Sync The Music - Official Launch

The Official launch of Sync The Music – a social enterprise featuring Australia’s largest library of tracks from Musicians from regional & remote Australia, & Artists from disadvantaged communities. The Event will feature Performances and Q&A with some of the countries most recognised Artists & Musicians including…

• Jack Thompson AM is a key figure of the 1970s Australian film renaissance, known for roles in classics like Sunday Too Far Away, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, and Breaker Morant, for which he won an AFI and a Cannes award.

• Bart Willoughby is a pioneering Pitjantjantjara and Mirning singer-songwriter. Known for fusing reggae with traditional Indigenous influences, Bart founded Australia’s first Indigenous rock band, No Fixed Address, in 1978. Their protest song "We Have Survived" is an enduring classic.

• Shane Howard is an acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter and storyteller, best known as the founder of the band Goanna. In 1982, his song "Solid Rock" became an iconic Australian anthem, significant for its early focus on Aboriginal rights. He has produced albums for artists like Archie Roach and is a founding member of The Black Arm Band.

• Emma Donovan is a celebrated Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter from the renowned Donovan musical family, with Gumbaynggirr/Danggali and Naaguja/Yamatji heritage. Known for her powerful voice, she co-founded the trio Stiff Gins and is acclaimed for her work with soul band The Putbacks. She has also toured with The Black Arm Band and artists like Archie Roach and Paul Kelly.

• The Docker River Band (DRB) hails from the remote community of Kaltukatjara (Docker River) near the NT/WA border. Led by Anangu man Roy Jugadai, the five-piece band performs in a dynamic desert reggae style, singing original songs in the Pitjantjatjara language and English. Their music draws inspiration from their Central Desert home, with themes of family, land, longing, and pride.

 

TICKETS

Doors 2.30pm

Show 3.00pm

When

Location

Bellingen Memorial Hall