Red Dirt – Red Heart
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| Studio album by Russell Morris | ||||
| Released | 23 October 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Genre | Rock music, Blues music, Folk music | |||
| Length | 48:01 | |||
| Label | Roustabout Records, Chugg Records | |||
| Producer | Mitch Cairns | |||
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Red Dirt – Red Heart is a studio album by Australian singer–songwriter Russell Morris. It was released on 23 October 2014 by Roustabout Records/ Chugg Records and peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Charts.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016, the album won ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album.
Red Dirt - Red Heart is the third release in Morris' Australian blues 'n' roots trilogy. It follows Sharkmouth which focusses on back blocks of 1920s and 30s inner-city Melbourne while Van Diemen's Land focussed on larger events, such as the 1894 Australian shearers' strike and the 1850s Bendigo gold rush. Red Dirt - Red Heart focuses on the Australian interior; indigenous inhabitants, bushrangers, swagmen and The Nullarbor.
Red Dirt - Red Heart has an underlining story about the indigenous people with songs about life in central Australia such as "Alice Springs" but there are also some biographical songs such as "God Loves a Sinner" and "Tiger Snake" written by Morris about himself.
Morris said “Before I wrapped up these albums I had to include songs about the people who’ve been here for 40,000 to 50,00 years and their Aboriginal heroes like Bennelong and Pemulwuy. I got permission to do a song about the Kadaitcha Man by contacting the people from Skinnyfish Records and Gurrumul because I didn’t want to offend anyone.”
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