Buried Country is the name of a documentary film, book, and soundtrack album released in 2000, and a stage show which toured from 2016 to 2018. A prosopography created by Clinton Walker, it tells the story of Australian country music in the Aboriginal community by focussing on the genre's most important stars.
Components
The book Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music by Clinton Walker was published by Pluto Press in 2000.
The Film Australia documentary was directed by Andy Nehl, written by Walker, and narrated by Kev Carmody.
The 2-CD set Buried Country: Original Film Soundtrack (Larrikin Records) produced by Walker contains 45 classic and rare tracks featured in the book and film.
Buried Country has also been produced as a touring stage show that had its premiere at the Playhouse in Newcastle, New South Wales in August 2016, starring surviving elders of the tradition and a younger generation of singers and songwriters. It continued to tour the festival circuit until 2018. It featured a rotating cast of the original artists, with backing band the Backtrackers.
Featured artists
- 1940s-50s
- 1960s-70s
- 1970s-80s
- 1980s-90s
References
- Kirkbright, Christopher J. (2000). Study Guide: Buried Country: the story of Aboriginal country music (PDF). Film Australia. p. 73. ISBN 1-86403-152-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
- Stuart Coupe, (19 August 2000), Black and blues: Buried Country, Sydney Morning Herald: Spectrum, p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2013
- Karl Neuenfeldt, (September 2001), Review: Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music by Clinton Walker, API review of books, (Perth, Australian Public Intellectual Network) Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ISSN 1833-0932
- Combined Review: Buried Country, (2002), Metro Magazine, Issue 134, ISSN 0312-2654
- Buried Country at IMDb
- "CD: Buried country : the story of Aboriginal country music, original film soundtrack". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- "Album". Buried Country. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- "THE SHOW". Buried Country. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
External links
- Official website
- YouTube channel
- Music Australia Collection Listing for Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music by Clinton Walker
- Screen Australia Film Listing
- Buried Country at IMDb
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- 2000 non-fiction books
- 2000 films
- 2000 documentary films
- Australian country music
- Indigenous Australian musicians
- Australian musical documentary films
- Books about Australian music
- Documentary films about country music and musicians
- 2000 soundtrack albums
- Documentary films about Aboriginal Australians
- Documentary film soundtracks
- 2000s Australian films