CANNOT BUY MY SOUL: THE SONGS OF KEV CARMODY (2007)

In 2006, Paul Kelly asked a number of Australian artists to record versions of songs by Kev Carmody, the legendary Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter. Steve Kilbey recorded his version of "Images of London" for this album, a song from the 1996 Carmody album Images and Illusions that Steve had produced. In January 2008, most of them, including Steve Kilbey and Kev Carmody himself, came together at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia, for a two-night stage production of Cannot Buy My Soul. Other performers included Paul Kelly, Clare Bowditch, The Drones, The Herd, Missy Higgins, Dan Kelly, Last Kinection, Tex Perkins, The Pigram Brothers, Glenn Richards from Augie March, Sara Storer and Dan Sultan. A documentary of this concert, including rehearsal footage and interviews with the performers involved, was released on DVD in 2008. Visit the Kev Carmody web site at www.kevcarmody.com.au.


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Tracks

Disc 1 (Covers)

  1. I've Been Moved (3:39) - Dan Kelly
  2. Thou Shalt Not Steal (4:50) - John Butler Trio
  3. Elly (4:47) - Bernard Fanning
  4. The Young Dancer Is Dead (3:02) - Last Kinection
  5. From Little Things Big Things Grow (5:14) - The Waifs
  6. River Of Tears (4:25) - The Drones
  7. On The Wire (3:43) - Troy Cassar-Daley
  8. Cannot Buy My Soul (2:48) - Archie Roach
  9. Moonstruck (3:16) - Sara Storer
  10. This Land Is Mine (4:06) - Dan Sultan and Scott Wilson
  11. Darkside (5:46) - Tex Perkins
  12. Blood Red Rose (5:00) - Clare Bowditch
  13. Comrade Jesus Christ (4:15) - The Herd
  14. Images Of London (5:16) - Steve Kilbey – 
  15. Droving Women (8:45) - Augie March/Missy Higgins/Paul Kelly
  16. Eulogy For A Black Man (4:42) - The Pigram Brothers

Disc 2 (Original Kev Carmody Versions):

  1. I've Been Moved (2:50)
  2. Thou Shalt Not Steal (4:54)
  3. Elly (4:53)
  4. The Young Dancer Is Dead (3:34)
  5. From Little Things Big Things Grow (5:49)
  6. River Of Tears (2:32)
  7. On The Wire (4:39)
  8. Cannot Buy My Soul (2:34)
  9. Moonstruck (4:37)
  10. This Land Is Mine (2:56)
  11. Darkside (5:23)
  12. Blood Red Rose (3:22)
  13. Comrade Jesus Christ (2:13)
  14. Images Of London (5:22)
  15. Droving Women (9:17)
  16. Eulogy For A Black Man (4:12)

Credits for "Images Of London" (Disc 1)

Steve Kilbey: All Instruments
Michael Hanlon: Additional Guitars
Recorded at mh Studios North Bondi
Mixed at Secret Location Studios, Surrry Hills
Produced by Steve Kilbey
Engineered/Mixed/Assisted: Russell Kilbey and Michael Hanlon
Steve Kilbey appears courtesy of Karmic Hit records

Releases


A DVD was also produced:

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Chapters

  1. I've Been Moved - Dan Kelly
  2. Moonstruck - Sara Storer
  3. Eulogy For A Black Man - The Pigram Brothers with Kev Carmody
  4. Droving Woman - Glenn Richards, Paul Kelly and Missy Higgins
  5. Darkside - Tex Perkins
  6. The Young Dancer Is Dead - The Last Kinection
  7. River Of Tears - The Drones
  8. On The Wire - Kev Carmody, Sara Storer, Clare Bowditch and Missy Higgins
  9. Cannot Buy My Soul - Kev Carmody
  10. Images Of London - Steve Kilbey – 
  11. Comrade Jesus Christ - The Herd
  12. This Land Is Mine - Dan Sultan and Paul Kelly
  13. From Little Things Big Things Grow - Kev Carmody, Paul Kelly, Clare Bowditch, Missy Higgins and Dan Sultan

  Special Feature: Behind The Scenes footage.
 

Releases

Notes

From back cover:

Over two nights at Sydney's grand State Theatre, before a packed audience, many of Australia's most acclaimed singer/songwriters and musicians came together to perform the songs of Kev Carmody.

Kev Carmody's work draws on a unique life experience combining both Western and Indigenous literary and spiritual traditions, an eye for historical and political narratives and a willingness to explore the deeply personal. His songs cover Christian theology, black deaths in custody and celebrations of all walks of Australian life.

At times intensely intimate, occasionally raucous and loud - this documentary is a joyous celebration of the life and times, the spirit, the songs and story telling of Kev Carmody.

This concert was a landmark moment in Australian music. This is how we saw it.