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Australian music legend Archie Roach returns to South Australia to open WOMADelaide despite battling chronic illness – ABC News
Singer and songwriter Archie Roach is returning to South Australia to open the WOMADelaide musical festival on Friday night despite battling a chronic illness.
Singer and songwriter Archie Roach is giving Australian music all he can, returning to South Australia to open the WOMADelaide music festival on Friday night.
Key points:
- It is the singer-songwriter’s seventh appearance at WOMAD
- Roach has been battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- He is re-recording his first album, Charcoal Lane
Despite a debilitating chronic illness, Roach is returning for his seventh appearance at WOMAD since 1992, when the festival began.
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