Fred Smith: From Afghanistan and Bougainville to Adelaide
Posted on: Mon 28 Jan 2019
Fred has produced many very popular music albums, as well as continuing in his role as a diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade … but since he’s become a father he spends less time in risky places like Afghanistan and is also touring a lot in Australia … we asked him when he discovered the power of music-making to ‘build bridges’.
Interviewer Nicky Page
Main photo provided by Fred Smith and used with permission
Fred Smith strums his guitar on the rooftops of Multinational Base Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan. Fred was the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade representative with the First Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force in the Oruzgan Province. Photo provided by Defence Image Gallery
This broadcast was made with assistance from The Community Broadcasting Foundation
