David Hudson (musician)

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David Hudson
Birth nameDavid Charles Hudson
Bornca. 1962 (age 6162)
Origin Cairns, Queensland, Australia
GenresCountry, folk
Occupation(s)Entertainer, musician, artist
Instrument(s) Didgeridoo, vocals
Years active1985–present
LabelsCelestial Harmonies, Indigenous Australia, Australian Sun
Website davidhudson.com.au

David Charles Hudson (ca. 1962) is an Australian Aboriginal musician, entertainer and artist. Hudson is a multi-instrumentalist and was taught to play traditional didgeridoo from an early age. He also plays guitar, kit drums, percussion. He plays traditional music, as well as more ambient music, country-folk, rock, and new age.

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Biography

David Charles Hudson[ clarification needed ] was born in the early 1960s and is a descendant of the Ewamin-Western Yalanji peoples of the western Far North Queensland region. [1] He explained "I grew up in a household with uncles and aunts who painted and carved. I was taught traditional stories, so I was painting stories, and I learned what this line represents and this dot represents." [2] He was also taught to play traditional didgeridoo. Hudson finished secondary schooling in 1979, then attended a teachers' college and was qualified as a recreation officer. [2] According to Hudson "the majority of indigenous teenagers left school in year 10 and followed their fathers and grandfathers to work on railways, in construction or on cane fields." [3]

In 1987 Hudson, his wife Cindy Judd, and other partners, established the Tjapukai Dance Theatre and the related Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park in Kuranda. [2] [4] Hudson, as a dancer and musician, toured with Greek-American musician, Yanni, from 1996 to 2005 and appears on the artist's albums, Tribute (November 1997), Ethnicity (February 2003) and Yanni Live! The Concert Event (August 2006). [5] From 1997 to 2012 Hudson was General Manager of the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park. [3]

In April 2018 Hudson performed at the official opening of the Sir John Monash Centre at Villers-Bretonneux in France. He presented the didgeridoo he had made for the occasion to Prime Minister Turnbull for inclusion in the museum. [8]


Discography

Credits: [1] [11]

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  3. 1 2 "Indigenous Tourism". Skyrail News. Skyrail Rainforest Cableway. February 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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  8. "Photo Gallery:The Official Opening of the Sir John Monash Centre". Sir John Monash Centre. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  9. Hudson, David (1994), Rainbow serpent : music for didgeridoo & percussion, Celestial Harmonies, retrieved 4 May 2016 via National Library of Australia Note: Recorded at the Timeroom (Tucson, Arizona); bush sounds recorded in Laura, Queensland.
  10. Hudson, David (2006), The very best of David Hudson, Indigenous Australia, retrieved 4 May 2016 via National Library of Australia Note: Previously released material. "The very best of Australia's world music rhythms" – Container. "Musical stories from this multi platinum world music artist" – Container.
  11. "David Hudson – Discography". Creative Spirits. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2016.