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How Aboriginal Girl Thelma Plum from country NSW wrote a song with Paul McCartney

by Paul Cashmere

When Indigenous singer songwriter Thelma Plum was a small girl growing up in the New South Wales country town Delungra, her musical tastes were being molded listening to Paul McCartney and Paul Kelly. On her new album ‘Better In Blak’, she has co-written a song with her two idols.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Better In Blak, David Kahne, folk, indigenous, Paul Kelly, Paul McCartney, pop, Thelma Plum

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Jessie Lloyd awarded International Touring Grant from The Cat Empire and The Australia Council

by Paul Cashmere

Jessie Lloyd and her Mission Songs Project is the recipient of the International Touring Grant from The Cat Empire and The Australia Council for the Arts.

Tagged as: Australia, indigenous, Jessie Lloyd, Missions Songs Project, music industry, The Australia Council, The Cat Empire

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Danzal Baker aka Baker Boy named Young Australian of the Year

by Paul Cashmere

Indigenous rapper Danzal Baker aka Baker Boy has been named Young Australian of the Year.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Baker Boy, Danzal Baker, indigenous, rap

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Baker Boy to Receive the Corner Award for 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne’s iconic venue The Corner Hotel has named indigenous hip-hop artist Baker Boy the recipient of its 2018 Corner Award.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Baker Boy, Corner Hotel, hip-hop, indigenous, rap

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Roger Knox To Spend A Lunchtime Telling Stories At The Australian Music Vault

Roger Knox, an inductee of the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame, will perform and speak about his life at MPavilion, Arts Centre Melbourne for the Australian Music Vault.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, country, folk, indigenous, Roger Knox

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Yothu Yindi Treaty 18

Classic Yothu Yindi Track Treaty Updated With Baker Boy For 2018

by Paul Cashmere

The Yothu Yindi dance classic ‘Treaty’ featuring Gavin Campbell has been updated to include Baker Boy and Dhapanbal Yunupingu, the daughter of Dr M. Yunupingu.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Baker Boy, dance, Gavin Campbell, indigenous, Yothu Yindi

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Gurrumul Djarimirri

Australian Charts: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Debuts At No 1

Local indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu achieves something after his passing in July of 2017 which he didn’t do while he was still alive, and that is score a No.1 album locally, as his fourth studio album and first posthumous release “Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

Tagged as: albums, Australia, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunipingu, indigenous, music industry

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Gurrumul Djarimirri

First Taste of Final Gurrumul Recording Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Gurrumul’s final recording ‘Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)’ will be released on April 13.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Djarimirri, folk, Gurrumul, indigenous

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Christine Anu - Image By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Christine Anu To Receive National Songwriting Award

Christine Anu will be recognised for her decades of work with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Australia’s First Nations Music.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Christine Anu, contemporary, indigenous, pop, songwriter

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Yothu Yindi To Reform

Yothu Yindi will get back together for a show in Sydney in January woth The Herd and Baker Boy.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Baker Boy, dance, indigenous, rock, The Herd, Yothu Yindi

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R.I.P. Dr G. Yunupingu (Gurrumul) 1971-2017

by Paul Cashmere

Dr G. Yunupingu, best known worldwide as Australian indigenous musician Gurrumul, has died at the age of 46.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, contemporary, Gospel, Gurrumul, indigenous

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Jimmy Little Honoured Through New Indigenous Managers Fund

by Claire Hennekam

The Jimmy Little Managers Fund is being lanched in Darwin on Friday, which aims to to invest in and empower Indigenous operators in the music industry.

Tagged as: AAM, Gram Buzz Bidstrup, indigenous, Jimmy Little

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Gurrumul image by Ros O'Gorman noise11.com, Noise11, Photo

ARIA Midweek Report: Delta And Gurrumul Could Be No 1

A week after the reconciliation week, and week in which we lost his former band mate from Yothu Yindi; Geoffrey Gurrumul and Delta Goodrem’s rendition of his song “Bayini” could be headed for a No.1 debut this week in Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian, Bayini, Delta Goodrem, Gurrumul, indigenous

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Kutcha Edwards Delivers New Video, Album And Shows

Indigenous blues master Kutcha Edwards preps for his new album and launches with a video for ‘Get Back Up Again’.

Tagged as: blues, Chris Wilson, Dan Sultan, indigenous, Jeff Lang, Kutcha Edwards, Rebecca Barnard

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Whitehouse And Yung Warriors Team Up

Indigenous hip-hop instigators Whitehouse bring their debut album on tour with Yung Warriors.

Tagged as: A Funky Intervention, funk, hip-hop, indigenous, Whitehouse, Yung Warriors

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Gurrumul image by Ros O'Gorman noise11.com, Noise11, Photo

Gurrumul’s Rrakala Goes Platinum

Indigenous star Gurrumul’s second album Rrakala has hit platinum sales in Australia.

Tagged as: Bayini, Gurrumul, indigenous, platinum, Rrakala, Sarah Blasko, world

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Gurrumul. Photo by Adrian Cook.

ABC Books To Publish Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s Story

Skinnyfish have teamed with ABC Books to publish the story of indigenous star Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

Tagged as: ABC Books, biopgraphy, book, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, indigenous, singer, Skinnyfish Music, songwriter

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