerald - O'Neill Ceili Band, Marcia Howard and The Ploughboys.
On
January 26th, Australia Day, (or as Shane prefers to call it -
Survival Day), Shane joined Men At Work's Colin Hay,
The
Kin, Second Dan & James Smith for DOWNUNDER - New
York 2006 at Irving Plaza. The event was hosted by Austen
Tayshus. For more information go to:
http://www.vandiemensland.com/ .Shane was joined by former
Dingoes songwriter and guitarist, Kerryn Tolhurst.
PHOTO: Kerryn Tolhurst, Shane, Colin Hay and organiser, Simon Bell backstage at Irving Plaza in NYC - January 26th, 2006
Shane
Howard - Artist of the Year
Shane
Howard was acknowledged as 2005 “"Artist of the Year"”
by the Port Fairy Folk Festival.
Howard has been awarded
for his outstanding contribution to songwriting and to Australian
and indigenous music for almost 30 years. "Shane Howard bridges
the land between poet and song-writer; between prophet and singer;
even between white fellas and indigenous artists",”
said Jamie McKew, Festival Director in announcing the award.
Top
duo link up for a few crowd-pleasers
THE overflowing audience
that witnessed Australian country star Troy Cassar-Daley's Saturday
afternoon performance got a welcome bonus. Cassar-Daley was joined
on stage by one of his heroes and Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist
Of The Year Shane Howard for renditions of Willie Nelson's
Riverboy and Howard's own Factory Man.
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Maintaining his solid ground
Celtic roots are a key to Port Fairy's artist of the year, writes Andra Jackson.
Songwriter Shane Howard considers the way a song can take on a life of its own to be as "mystical as ever . . . you just never know where songs end up". Three decades after he wrote what has become a landmark recording in Australian rock, Goanna's Solid Rock, there is an American Indian recording of it. (The Age)
SHANE
HOWARD: TOUR DATES
2008
JULY
July 1st
25th Anniversary Franklin River-Federation Ballroom, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, 7 pm
$65/$50 concession plus booking fee. Tickets available from Centertainmentwww.franklin25th.com
JUNE
June 28th
Liyarn ngarn' Concert and film in Dublin. The Button Factory, Temple Bar.www.tickets.ie
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. Northcote Social Club, Northcote, Victoria
November 29th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. Gershwin Room, Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda, Victoria
November 30th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. The Palais, Hepburn Springs, Victoria
OCTOBER
October 6th
SHANE HOWARD AND FRIENDS Sovereign Hill Music Festival
October 20th
THE 2 SONGMEN ( with Neil Murray) 'Raindance' Deans Marsh Hall, VIC- 7 pm.For more info phone 03 5236 3314
October 24th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. Triselies, 287 Bathurst Rd, Katoomba, NSW
October 25th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. The Vanguard, 42 King St, Newtown , NSW
October 26th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. The Heritage Hotel, 240 Princes Hwy, Bulli , NSW
October 27th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. Tilleys Cafe Devine, Cnr Wattle and Brigalow St, Lyneham, ACT
October 28th
SPECIAL GUEST FOR ARCHIE ROACH. The Brass Monkey, 115a Cronulla St, Cronulla , NSW
October 31st
THE 2 SONGMEN ( with Neil Murray)
The Famous Spiegeltent
the Arts Centre Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Bookings: online at Ticketmaster or phone 1300 136 166 or in person at all Ticketmaster outlets
Shane and Neil Murray will play at the 'Raindance concert' on October 20th at the Deans Marsh Hall, at 7 pm. For more info phone 03 5236 3314. 
