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Blind, deaf, 88yo grandfather launches music career on YouTube to beat isolation blues

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Blind, deaf, 88yo grandfather launches music career on YouTube to beat isolation blues

When Barry "Bazza" Morris took up music lessons at 84, he wasn't searching for fame.

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Fanny Cochrane Smith was our first Aboriginal recording artist

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Fanny Cochrane Smith was our first Aboriginal recording artist

In 1899 and 1903, Australia's first Aboriginal 'recording star' Fanny Cochrane Smith leaned into the brass trumpet of the Edison phonograph and sang about flowers and birds in her language of Pakana.

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Meet Alter Boy, the Perth outfit bringing Deaf, Hard of Hearing and trans stories to the front

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Meet Alter Boy, the Perth outfit bringing Deaf, Hard of Hearing and trans stories to the front

If you’re a hearing person, you might be wondering how the relationship between Deaf and Hard of Hearing folks and music actually works.

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Power of song unlocks Danielle’s world

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Power of song unlocks Danielle’s world

When Dennis Alvers took his daughter Danielle to listen to Mackay’s all-abilities Choir of Unheard Voices five years ago, he had no idea he had finally discovered the key to unlock her life.

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