Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the following program contains names of people who have died.

“It seems certain some human voices can work magic, and I don’t know whether it’s their timbre, their range, or the way they harmonise and surprise… It’s a gift they’re given and, if all goes for the best and we are lucky, pass on to the rest of us.” These are the words of Kim Scott, from the introduction of Rivers Flow: Reflections on the songs of Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter that was recently published by Fremantle Press.

This is the fourth book in the series, following anthologies on the music of Paul Kelly, Nick Cave, and Kylie Minogue. 

This edition brings together 23 First Nations writers from across Australia to share stories, personal reflections, and poems that resonate with the music and significant cultural legacy of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter.

The editor of Rivers Flow Casey Mulder joins us to discuss this special anthology.

Guest: Casey Mulder, Ballardong Noongar educator, writer; Director of First Nations Writing and Programs at the Centre for Stories in Boorloo (Perth), and the editor of Rivers Flow.