Kev Carmody

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Kev Carmody is an Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter born in 1946 on the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.

At the age of 33 Carmody had the opportunity to go to University where he studied history, eventually finishing a PhD. While at university Carmody used his guitar as a means of implementing oral history in tutorials, which led to his career in music.

His first album, Pillars of Society, was released in 1989 and drew heavily upon country music and folk music styles. Australian Rolling Stone described the record as "the best album ever released by an Aboriginal musician and arguably the best protest album ever made in Australia". In subsequent recordings he has adopted a broad range of music styles from reggae to rock and roll.

Carmody regularly tours Australia and internationally and is highly regarded by audiences and critics.

He co-wrote "From Little Things Big Things Grow" with Paul Kelly on the The Gurindji Strike.