Archie Roach
Archie Roach Roach in 2016 Background information Birth name Archibald William Roach Born ( 1956-01-08 ) 8 January 1956 (age 62) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia Genres Alternative rock, world music, roots Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Instruments Vocals, six-string guitar Years active 1980s – present Labels Mushroom Records Liberation Music ABC Music Associated acts The Altogethers Ruby Hunter Archibald William "Archie" Roach , AM [1] (born 8 January 1956, Mooroopna) [2] is an Australian musician. He is a singer, songwriter and guitarist, as well as a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians. Roach's debut solo album, Charcoal Lane , was released in 1990. It featured the song "Took the Children Away", which was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013. [3] Also in 2013 he won a Deadly Award for Lifetime Contribution to Healing the Stolen Genera...