Archie Roach is an amazing man & an amazing performer

Jessie Lloyd Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musician
An award winning musician, composer and music business woman, Jessie Lloyd has experience in the areas composition, music direction, project management and sector development. Dedicated to the strength and progress of modern Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture through the mediums of music and song.

Jessie Lloyd projects

Mission Songs project Reviving early modern Australian Indigenous music, stories and song.

Mission songs project on youtube

Mission Songs Project introduced by Archie Roach supported by the Archie Roach foundation. Mission Songs Project is an initiative to research and present a collection of Indigenous songs that were composed and performed from 1900 to 1999. Focusing on songs from the missions, reserves and fringes of township were Indigenous people were relocated.

Archie Roach & Marcia Langton - Mission Songs Project Like many songs sung during the mission days, the lyrics spoke of hardship and resilience, providing a snap shot in time for Australian Indigenous people in the early 20th Century. The Mission Songs Project aims to honour that history by keeping their stories and songs alive and pay tribute to our old people