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Dan Sultan
Dan Sultan has come a long way since releasing their album Get Out While You Can in 2009. In 2010 dynamic front man Dan Sultan won “ARIA Male Artist of the Year” whilst the album picked up an ARIA gong for “Best Blues & Roots Album”. Dan Sultan and his musical partner Scott Wilson were nominated for the highly prestigious and coveted APRA Breakthrough Songwriters of the Year 2011. In between special performances and Festival appearances around the country, Dan Sultan is currently in the studio working on his follow up album. Fans can expect to hear something new from ...
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Bluesfest 2013
Bluesfest 2013 was the biggest and best line up in the history of the iconic Blues and Roots Music Festival. As the head media publicists for Bluesfest 2013, AUM PR coordinated national, state and local publicity campaigns. AUM also looked after publicity for the Bonnie Raitt & Mavis Staples, Tedeschi Trucks & Trombone Shorty and Joan Armatrading sideshows in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Sweet clip of Bluesfest 2013 http://youtu.be/ukyb9nDxZoU THE RECIPE TO BLUESFEST’S 2013 SUCCESS Wednesday 17 April, 2013 It took 4000 coffees and 6421 meals to fuel the 1000+ Artists, 495 workers and 600 volunteers to ignite our ...
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Blue King Brown
Hailed by Santana as “The voice of the street and the band of the future!” Blue King Brown is Australia’s premier 8 piece live urban roots crew. Lead by the multi-talented, relentless energy of Natalie Pa’apa’a; Powerful vocal & lyrical delivery’s meet a dancehall, roots, rock & afro groove mash-up built on an irrepressible percussive foundation. AUM worked with Blue King Brown for their 2011 National Tour and Festival appearances in 2012. Blue King Brown are currently finishing theirfollow up album to WORLDWIZE to be released in 2013. AUM is looking forward to working on the new album as the ...
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National Indigenous Music Awards
Thursday 16 May, 2013 Today the National Indigenous Music Awards revealed the legendary Yothu Yindi will be celebrated at the 2013 Awards concert with performances by some of the country’s top Indigenous acts. In 2012 the ARIAs recognised Yothu Yindi for their groundbreaking contribution to the Australian music scene and inducted the band into the ARIA Hall of Fame. A special performance featuring Gurrumul, Dan Sultan, Jessica Mauboy, Peter Garrett and Paul Kelly was a highlight of this ceremony. This year, the National Indigenous Music Awards dedicate the event to the musical legacy of Yothu Yindi with a concert featuring ...
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Joseph Tawadros
Chameleons of the White Shadow is the intriguing title to a captivating new album by 2012 ARIA Award winner Joseph Tawadros [Best World Music album]. Mainly composed by Tawadros and recorded at AVATAR studios in New York, Tawadros has garnered a legendary posse of world-class musicians who join him in bringing this album to life. The sound of Tawadros’ Oud comes from the East while banjo demigod and collaborator Béla Fleck’s is from the West. On this new album they meet in the middle creating a truly gratifying and contemporary fusion where world, classical and jazz seamlessly create a new ...
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Shellie Morris
Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] Best known nationally for her work with Black Arm Band, Shellie Morris is one of Australia’s finest Indigenous singer songwriters. She is a two-time winner of Female Musician of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards [NIMAs]. Her new album Ngambala Wiji li-Wunungu [Together We Are Strong] is said to be her most important work to date. Musically this album merges Shellie’s contemporary vocals with that of her ancient ancestors. The choir of the Borroloola Songwomen and Shellie’s opera-trained voice combine to create a naturally expressionistic ...
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East Journey
East Journey are a young Aboriginal band from North East Arnhem Land, NT. Fusing contemporary with traditional music, they share language, culture and country through music, song and dance. Featuring electric guitar and didgeridoo, their first single Song of Arnhem Land has a very catchy chorus that lyrically talks about the apprehension the band feels when they travel to new places, countries and cultures. While tours and music pulls them to away, their family, culture and country pushes them to come home. “High above, floating in clouds of white pulling me, pushing me, fading the light, outside my window to ...
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Rock For Recognition
November 8 – 11, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Fremantle A new series of concerts called Rock for Recognition have been initiated in order to raise awareness and promote the need for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. The inaugural Rock for Recognition headlined by Dan Sultan will tour to Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Fremantle and features a varied bill of artists including the highly awarded Wolves at the Door [Perth], sultry songstress Leah Flanagan [all shows] and the genre-jumping PBS DJ Ken Eavel [VIC show]. Other artists are likely to join the bill as word ...
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Skipping Girl Vinegar
Up-and-coming indie darlings, Skipping Girl Vinegar, are one of Australia’s most talked about bands. Childhood friends and celebrated songwriters, they have released two critically acclaimed albums, ‘Sift the Noise’ (2008) and ‘Keep Calm, Carry the Monkey’ (2011) that made many ‘Album of the year’ lists. Both albums have received extensive radio play on Triple J, ABC and community radio across the country. In mid- 2011, the band proudly released their anticipated follow up album ‘Keep Calm, Carry the Monkey’ [7 May 2011]. Written across two continents and recorded on the Victorian coast. It was mixed in Nashville by legendary indie engineer Brad ...