David Arden is an Australian guitar player, singer and songwriter. He has performed with

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, Tiddas, Bart Willoughby,

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and with members of

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, Paul Kelly,

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and Hunters and Collectors. He is currently a member and co Musical Director of

The Black Arm Band Black Arm Band is an Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander music theatre organisation. History The organisation was founded in late 2005 by Steven Richardson and has produced seven large-scale productions since its debut performance a ...

. Arden has released one album called ''Kookatha / Gunditjmara Clan''National Library of Australi
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and Arden and featured contributions by Howard,

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, Helen Mountfort,

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, and Bart Willoughby. Arden has been involved in the Koori Visible project, which saw the release of an album by Tjudi, a band led by Arden.

Discography

Albums

Extended Plays

Awards and nominations

Music Victoria Awards

The

Music Victoria Awards The Music Victoria Awards (previously known as The Age EG Awards and The Age Music Victoria Awards) are an annual awards night celebrating music from the Australian state of Victoria. They commenced in 2006 and are awarded in Melbourne Music W ...

are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006. ! , - ,

Music Victoria Awards of 2016 The Music Victoria Awards of 2016 are the 11th Annual Music Victoria Awards and consist of a series of awards, presented on 16 November 2016, during Melbourne Music Week. For the first time this year, the Best Venue award was separated into of ov ...

, Dave Arden , Best Indigenous Act , , rowspan="1", , -

References

External links

Dave Arden WebsiteThe Black Arm Band bio
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