John Campbell Munro (29 September 1947 – 10 May 2018) was a folk singer who was born in

Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

in 1947 and emigrated to

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in 1965. He was a leading figure in Australian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...

for 40 years and worked with

Eric Bogle Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is an Australian folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of to ...

and Australian folk groups Tracey-Munro-Tracey (with Denis and Lynne Tracey) and Colcannon. In 1990 Munro wrote a series of 12 songs depicting the events leading up to and culminating in the battle at the

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. The Eureka Suite has been performed all over Australia including at the site of the stockade itself. In 1992 he composed a similar set of musical pieces on the life of Australian bushranger

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. This piece has also proved popular in Australia and New Zealand. Munro has written many songs and his material has been recorded by artists in Canada, the UK and Australia. He more recently formed a trio with former Colcannon members Mike O'Callaghan and Pete Titchener. Munro died on 10 May 2018.

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1947 births 2018 deaths Scottish emigrants to Australia Australian male singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters Musicians from Glasgow {{Australia-musician-stub

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