John Schumann is best known for his role as lead singer and one of the two major songwriters for the legendary Australian socio-political folk-rock band, Redgum.

In his fifty years he has achieved more success than most people do in two lifetimes.

Professor Brian Matthews taught John Schumann English and Australian Literature at Flinders University in the early 1970s. Click here to read an introductory piece by Professor Brian Matthews for one of John’s earlier albums.