Aussie Bush Legend Joins Musicadium
Monday, May 19th, 2008This month, Musicadium’s feature artist is the self-described ‘Old Bushy from Alice Springs’ – Ted Egan. A prolific and experienced songwriter who has recently finished recording his 26th album, Ted sings songs of the Australian ethos and way of life.
Intrigued by Ted’s background, we did a little digging and found that the humble Ted has been awarded a number of accolades for his musical and public service contributions, including the Order of Australia (AM) in 1991 for services to the Aboriginal people and for ‘an ongoing contribution to the literary heritage of Australia through song and verse’. He was also a member of the first National Reconciliation Council and served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 2003 to 2007.
Apart from his musical and public service achievements, Ted has also written nine books and was the presenter for the 13-part documentary series, ‘This Land Australia.’ He also appeared on ‘Enough Rope’ with Andrew Denton in August of 2004 where he wowed the audience with his distinctly Aussie balladeering.
Musicadium is proud to be distributing some of Ted’s best work including; ‘The Land Downunder’, ‘I.O.U.’, ‘The Drovers Boy’, ‘The Overlanders’, ‘The Shearers’, ‘The Aboriginals’, ‘The Convicts’, ‘The Urapanga Frog’, ‘The Anzacs’ and ‘The Very Best Of Ted Egan’.
We are extremely excited to have a national treasure as part of the Musicadium team and look forward to some true-blue sing-a-longs around the Musicadium office.
