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ARCHIE ROACH
shares episode 3 of
‘KITCHEN TABLE YARNS’
series featuring
LYDIA FAIRHALL

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ARCHIE ROACH // Photo Credit: Jo O’Keefe

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National treasure, Archie Roach is thrilled to be introducing Worimi singer songwriter, Lydia Fairhall as the next guest sharing the third episode of Kitchen Table Yarns – the twelve-part YouTube series initiated to support emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander singer songwriters. Chatting via Zoom at Archie’s kitchen table, the episode will go live on the Archie Roach YouTube channel at 5PM AEDT on Wednesday October 13.

Fairhall is respected nationally as a theatre and film producer, community arts and cultural development practitioner, artistic director, musician, songwriter and more. She has programmed and produced countless shows for ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Sydney Theatre Company and more, she has released an album, and just this month shared her new single, Free, the second taste of her softmore album due out in 2022.

Excited about the opportunity to yarn with Archie for his Kitchen Table Yarns series, Fairhall explains, “For so many people, Archie Roach not only provides the soundtracks to the most heartbreakingly beautiful parts of our lives, but is also a rare soul on this earth who has the ability to uplift people, even in the midst of sorrow. I have always loved this about him and his music – the ability to nurture people through the hard times into joy and belonging is a true gift. I can’t wait to join him at his kitchen table!”

The online series will feature 12 emerging First Nations songwriters and musicians from around the country. Episode one featured Allara Briggs Pattison and episode two featured Rulla Kelly Mansell and Marlon Motlop. Connecting through online video, Archie will continue to invite these exceptional young artists to yarn with him at his kitchen table to share stories about their songs, their communities, and their language.

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LYDIA FAIRHALL

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Happy to have Lydia Fairhall on board for the series, Archie enthuses,“These kitchen table yarns have helped me to appreciate what younger singer songwriters are contributing; not just to First Nations music but Australian music. I have recently been introduced to Lydia’s Fairhall’s music. Lydia is a great singer songwriter. From hearing her talk, I find Lydia to be a very wise and spiritual woman. People have different ways of finding songs. I really love listening to Lydia talking about how she finds songs. I am looking forward to our yarn.”

“When I started off in music, nobody had much of a clue about who I was and what I was writing about,” Archie explains. “I was considered a curiosity. Yarning at my kitchen table with these young artists will help people understand who they are and give them another platform to promote their music. The kitchen table has always been a place of inspiration for me. It’s a place where I’ve written most of my songs, drank many cups of tea, ate meals, played music whilst my children ran around making plenty of noise. It represents family, community and love. We thought it would be a great idea to have a YouTube series and conversation at the kitchen table. It’s important their voices are heard so they don’t have to go through what I went through. They are our future and when the time comes for us older singer songwriters to finish up we know it’s in good hands.”

Archie has also announced the launch of the inaugural THE ARCHIE ROACH FOUNDATION STAGE at 2022 Port Fairy Folk Festival. The stage will be curated by Archie Roach and the local Gunditjmara community of southwest Victoria, and will provide the opportunity to share the ancient knowledge of the Gunditjmara people through dance, art, music, storytelling and conversations about native plants and bush medicines.

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Episode 3 of Kitchen Table Yarns will go live at 5pm AEDT on Wednesday October 13, tune in to each episode HERE

For more information, head HERE

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Wed 13 Oct | 5pm AEST |
KITCHEN TABLE YARNS EP 3
feat. Lydia Fairhall |
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