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Buried Country is the name of a documentary film, book, and soundtrack album released in 2000, and a stage show which toured from 2016 to 2018. A prosopography created by Clinton Walker, it tells the story of Australian country music in the Aboriginal community by focussing on the genre's most important stars.

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The book Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music by Clinton Walker was published by Pluto Press in 2000.[1][2][3][4]

The Film Australia documentary was directed by Andy Nehl, written by Walker, and narrated by Kev Carmody.[5]

The 2-CD set Buried Country: Original Film Soundtrack (Larrikin Records) produced by Walker contains 45 classic and rare tracks featured in the book and film.[6][7]

Buried Country has also been produced as a touring stage show that had its premiere at the Playhouse in Newcastle, New South Wales in August 2016, starring surviving elders of the tradition and a younger generation of singers and songwriters. It continued to tour the festival circuit until 2018. It featured a rotating cast of the original artists, with backing band the Backtrackers.[8]

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  1. ^ Kirkbright, Christopher J. (2000). Study Guide: Buried Country: the story of Aboriginal country music (PDF). Film Australia. p. 73. ISBN 1-86403-152-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  2. ^ Stuart Coupe, (19 August 2000), Black and blues: Buried Country, Sydney Morning Herald: Spectrum, p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2013
  3. ^ Karl Neuenfeldt, (September 2001), Review: Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music by Clinton Walker, API review of books, (Perth, Australian Public Intellectual Network) Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, ISSN 1833-0932
  4. ^ Combined Review: Buried Country, (2002), Metro Magazine, Issue 134, ISSN 0312-2654
  5. ^ Buried Country at IMDb
  6. ^ "CD: Buried country : the story of Aboriginal country music, original film soundtrack". Australian Music Centre. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Album". Buried Country. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ "THE SHOW". Buried Country. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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