JOE GEIA BAND 'SING FOR THE BLACK' TOUR

Joe Geia is celebrating over four decades of songwriting, performance and social activism with a national tour that will also serve to launch his latest recording ‘Sing for the Black’, a Double Vinyl Album of the songs that make up his “From Rations to Wages to Treaty” musical narrative. 

The ‘Sing for the Black’ album was produced as part of a PhD that Joe is completing at QUT, researching the human, historical, political and creative dimensions of a 45-year creative career and a personal lived experience inextricably linked to these songs and stories. ‘From Rations to Wages to Treaty’ tracks the experiences of First Nations people in Australia over three historical eras, sung in chronological order from pre-colonisation up to the present day with the ongoing struggle for Treaty.

Joe Geia is rightly described as a trailblazer and one of the early pioneers of contemporary Indigenous music. His career is long and diverse, first coming to prominence recording and touring with legendary band No Fixed Address in the late 70s and early 80s. A profoundly important figure, Joe has navigated the challenges of his identity through a lifetime of creative output, and inspired a couple of generations of artists in the process. As the writer of renowned songs such as ‘Yil Lull’ and ‘Uncle Willie’, Joe Geia’s contribution to the arts is significant and enduring. He writes music of bravery and beauty, telling of Aboriginal life in Australia, of the quest for justice and belonging, of history, family and love.

Joe Geia’s 2026-2027 Sing for the Black National Tour was made possible by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office.