Hidden Republic, Thursday Island, Queensland Music Festival
17 July 2009
The 2009 Queensland Music Festival will launch spectacularly into life with the largest concert event to be performed on Thursday Island, webcast live to a big screen in the centre of Brisbane.
Since the stunning national response to murundak in 2006, The Black Arm Band is increasingly sought after on the international stage. Uplifting and confronting, its music renders an intimate portrait of contemporary Indigenous life.
Their second show, Hidden Republic celebrates the dazzling talent of this country’s Indigenous musicians and the undiminished spirit of Aboriginal Australia in songs of hope and identity that reach out to all.
Twenty-five of Australia’s leading singers, songwriters, musicians and performers will be backed by thirty-three members of the Queensland Youth Symphony to create an exhilarating concert in the heart of the Torres Strait.
This free landmark event will be webcast live to Brisbane Square, located at the top of Queen Street Mall.
FEATURING DAVID ARDEN, MARK ATKINS, LOU BENNETT, SALLY DASTEY, EMMA DONOVAN, KUTCHA EDWARDS, BEVAN GABANBULU, JOE GEIA, SHANE HOWARD, RUBY HUNTER, BUNNA LAWRIE, JIMMY LITTLE, RACHAEL MAZA LONG, SHELLIE MORRIS, STEPHEN PIGRAM, ARCHIE ROACH, AMY SAUNDERS, DAN SULTAN, AND URSULA YOVICH.
See the FREE concert of Hidden Republic on Thursday Island Fri 17 July, from 6pm or in Brisbane at Brisbane Square for a Live Webcast from 6.30pm
View promo of Thursday Island performance here: http://server.carbon-media.com.au/attachments/BlackArmBandHiddenRepublicQMF2009 fordvd3.m4v.zip