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Jem Cassar-Daley
Jem Irene Cassar-Daley is an Australian indie pop singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of country music singer Troy Cassar-Daley and TV presenter Laurel Edwards and is a Gumbaynggirr Bundjalung woman. Early life and education Jem Cassar-Daley's parents are Laurel Edwards, a television presenter, radio announcer and singer, and Troy Cassar-Daley, a country music singer-songwriter and musician. Note: source incorrectly shows artist's first name as "Gem". She is a Gumbaynggirr Bundjalung woman and has a sibling. In 2022 Cassar-Daley explained that she had been "sung to in the womb" and that ''The Sound of White'' by Missy Higgins was the first album she bought, "I love her (Higgins) and still do." Career 2021-present: ''I Don't Know Who to Call'' Cassar-Daley released her debut single "Letting Go" in July 2021. Her seven-track debut extended play, ''I Don't Know Who to Call'' appeared in May 2022. It includes previous singles "Letting Go", "Changes", "Like it More" an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South East Queensland metropolitan region, which encompasses a population of around 3.8 million. The Brisbane central business district is situated within a peninsula of the Brisbane River about from its mouth at Moreton Bay, a bay of the Coral Sea. Brisbane is located in the hilly floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Taylor Range, Taylor and D'Aguilar Range, D'Aguilar mountain ranges. It sprawls across several local government in Australia, local government areas, most centrally the City of Brisbane, Australia's most populous local government area. The demonym of Brisbane is ''Brisbanite''. The Traditional Owners of the Brisbane a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the renowned Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australian Musicians
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Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention * Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band * Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse * ''Indigenous'' (film), Australian, 2016 See also * Disappeared indigenous women *Indigenous Australians * Indigenous language * Indigenous religion * Indigenous peoples in Canada *Native (other) Native may refer to: People * Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth * Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory ** Native Americans (other) In arts and enterta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland, Australia
) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_date = Colony of Queensland , established_title2 = Separation from New South Wales , established_date2 = 6 June 1859 , established_title3 = Federation , established_date3 = 1 January 1901 , named_for = Queen Victoria , demonym = , capital = Brisbane , largest_city = capital , coordinates = , admin_center_type = Administration , admin_center = 77 local government areas , leader_title1 = Monarch , leader_name1 = Charles III , leader_title2 = Governor , leader_name2 = Jeannette Young , leader_title3 = Premier , leader_name3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk ( ALP) , legislature = Parliament of Queensland , judiciary = Supreme Court of Queensland , national_representation = Parliament of Australia , national_representation_type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Music Awards
The Queensland Music Awards (commonly known as QMA and known as the Q Song Awards from 2006 to 2010) are annual awards celebrating Queensland's emerging artists. They commenced in 2006. Each year, the QMA Song of the Year is immortalised in a plaque on Fortitude Valley's Walk of Fame in the Brunswick Street Mall. 2006 Q Song Awards The 2006 Q Song Awards winners. ;Major awards * Song of the Year - "Unsettle My Heart" by The Boat People * Published song of the Year - "Songbird" by Bernard Fanning * Grant McLennan Lifetime Achievement Award – "Cattle and Cane" by Grant McLennan * QMusic Encouragement Award - "Don't You Choose Me" by Kate Bradley ;Genre awards * Blues and Roots - "Honey Don't" by The Gin Club * Country - "Better Off" by Chris Pickering * Electronic / Dance - "Tin Cat" by My Ninja Lover * Hip Hop - "Analgestic" (remix) by The Winner Coopers * Indigenous - "Native Language" Song by Freddie Shortjoe * Jazz - "Mesmerisation" by Sean Foran * Mixed / Alternati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Feeds
''Music Feeds'' is a free bi-weekly digital music and lifestyle magazine (street press) established in 2008 and based in Sydney, Australia. It is distributed electronically every second Tuesday, with additional material posted on the website regularly. As distinct from direct competitors ''Drum Media ''The Music'', (formerly known as and now incorporating ''Drum Media)'', is an online Australian music magazine. It previously existed as a street press devoted to long-form music journalism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. I ...'' and ''The Brag'', ''Music Feeds'' purports to cover more independent and self-funded musicians. This is a distinction that has been noted by several local music sources. Since 2012, Music Feeds moved to a 24/7 online music publication and regularly covers local and international music news, events, and releases. References External links * 2008 establishments in Australia Biweekly magazines published in Australia Free mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Indigenous Music Awards 2022
The National Indigenous Music Awards 2022 were the 19th annual National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs). The awards were announced on 12 May, nominations were revealed on 13 July and the winners presented on 6 August 2022. NIMAs creative director Ben Graetz said he was proud of the night’s proceedings. "To be at the Amphitheater with community, celebrating together in person will be something I will remember for a very long time." Performers * Thelma Plum * King Stingray * Emma Donovan & the Putbacks and Fred Leone - "We Won't Cry" * Birdz & Fred Leone * Yirrmal * Manuel Dhurrkay * Bumpy * J-MILLA and the Red Flag Dancers. reference: Hall of Fame inductee * Gurrumul Triple J Unearthed National Indigenous Winner * Bumpy Archie Roach Foundation Award * Dobby Rhyan Clapham, known by his stage name Dobby (stylised as DOBBY), is a Filipino-Aboriginal Australian musician. He describes himself as a "drapper", a contraction of rapper and drummer, although he also plays o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Indigenous Music Awards
The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA), also known as the NT Indigenous Music Awards from 2004 to 2008, are music awards presented to recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians in Australia. History The inaugural event was held in 2004, launched as the NT Indigenous Music Awards. In 2008 the awards went national and were renamed the National Indigenous Music Awards. Just a couple of weeks before the scheduled date of the 2021 event on 7 August, it was announced that it would be postponed until later in the year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic flaring in New South Wales. Description The National Indigenous Music Awards are awarded during the Darwin Festival and run by MusicNT in association with the Northern Territory Government. They recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from throughout Australia. The Awards are presented at a special event in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missy Higgins
Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983), known professionally as Missy Higgins, is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her Australian number-one albums are ''The Sound of White'' (2004), ''On a Clear Night'' (2007) and ''The Ol' Razzle Dazzle'' (2012), and her singles include "Scar (song), Scar", "Steer (Missy Higgins song), Steer" and "Where I Stood". Higgins was nominated for five ARIA Music Awards in ARIA Music Awards of 2004, 2004 and won 'Best Pop Release' for "Scar". In ARIA Music Awards of 2005, 2005, she was nominated for seven more awards and won five. Higgins won her seventh ARIA in ARIA Music Awards of 2007, 2007. Her third album, ''The Ol' Razzle Dazzle'', was released in Australia in June 2012 (July 2012 in the US). As of August 2014, Higgins' first three studio albums had sold over one million units. Higgins' fourth studio album, ''OZ'', was released in September 2014 and consists of cover versions of Australian composers, as well as a book of rela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Cassar-Daley
Troy Cassar-Daley (born 18 May 1969) is an Australian country music songwriter and entertainer. Cassar-Daley has released thirteen studio albums, two live albums and five compilation albums over 30 years, including the platinum-selling ''The Great Country Songbook'' with Adam Harvey. Throughout this time he has received awards including five ARIA Music Awards, forty Golden Guitars, nine Deadly Awards (Australian Indigenous Artist Awards), four Country Music Association of Australia Entertainer of the Year awards and two National Indigenous Music Awards. Early life and career Cassar-Daley was born on 18 May 1969 in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills to a Maltese-Australian father and an Aboriginal mother from the Gumbaynggirr and Bundjalung people. At a very young age, he moved with his mother to Grafton in north-eastern New South Wales. At eleven, Troy went to the Tamworth Country Music Festival and returned the next year to busk on the streets. At 16, he and his band, Little E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sound Of White
''The Sound of White'' is the debut studio album by Australian pop singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, released 6 September 2004 by Eleven. It won the 2005 ARIA Music Award for Best Female Artist. Higgins had secured recording contracts with Eleven and Warner Bros. while still in high school, after winning a competition for unsigned artists run by radio station Triple J. Her winning song, "All For Believing", is included on this album. After a backpacking trip in 2002, Higgins toured and wrote songs during 2003. She wrote most tracks alone and collaborated on three songs, with Kevin Griffin, Jay Clifford and Clif Magness respectively. ''The Sound of White'' was recorded in 2004 with producer John Porter. Higgins' first single from the album was "Scar", released in August ahead of the album. Three more singles were released, " Ten Days" in November, "The Special Two" in April 2005 and "The Sound of White" in August. Critics gave the album mixed reviews and it achieved commercial su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enough Rope
''Enough Rope with Andrew Denton'' (often shortened to ''Enough Rope'') is a television interview show originally broadcast on ABC1 in Australia. The title of the show came from the phrase " give someone enough rope and they'll hang themselves". The program was the brainchild of Australian comedian, social critic, producer and media personality Andrew Denton, who hosted the show. The hour-long chat show aired from 2003 to 2008. Overview The show was based around in-depth interviews Denton held with a celebrity or person of note, usually before a studio audience. Many high-profile guests would comment on Denton's meticulous research in interview preparation. In addition to celebrities, Denton's interviewees have included people who are perceived to have extraordinary life stories or to hold interesting professions. An occasional feature of the show was "Show & Tell", in which Denton interviewed members of the studio audience, who revealed unusual stories about themselves. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
