Shane Howard
KILLARNEY singer songwriter Shane Howard will contribute a new song to a compilation CD aimed at raising money for the Black Saturday bushfire appeal. Howard said the fires had left him feeling ‘‘really moved and really helpless’’. ‘‘A few days after Black Saturday I sat at the piano and wrote Carry Me,’’ he said. Howard was invited to play at a bushfire fund-raiser in Gippsland, where he aired the song for the first time. ‘‘TheABCguys there asked if I could send them a copy of the song, so I recorded it at home last week,’’ he said. The song has been picked up by various ABC stations around the country and caught the attention of the people behind St Vincent de Paul’s bushfire relief CD After The Fire. The compilation will be out soon and also features a new song from the Port Fairy Folk Festival-bound Kane, Welch& Kaplin, called Marysville, which California’s Kevin Welch wrote after hearing about the fires. Among the other artists contributing new material to the CD are Joe Camilleri, Renee Geyer and Brian Mannix. South-west-connected act Architecture In Helsinki will also do their bit for the bushfire appeal when they perform at the Sound Relief concert at the SCG on March 14. They’ll be playing alongside Coldplay, Eskimo Joe, Hoodoo Gurus, Icehouse, Jet, Josh Pyke, Little Birdy, Taylor Swift, The Presets, Wolfmother and You Am I. Among the bands playing at the MCG concert on the same day are Augie March, Gabriella Cilmi, Hunters&Collectors, Jack Johnson, Kings Of Leon, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly and Split Enz.
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