Carl Cleves
singer songwriter with world influence
singer songwriter with world influence
last updated: 27/03/2009
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Carl Cleves, author, modern troubadour, ethnomusicologist and global citizen was born in the Flemish part of Belgium. Of his first book, ‘Tarab: Travels with my guitar, Bruce Elder (SMH) writes: ‘Cleves deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Thesiger, Burton and Newby. He is a true traveller in an age of holidaymakers and gawpers.’ From the Sudan to Australia, Tarab is an epic, mesmerizing tale of high adventure and the search for meaning of a guitar-toting minstrel in his roles as young beat poet, law student, single father, ethnomusicologist, relief worker in India and recording star in Brazil. It is the story of an artist’s quest for Tarab: a place where music and poetry bestow true bliss upon the lucky one. It’s by turns philosophical, funny, adventurous and insightful.
World class songs and an ability to tell a good story, have won Carl Cleves countless awards including MUSICOZ, NCEIA and ASA. In 2007 he won the Australian Songwriters Association Award fro Best Lyrics. Over many years Carl, solo and with The Hottentots, has captured the hearts and imagination of audiences at major Australian festivals and venues around the world. He has lectured in the areas of world music and songwriting at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and Southern Cross University, Lismore.
more info: http://www.carlcleves.com
