Kev Carmody Tickets

Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, Tex Perkins, Clare Bowditch and many more come together to celebrate a unique Australian talent. Powerful, versatile and utterly original, for the past 24 years Kev Carmody has evoked the realities of contemporary Aboriginal society with a clarity and grace that has won him fans across Australia and around the world.

This Sydney Festival concert sees Carmody's repertoire - from blunt protest songs to poetic ballads - reinterpreted by a thrilling line-up of home-grown musical talent who contributed to the recent album Cannot Buy My Soul, produced by long-time friend and collaborator Paul Kelly.

Releasing his first album at the age of 43, Carmody embraced a range of styles, mixing folk and country with reggae, funk, traditional didgeridoo and mandolin, hard rock, gospel and his straight-talking, laconic, sharp-edged vocals. Persuasive, intelligent and committed, Carmody puts this combination of musical traditions to stunning effect in sung stories, at turns wistful, witty, brutal and poignant.