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Also known as Archibald William Roach

Australian singer, songwriter; Gunditjmara-Bundjalung storyteller

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Tell Me Why
  • You have the power

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Australia
Active from
1956-01-08
Active to
2022-07-30
alternative rockaustralian indigenousrootssinger-songwriterworld music

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Listeners
13,955
Total plays
149,560

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Archie Roach AM (born Archibald William Roach in Mooroopna, Victoria, on 8 January 1956; died 30 July 2022) was an Aboriginal Australian musician. He was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, a Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder, and a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians. In 2015, Roach was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to music as a singer-songwriter, guitarist and a prominent supporter of social justice. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Archie+Roac

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Quotes

  • You can reach the darkest point in our life and come back, and come good, even better.
  • People need to understand that as well, that some of the families, maybe a lot of the families: what they did [was] out of the goodness of their hearts, and out of love.
  • You realise everybody suffers…I’m able to have that hope, you know. I’m able to hold on and see the light in the darkness.
  • [Music] gives a lot of young people who can’t express themselves in any other way – which is probably why they’re in the youth justice system in the first place – it gives them a voice.

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.archieroach.com.au
Image
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date of birth
1956-01-08
Commons category
Archie Roach
social media followers
10800
date of death
2022-07-30
name in native language
Archie Roach
birth name
Archibald William Roach
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