Archie Roach
Sign in to saveAlso known as Archibald William Roach
Australian singer, songwriter; Gunditjmara-Bundjalung storyteller
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Tell Me Why
- You have the power
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1956-01-08
- Active to
- 2022-07-30
alternative rockaustralian indigenousrootssinger-songwriterworld music
Discography
- Ruby
- Charcoal Lane1990
- Jamu Dreaming1992
- From Paradise1993
- Hold On Tight1997
- Looking for Butterboy1997
- Sensual Being2002
- Ruby2006
- Journey2007
- Into the Bloodstream2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13,955
- Total plays
- 149,560
Tags
australiansinger-songwriteraustralian aboriginalfolkworld
Archie Roach AM (born Archibald William Roach in Mooroopna, Victoria, on 8 January 1956; died 30 July 2022) was an Aboriginal Australian musician. He was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, a Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder, and a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians. In 2015, Roach was honoured as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to music as a singer-songwriter, guitarist and a prominent supporter of social justice. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Archie+Roac
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Mooroopna
- Place of death
- Warrnambool
- Spouse
- Ruby Hunter
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- alternative rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.archieroach.com.au
- Image
- Archie Roach.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1956-01-08
- Commons category
- Archie Roach
- social media followers
- 10800
- date of death
- 2022-07-30
- name in native language
- Archie Roach
- birth name
- Archibald William Roach
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