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Untidy Desk: Archie Roach

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Nov 23, 2012 Updated Dec 3, 2012

Archie - ably assisted by Craig Pilkington - dropped by to help round off Ausmusic Month in style with 3 songs from Into The Bloodstream.

Could it get any more Australian than this? We think not...thanks, Archie!

The Untidy Desk series gives you a chance to see and hear some of the world's top artists in the informal setting of the ABC Dig Music office.You can find the whole series here.

Thanks to Bob Boilen and Co at NPR in the States for inspiring our efforts...make sure you check out their Tiny Desk series.

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Archie Roach (born 1956, Mooroopna, Victoria) 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. Biography: In his own words, "I was born in Mooroopna, way there by the river bend... "....

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