The Charcoal Club

Richard Frankland Andy Baylor Monica Weightman Aurora Kurth Rosanne Hunt Andrew O'Grady Harry Lye Australian Indigenous Singer Richard Frankland hails from Victoria, Australia. Richard Frankland describes the Charcoal Club as music for burnt out blacks and singed whites. The Charcoal Club is based around the idea that Indigenous and non-Indigenous musicians can come together, play some music, tell some stories, laugh at the silly things, get sad at other things and generally have a good time. Since forming in 1990, The Charcoal Club has been delivering a unique mix of blues and folk music with a repertoire that covers the occasional love ballad to a fist pumping activist anthem and represents the vast inspirational experiences of Richard’s life. The Charcoal Club has released three CDs titled The Charcoal Club (2002), Cry Freedom (2005) and Hearts Full of Rust (2010).