Floyd Thursby
About me
Brunswick, Australia
Floyd Thursby writes songs about love and death, wild nights and quiet days, sacred moments and everyday life. His album ‘To those in flames’ (2019) was critically lauded and his 2020 album ‘The South Lands’, featuring duets with Vietnamese singer-songwriter Mademoiselle was shortlisted for the 2021 Music Victoria Awards (Best Intercultural Act), and led to placement of his song ‘You gotta fly’ in the major Vietnamese motion picture Gái già lắm chiêu V. As a composer he has scored a feature film (The Death & Life of Otto Bloom) and multiple short films. He also performs with acclaimed French gypsy jazz quartet La Mauvaise Réputation and new project Skiffle Party.
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¿Qué puede hacer mi corazón?
What can my heart do? is a song that invites us to ask ourselves, to look around us, to look at the natural disasters, the inequalities, the oppression, the war, the children. It is a call to rethink our message, to reflect. As musicians, to sing that message. It was composed by the Argentine Angeles Mendoza, as a copla of her folklore, in Spanish language. Australian singer Floyd Thursby is called upon to take the message to the world.
- Minimal
- Singer
- Acoustic guitar
- Charango
- Caxixi
- Percussion
- Flute
- Argentina
- Australia
- Cameroon
Cantamos
‘Cantamos’ is a protest song, a call to action, & a reminder of the power of people to gather together & change the world. It’s a celebration of life, love, peace & of music itself. It channels the great tradition of folk song as a political and revolutionary phenomenon throughout the world. Written by Australian musician Floyd Thursby & featuring the voice and guitar of Argentina’s Angeles Mendoza singing in both Spanish & English, ‘Cantamos’ prompts us to raise our voices high & fight for change with peace & love & life in our hearts.
- Traditional / Folk
- Singer
- Accordion
- Acoustic guitar
- Classical guitar
- Double bass
- Drum set
- Argentina
- Australia
- Germany
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