Chris Reid

Chris Reid has been a freelance writer on music and visual art for over 25 years, writing primarily for the publication Real Time. While pursuing a career in educational administration, he completed a Master of Visual Arts degree in Art History and Theory at the University of South Australia and has taught that subject there. Following retirement from his day job, he coordinated a classical music concert program at Flinders University for five years. He is currently Chair of the Academic Board at Adelaide Central School of Art. A non-musician and non-artist, he tries to write from an audience perspective.

'An Australian Songbook: A platinum concert from Robyn Archer' by Chris Reid

ABR Arts • 20 June 2023

How might Australian history be characterised in song? Described as 150 years of alternative Australian voices, Robyn Archer’s An Australian Songbook is a very personal song selection that convincingly shows how song is the lifeblood of a healthy society, and a mirror to it. Her presentation also has the effect of re-examining Australian history. Archer has an abiding concern with the connectio ... (read more)