Archie Roach
Alternative rock, Musical Artist
1956 –
Who is Archie Roach?
Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.
Roach's song Took the Children Away was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. Also in 2013 he won a Deadly Award for Lifetime Contribution to Healing the Stolen Generations as well as for Album of the Year. Along with fellow Deadly winner Pat O'Shane, he called for an end to the Northern Territory Intervention.
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- Born
- 1956
City of Greater Shepparton - Also known as
- Roach, Archie
- Ethnicity
- Indigenous Australians
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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