Radical Son Explained

Radical Son
Birth Name:Dave Leha
Alias:Dave Clive
Genre:hip hop, reggae, dub, R’n’B
Instrument:Vocals
Label:Wantok Musik

David Leha, known professionally as Radical Son, is a Kamilaroi and Tongan singer. He was part of the GetUp Mob, which released a cover version of "From Little Things Big Things Grow" in May 2008 – it reached No. 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[1] [2] Other members of the temporary group were the song's writers Kev Carmody and Paul Kelly together with Urthboy, Missy Higgins, Mia Dyson, Jane Tyrrell, Dan Sultan, Joel Wenitong and Ozi Batla.[2]

Radical Son's second studio album, Cause 'n Effect was released through Wantok music in October 2014 and features appearances from Archie Roach, Emma Donovan, and Deline Briscoe. He was a cast member of The Rabbits with music by Kate Miller-Heidke, an opera by based on the book The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan.[3] The Rabbits won four Helpmann Awards.[3] In 2016 Radical Son performed at WOMADelaide.[4]

In 2017 he recorded "Leave them Tents Alone!!", sung to the tune of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)", to protest the subsequent removal of homeless people's tents and belongings by Sydney City Council from the centre of Sydney.[5]

Discography

Albums

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Album details
Radical Son
  • Released: 11 July 2005
(Australia)[6]
  • Label: David Leha
  • Format: Digital download
Cause 'n Affect
  • Released: 10 October 2014
(Australia)[7]
  • Label: Wantok Music
  • Format: Digital download
Bilambiyal
  • Released: 12 July 2024
  • Label: Wantok Music
  • Format: Digital download

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The GetUp Mob – "From Little Things Big Things Grow" . Hung . Steffen . Australian Charts Portal . Hung Medien . 10 August 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310174537/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+GetUp+Mob&titel=From+Little+Things+Big+Things+Grow&cat=s . 10 March 2012 .
  2. 28 April 2008 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20080520-0000/issue948.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 28th April 2008 ~ Issue #948 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . PDF . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 948 . 2–3, 11, 15–16, 21 . 19 May 2008 . 22 September 2016 .
  3. News: The Rabbits Come to Brisbane – Children's Books Daily.... 2016-01-28. Children's Books Daily.... 2018-09-21. en-US.
  4. Web site: Radical Son – WOMADelaide 2018. www.womadelaide.com.au. 2018-09-19.
  5. Web site: An opportunity to help those who don't have a voice – Hey, Council, Leave them Tents Alone!! – Please Help Our Homeless. Please Help Our Homeless. en-US. 2018-09-21.
  6. Web site: Radical Son by Radical Son. iTunes Store. Apple. 2 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Cause 'n Affect by Radical Son. iTunes Store. Apple. 2 May 2019.