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Artists: Roger Knox, The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Release: Stranger In My Land
Discogs: 4269329
Released: 2013-02-12 / 2013
Label: Bloodshot Records
Catalog#: BS 179 LP / BS 179
Format: FLAC / Lossless / Log (100%) / Cue / CD
Country: US
Style: Folk, World, & Country, Folk, Aboriginal

Tracklisting:

01. The Land Where The Crow Flies Backwards
02. Stranger In My Country
03. Blue Gums Calling Me Back Home
04. Took The Children Away
05. Arafura Pearl
06. Brisbane Blacks
07. Wayward Dreams
08. Scobie's Dream
09. Ticket To Nowhere
10. Warrior In Chains
11. Streets Of Tamworth
12. Home In The Valley


Stranger In My Land is a collection of songs originally written by Aborigine artists who were Knox’s peers and predecessors; some tunes previously recorded but difficult to find as well as several unrecorded, handed-down folk songs (which without this recording, could have been lost forever). It is powerful and moving material, heartbreaking and hilarious, downtrodden and uplifting, suffused with longing, alienation, resilience and hope; universal themes arising out of largely unexplored context. It possesses the urgency of a Alan Lomax field recording, but with a spirit that remains relevant in today’s world.