Kutcha Edwards: from the banks of the Murrumbidgee River to the world stage Photo by Susan Carmody
Words by Bryget Chrisfield
Ahead of his Brunswick Music Festival X Port Fairy Folk Festival show, Kutcha Edwards shares his spirit.
Warning for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander readers: The following story contains mention of deceased persons.
“My role in the whole scheme of things is to drop an imaginary pebble in an imaginary pond and create a ripple – that’s what it is that I do,” singer-songwriter and Mutti Mutti man, Kutcha Edwards, explains.
For his latest single, ‘We Sing’, released in September of last year, Edwards had hoped to record an actual choir in the ABC Southbank Centre’s Iwaki Auditorium.
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EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS
Acclaimed Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan and Melbourne rhythm combo The Putbacks burst on to the Australian scene with their album Dawn in 2014, announcing a new voice in Australian soul music. Emma’s songwriting is optimistic, impassioned, and bruisingly honest, The Putbacks’ music is fluid, live and raw, and the collaboration has won friends and admirers all over the world.
The collaboration was born of Emma and The Putback’s shared love for classic American soul and the protest music of Indigenous Australia. Shades of every soul record you ever liked sneaks through their music: Al Green’s Hi Records era? Check. Aretha’s Classic Atlantic recordings? Check. Stacks of Stax? Check. It’s all there, but there’s also a whole lot of Coloured Stone and Warumpi Band influences giving their songs a uniquely Australian slant.