Musicians
Kev Carmody
- Origin
- Goranba, Bundjalung country, Queensland, Australia
- Genre/styles
- Folk Explore more genres
- About Kev
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Kev Carmody was born in 1946 to a Murri mother and Irish-Australian father. He grew up on the Darling Downs, west of Brisbane. He is a member of the Stolen Generations, taken along with his brother from his parents when he was ten years old.
In 2009 Carmody was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, and in 2021 into the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame.
Kev Carmody Kev Carmody taught himself guitar from a book he found at the dump. At 33 he entered university to study history and music but struggled because he couldn't read or write well, finally coming to an agreement with his lecturers to present his tutorials in song, more in line with his Aboriginal heritage of communication through oral storytelling. [1]
He now holds a PhD in history and has been introduced into the Aria Hall of Fame.
My songs came from what my grandmother, my mother, father, aunty and uncles told me. I'm just a conduit of stories.
— Kev CarmodyThe highlight of my career has not been awards—it's been sharing the music.
— Kev Carmody [2]
Discography
Album formats explained Explain formats
Album formats
- 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
- 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
- LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at 33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
- EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.
Jack Deelin (7")
- Released
- 1988
- Tracks
- Jack Deelin
- Jack Deelin (2nd version)
Pillars of Society
- Released
- February 1989
- Tracks
- Pillars of Society
- Jack Deelin
- Flagstone Creek
- Attack Attack
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Black Deaths in Custody
- Black Bess
- Comrade Jesus Christ
- Twisted Rail
- White Bourgeois Woman
- Notes
"The greatest protest record ever made in Australia." —Sydney Morning Herald
Eulogy (7")
- Released
- 1990
- Tracks
- Eulogy (For a Black Person)
- Cannot buy my Soul
Thou Shalt Not Steal (7")
- Released
- 1990
- Tracks
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Pillas of Society
Eulogy (For a Black Person)
- Released
- November 1990
- Tracks
- Elly
- I've been Moved
- Eulogy (For a Black Person)
- Cannot buy my Soul
- Sexual Teaser
- Tom Shane
- Blood Red Rose
- River of Tears
- Droving Woman
From Little Things Big Things Grow (7")
- Released
- 1991
- Tracks
- From Little Things Big Things Grow
- Notes
Kev Carmody co-wrote this song with Paul Kelly. It is based on the story of the Gurindji Strike (Wave-Hill Walkoff) and was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's 'Sounds of Australia' in September 2010. It was originally intended as a demo for a documentary about Carmody's life, rather than a track for an album [1].
Cannot buy my Soul (7")
- Released
- December 1991
- Tracks
- Cannot buy my Soul
Blood Red Rose (7")
- Released
- April 1992
- Tracks
- Blood Red Rose
- Elly
Living South of the Freeway
- Released
- October 1992
- Tracks
Sorry, no tracklisting available.
Street Beat
- Released
- December 1992
- Tracks
- Living South of the Freeway
- Darkside
- Street Beat
- Rider in the Rain
Freedom (7")
- Released
- July 1993
- Tracks
- Freedom
- Freedom (Radio edit)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
Bloodlines
- Released
- July 1993
- Tracks
- Freedom (Carmody/Willoughby)
- Asbestosis
- Rider In The Rain
- The Messenger
- Bloodlines
- Darkside
- Sorry Business
- B.D.P. (Bourgeois, drop-out progeny)
- Living South Of The Freeway
- On The Wire
- Earth Mother (Instrumental)
- Bloodlines (Return) (Instrumental)
- From Little Things Big Things Grow (Carmody/Kelly)
- Revelations Addendum Chapter 23 Verses 1.35
On the Wire (7")
- Released
- May 1994
- Tracks
- On the Wire
- The Messenger
- Sorry Business
The Young Dancer Is Dead (7")
- Released
- 1995
- Tracks
- The Young Dancer Is Dead
- Eulogy
- On The Wire
Images And Illusions
- Released
- September 1995
- Tracks
- Some Strange Strange People
- Images Of London
- Needles In The Nursery
- Travellin' North
- Fire and Wind
- River Road
- Jessica
- The Young Dancer Is Dead
- The Anti-Christ
- Sistem An' You
- I'm Still In Love With You
- Blue You
- Solar Wind
- Shades of Violet
- Eulogy
Messages
- Released
- 2000
- Tracks
- Pillars Of Society
- Flagstone Creek
- Comrade Jesus Christ
- Twisted Rail
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Elly
- Travellin' North
- I've Been Moved
- The Messenger
- I'm Still In Love With You
- On The Wire
- Freedom (Carmody/Willoughby)
- From Little Things Big Things Grow (Carmody/Kelly)
- Images Of London
- Jessica
- Eulogy
Mirrors
- Released
- 2003
- Tracks
- Dirty Dollar
- Are You Connected?
- Moonstruck
- Refugees
- Dubya Love Ya?
- Who Are They?
- Campfire Rain
- El Diablo Blanco
- Georgina River
- Milky Way
- You Beautiful
- Comin' Home
Cannot Buy My Soul: The Songs Of Kev Carmody
- Released
- February 2007
- Tracks
CD/side 1
- I've Been Moved - Dan Kelly
- Thou Shalt Not Steal - John Butler Trio
- Elly - Bernard Fanning
- The Young Dancer Is Dead - Last Kinection
- From Little Things Big Things Grow - The Waifs
- River Of Tears - The Drones
- On The Wire - Troy Cassar Daly
- Cannot Buy My Soul - Archie Roach
- Moonstruck - Sara Storer
- This Land Is Mine - Dan Sultan And Scott Wilson
- Darkside - Tex Perkins
- Blood Red Rose - Clare Bowditch
- Comrade Jesus Christ - The Herd
- Images Of London - Steve Kilby
- Droving Women - Augie March / Missy Higgins / Paul Kelly
- Eulogy For A Black Man - The Pigram Brothers
CD/side 2
- I've Been Moved
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Elly
- The Young Dancer Is Dead
- From Little Things Big Things Grow
- River Of Tears
- On The Wire
- Cannot Buy My Soul
- Moonstruck
- This Land Is Mine
- Darkside
- Blood Red Rose
- Comrade Jesus Christ
- Images Of London
- Droving Woman
- Eulogy For A Black Man
- Notes
CD 1: Tributes by various artists, CD 2: Best of Kev Carmody.
Recollections… Reflections… (A Journey)
- Released
- 23 October 2015
- Tracks
CD/side 1
- CD 1
- Back Block's Shire
- “Black Jimmy”?
- A 1930's Fam-Lily
- Charon
- Cometh the Desert Wind
- Just For You
- Organic Butterknife Boogie… Surfin' Cyberspace...Trying to Find I... Me Me's Identity… and Proper Coffee
- Chippin' the Cotton
- Ya Can't Rush an Old Rooster
- Kelly E.
- CD2
- Hometown
- Dajarra Night Wind
- Wollumbin (...The Cloud Gatherer)
- An Dubh ina Gheal (Assimilation)
- Haunted Man
- Terra Australis… Danu
- Earth Mother's Woman Child
- Didjeridu
- People's Captain Said
- A Tracker's Song (1930's)
- Droppin' the Weights
CD/side 2
- CD3
- An Ol' Man's Question
- Highway 1
- Building a Holy City
- Moonlight on the Desert Wind
- Month of May
- Vickery Parish
- Footsteps
- Cold Damp Air
- A Life Experienced Voice
- Bewdy Song
- CD4
- Livin' in the Country
- Travelin' Stranger
- Graves of the Unknown Soldiers and Civilians
- Doors of Love
- New Town Dogs
- Plain Song
- Slidin' Into Chaos
- Wizard of the Wind
- Emancipation… Incarceration????
- Chilli Pork an' Beans
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