Stream ›› https://soundcloud.com/danzel-baker-1/marryuna-baker-boy-feat-yirrmal Download WAV ›› https://www.dropbox.com/s/eirazjjagj8svjs/Marryuna%20-%20Baker%20Boy%20Feat%20Yirrmal.wav?dl=0 Amrap ›› http://airit.org.au/Baker-Boy-Marryuna.html Interview with Waleed Aly on The Project TV https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/the-project/extra/season-9/baker-boy Digital distribution by Ditto Distribution In Yolngu culture dance plays a pivotal role. There’s ceremonial dance, celebratory dance and then there’s Marryuna; to dance with no shame, to freestyle for the sheer elation of dancing. Marryuna is the second highly anticipated single from Arnhem Land’s ascending hip hop star Baker Boy. At this year’s BIGSOUND the song was such a killa that it was performed twice to an already eager crowd who were prepared to dance even harder for […]
Photography Wayne Quilliam Electronic songlines reach new audiences Daniel Browning for ABC RN – on air and online Listen to the song here>> http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/the-eternal-loop:-reinterpreting-a-yolngu-songline/8498250 A haunting Yolngu songline from the Mangalili clan of north-east Arnhem Land runs through the electronic score to the Sydney Dance Company’s latest production. It seems unlikely – but it’s not. The unending ancestral story of a spirit lady who delivers the souls of the recently dead to the afterlife has been recited in the manikay (song) tradition for thousands of years by the Yolngu songmen. The latest interpreter of the song though is a relatively […]
BENNY WALKER CONCISE BIOGRAPH [as at March 2017] Stream SAVE: https://soundcloud.com/bennywalker/save/s-DehwM Watch Oh No You Don’t: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjiQpNquwY4&feature=youtu.be Yorta Yorta singer/songwriter Benny Walker is the real deal. His love songs and epic tales are mixed with passion for people, the land, summer vibes and deep grooves that reach the soul. Capturing hearts with darker tracks reflecting a shadowy side such as those on album Through the Forest through to upbeat songs such as Summer Sun Benny’s killer voice and songwriting talents have impressed audiences far & wide. Nominated for 4 NIMA awards in 2016 > New Talent of the Year, […]
Walking With Spirits returns to spectacular Beswick Falls [NT] with a lineup to match Friday 14th and Saturday 15th July Regarded as one of the country’s most spiritually significant Indigenous cultural festivals, this year’s Walking with Spirits returns to Beswick Falls with an outstanding national cultural coup. The event will be headlined by ARIA Award winning musician and composer David Bridie performing with Papuan Songman superstar George Telek and musicians from the Gunantuna. Singing songs from the highly acclaimed latest album a Bit na Ta this special performance is an incredible experience and a rare treat for NT locals and […]
DIFF still going til DUFF The 7th Darwin International Film Festival >> 15 – 25th September Come rain or shine the Darwin Int’l Film Festival [DIFF] is proving to be a favourite with sell out shows since it opened last Thursday night. You can still catch plenty of filmic delight along with a swag of industry panels and forums until this Sunday night when it wraps up with DUFF [Darwin Underground Film Festival]. Thursday night DIFF pays homage to the Darwin Pride Festival and showcases two amazing but very different films. First on screen is Mr Gaga at 7.15pm […]
MABO DAY is JUNE 3 Torres Straits Leader Calls for National Public Holiday Stream ›› Kioki Ft: Radical Son.: https://soundcloud.com/maupower/koiki/s-nBI3q Download WAV ›› http://bit.ly/2rgDJ3H Mau Power is the first rapper to emerge from the rich musical traditions of the Torres Strait, a local leader and a lyrical storyteller at the crossroads of Indigenous and hip-hop culture. KOIKI is the story he was born to take to the nation and to the world, a celebration of the historic victory of his countryman Eddie Mabo in overturning the fiction of terra nullius and advancing the cause of indigenous land rights. KOIKI is […]
WINS THREE NIMAs + ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES Photo credit: NIMAs 2014 Liberation Music are pleased as punch to share the news of Dan Sultan’s wins at the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA’s) in Darwin over the weekend. Sultan took out the coveted National Album of the Year award for his #4 ARIA debuting Blackbird, National Song of the Year for ‘The Same Man’ and National Cover Art of the Year for Blackbird (with thanks to Ken Taylor, who put the beautiful artwork together). Since its release in April this year, Blackbird has performed consistently well, maintaining its position in […]
a Bit na Ta “The Source of the Sea” Stream 1.34 minutes for a magic intro to this album >> https://soundcloud.com/wantokmusik/george-telek-tatabai Stream full album// https://wantokmusik.bandcamp.com/album/a-bit-na-ta Download WAV // https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xlj7542f20d5wha/AAA1OHE4HqrmbjPqWH9kIJ2Ka?dl=0 a Bit na Ta: an audio-visual art installation celebrating the Tolai people of East New Britain, featuring at Queensland’s Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art until January 29th 2017. By David Bridie (Artistic Director), George Telek (Musician), Gideon Kakabin (Cultural Historian), Keith Deverell (Video Artist), Lisa Hilli (Visual Artist), Nao Anzai (Surround Sound). Songs From a Bit na Ta: a musical immersion in the history, culture and spiritual essence of […]
Nattali Rize drops One People Out Now From the album Rebel Frequency out March 24th Stream »: https://soundcloud.com/nattali-rize/one-people Watch »: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNQTZ_lxLXs AIRIT »: http://airit.org.au/airit/Nattali-Rize-One-People.html « One People » the first single from Nattali Rize’s anticipated debut longplayer – Rebel Frequency – drops with a beautifully simple yet inexplicably connective video that sees her delivering the quintessential conscious and uncompromising statements. Resonating more than ever before her call to action comes totally unplugged, with stripped back raw vocals and a heart-cry that progressively builds its intensity to a choral crescendo. It’s [almost] a lullaby with a fierce and fearless intention and it’s sticking… One […]