Jessie Lloyd has received an International Touring Grant with Missions Songs Project. image: Luke David Photography
Missions Songs Project – a quartet with a range of Indigenous performers – has received an International Touring Grant from The Australia Council for the Arts in conjunction with the band, The Cat Empire.
Presented by Jessie Lloyd, Mission Songs Project searches for the secular songs that were sung after church, with Lloyd exploring the day to day life on the missions, settlements and reserves through music. From cultural identity to love and loss, these rare songs consist of almost forgotten stories that can now shed light into the history of our Indigenous elders, families and communities.
