Archie Roach, the legendary Indigenous Australian artist whose song “Took the Children Away” was recognized with a Human Rights Medal, died Saturday (July 30) after a long illness. He was 66. The ...

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced a tribute to the late, great Archie Roach. One Song: The Music of Archie Roach will take place during NAIDOC Week this July, with performances from Dan ...

Six months after his death at age 66, legendary Gunditjmara (Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung) and Bundjalung singer-songwriter and activist Archie Roach has been posthumously awarded a Companion of the ...

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His song “Took the Children Away,” inspired by his childhood, shook Australians into confronting a grim era when their government tore apart Aboriginal families. By Alex Traub One day in 1970, Archie ...

The death in late July of Archie Roach, aged 66, marks the passing of a much loved and richly talented Australian indigenous singer/songwriter whose gentle and soulful music—drawn from his own harsh ...

As I sat at a footpath table, sipping a beer with my son, waiting for the doors to Her Majesty's Theatre next door to open, the conversation all around us was about Archie Roach and his upcoming ...