Emma Donovan Draws Strength From Keeping Her Grandfather’s Legacy Alive In ‘The Old Rugged Cross’
“Uncle Archie [Roach] asked me to be part of a session for his gospel album [2019’s Tell Me Why] that he was collaborating on with Paul [Grabowsky],” Emma Donovan, a proud Gumbaynggirr, Dunghutti and Yamatji woman, recalls of first meeting her collaborator for The Old Rugged Cross show. “There were a lot of familiar songs…