David Arden

David Arden is an Australian guitar player, singer and songwriter. He has performed with Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Tiddas, Bart Willoughby, Mixed Relations and with members of Shane Howard, Paul Kelly, Not Drowning Waving and Hunters and Collectors. He is currently a member and co Musical Director of The Black Arm Band.^[1]

Arden has released one album called Kookatha / Gunditjmara Clan^[2]^[3]^[4] which he says took 20 years to make.^[5] The album was produced by Shane Howard and Arden and featured contributions by Howard, Amy Saunders, Helen Mountfort, Rose Bygrave, and Bart Willoughby.^[2]

Arden has been involved in the Koori Visible project, which saw the release of an album by Tjudi, a band led by Arden.^[6]

Discography

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Kookatha / Gunditjmara Clan	Released: 2008 Format: CD, Digital Label: Goanna Arts (GADA0108)
Red Dessert Man	Released: March 2020 Format: CD, Digital Label: Headstone Records

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Close My Eyes	Released: May 2016 Format: Digital Label: Dave Arden

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
Music Victoria Awards of 2016	Dave Arden	Best Indigenous Act	Nominated	^[7]^[8]

^ Arts Hub A call to arms
^ ^a ^b National Library of Australia Kookatha / Gunditjmara Clan
^ Cyclic Defrost Magazine Dave Arden – Kookatha/Gunditjmara Clan (Goanna Arts)
^ ABC Kookatha / Gunditjmara Clan
^ Australian Stage An Evening with Archie Roach
^ Tjudi
^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2020.