Brilliant Kev Carmody

  I was driving in the Upper Hunter today and listening to 'Conversations' on ABC Radio with Richard Fidler. It was a few years old repeat of a brilliant conversation with Aussie indigenous singer/songwriter Kev Carmody and it was a stunning walk through his early life, influences and his collaboration with Paul Kelly on 'From Little Things Big Things Grow'.
   It's the interview where he talked about the folk tradition of taking old messages/stories and changing them to reflect the current context. To this extent he raves about 'The Waifs' version of his song and John Butler and Archie Roach.
   There's great stuff about oral tradition and history and the changing Australian society. Kev has a brilliant approach to culture and human farialties and conflict.
   If this works you can hear it here