'Strength, love and romance': Shane Ghostkeeper's solo debut a countrified love letter to family

Since Ghostkeeper’s 2008 debut,they have been offering an ambitious, experimental and often political blend of dark folk, art-pop and post-punk that includes brilliant if challenging peaks such as the 2017 dystopian concept album Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks, and last year’s Multidimensional Culture, which deftly explored racism, reconciliation and modern Indigenous life.

There is certainly more than a little country reverence found on the 10 tracks that make up Songs of My People, which ends with a haunting cover of the old gospel chestnut Just a Closer Walk With Thee. Ghostkeeper’s originals include the mournful, steel-guitar-sweetened ballad Why Do I Hide, which sounds like he is channelling Conway Twitty and Johnny Horton until a combustible guitar riff upsets the calm.

Initially, the songwriter had no intention of involving his bandmates from Ghostkeeper in the project. But after he showed drummer Eric Hamelin, bassist Ryan Bourne and pedal-steel player Wayne Garrett his new songs, he was pleased to discover they were well-versed in country music and were particularly fond of classic country such as George Jones and the cosmic country acts such as Gram Parsons and his Flying Burrito Brothers from the late 1960s and 1970s.

While his solo work may not seem as political as his band’s output, Ghostkeeper says it has a message for the outside world. Material that touches on reconciliation, racism and generational trauma is important, but there are other stories to tell about Indigenous life, he says.

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