Archie's Kitchen
Episode 2
Rulla Kelly-Mansell & Marlon motlop
Episode Two of Archie's Kitchen Table Yarns features talented Larrikia, Kungarrany, Thursday Island, Torres Strait singer/guitarist Marlon Motlop and Tulampanga Pakana Lutruwita rapper Rulla Kelly-Mansell, talking about their journey and inspiration behind their debut release, Black Swan, a song recorded with their band Marlon x Rulla, released through Elefant Traks and produced by Jimblah through his BlakEmpire.
Episode 1
Allara Briggs Pattison
Episode One of Archie's Kitchen Table Yarns features talented Yorta Yorta artist, Allara Briggs Pattison. Allara is a musician, composer, filmmaker, and involved in the climate justice movement. Using a double bass and loop station at the core, she is inspired by ancient oral traditions and is a natural storyteller. Allara harnesses hard-hitting spoken word taking the listener on a journey reflecting cultural, spiritual and environmental empowerment. Gently lulling audiences into a united chorus of unadorned melodies, her sound is unique and soul-stirring.
Archie‘s Kitchen Table Yarns
In 2021 this new online series will feature 12 emerging First Nations songwriters and musicians from around the country. Connecting through online video, Archie will invite these exceptional young artists to yarn with him at his kitchen table to share stories about their songs, their communities, and their language.
This incredible series will be a story of intergenerational celebration and connection through music with the first two episodes released on August 4 and August 18 with new episodes released for the rest of the year on the first Wednesday of each month. Archie says “When I started off in music nobody had much of a clue about who I was and what I was writing about,” Archie explains. ”I was considered a curiosity. Yarning at my kitchen table with these young artists will help people understand who they are and give them another platform to promote their music. The kitchen table has always been a place of inspiration for me. It's a place where I've written most of my songs, drank many cups of tea, ate meals, played music whilst my children ran around making plenty of noise. It represents family, community and love. We thought it would be a great idea to have a YouTube series and conversation at the kitchen table." “It’s important their voices are heard so they don’t have to go through what I went through. They are our future and when the time comes for us older singer songwriters to finish up we know it’s in good hands.”
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