No one does country music quite like Emma Donovan, who fuses the genre with the protest songs of Indigenous Australia. The Noongar and Gumbaynggirr woman is perhaps best known as a member of country band the Donovans, and for her work in the Black Arm Band, a project dedicated to the songs of the Aboriginal resistance movement. Her musical CV also includes two Air awards and an Australian music prize, won for fronting the Melbourne rhythm combo the Putbacks, and an extensive solo discography that spans R&B, soul and roots.
Next Friday Donovan will perform in a headline show at the Sydney Opera House. She is also working on her next album, set for release in 2024.
