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Robbie James: The Marree Sisters
The music of Robbie James has been described as "a journal through time and space
with deep respect for our vast and varied land." With The Marree Sisters, he takes us
deep into the heart of Australia, to the outback town of Marree, at the starting point
of the Birdsville and Oodnadatta tracks: a tiny community of European, First Nations
and Afghan cultures on the edge of the central deserts. The music follows the five
teenage Marree sisters – the composer’s own mother and aunts – as they take the
culture of their little town to the big city in search of work, love and their own
families. The Marree Sisters frames the love and friendships carved from hardships
that would imprint authenticity into the lifelong bonds they would make.
