Writer and Director CLINTON WALKER

To find the soul of our land we have to dig deep.

Long before Aboriginal painters, filmmakers and dance companies were becoming household names, generations of Indigenous musicians were finding a voice in white Australia through country music.

When Clinton Walker began delving into this forgotten history, he never expected that the songs and stories he would uncover would go on to inform a book that went from instant cult classic to widely recognised masterpiece, and that a film and album would follow.

Now these same musical stories are brought to the stage in a concert featuring singers and songwriters from across the continent and across the generations, from iconic elders Roger Knox, Auriel Andrew and L.J. Hill, Central Desert legend Warren H Williams, to younger artists such as Leah Flanagan, Luke Peacock and James Henry.

A potent and moving song cycle and a tribute to an enduring musical tradition: this is music that couldn’t stay buried.

IMAGE | Jon Langford