Over the last 15 years Fred Smith has emerged as one of Australia's
most interesting songwriters. He has spent the last 15 years all
over the joint: working on peace keeping missions in Afghanistan
and the South Pacific, touring in America and travelling the
Australian festival circuit.
He is the subject of the film Bougainville Sky about his
time in the war-torn islands of the South Pacific where his work as
a musician and radio broadcaster contributed to the success of the
world's first unarmed peace keeping force.
Fred was the first Australian diplomat to be posted to Uruzgan in
July of 2009. He wrote a powerful collection of songs about the
realities of life for soldiers and civilians in this difficult war,
recently released on a high acclaimed album called Dust of
Uruzgan.
He has put out about eight CDs, two of which won National Film and
Sound Archives Awards. Some of these were joint efforts with Liz
Frencham and the Spooky Men's Chorale.
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