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National Indigenous Music Awards 2016
The National Indigenous Music Awards 2016 are the 13th annual National Indigenous Music Awards. The nominations were announced on 31 July 2016 and the awards ceremony was held on 6 August 2016. The theme for this year's award was ''Protest Songs''. The year, celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 and 25 years since the release of Yothu Yindi's ''Tribal Voice''. Performers *A.B. Original *Shellie Morris *Warren H. Williams and Danielle Young *Kahl Wallis *Lonely Boys *Stanley Gaykamangu *Yirrmal with his father Witiyana Marika (of Yothu Yindi) *Rayella *Chris Tamwoy *David Spry *Kuren Hall of Fame Inductee * Kutcha Edwards Kutcha Edwards is an indigenous Australian singer and songwriter, born in Balranald, New South Wales in 1965. He is a member of the Stolen Generations, and was removed from his parents at the age of 18 months. He is a Mutti Mutti man. He was named Indigenous Person of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west (129th meridian east), South Australia to the south (26th parallel south), and Queensland to the east (138th meridian east). To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other islands of the Indonesian archipelago. The NT covers , making it the third-largest Australian federal division, and List of country subdivisions by area, the 11th-largest country subdivision in the world. It is sparsely populated, with a population of only 249,000 – fewer than half as many people as in Tasmania. The largest population center is the capital city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. The archaeological hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathi Mathi People
The Muthi Muthi people are an indigenous Australian people whose traditional lands are located in the Northern Riverina and Far West regions of New South Wales. The Muthi Muthi are the traditional owners of Nimmie Caira and the Lowbidgee and share custodial rights for Lake Mungo, Mungo Man and Mungo Lady with the neighbouring Paakantji and Ngiyampaa groups. Language The Mati Mati spoke Madhi Madhi, a Kulinic language, and, according to Barry Blake, one of a subgroup, the Mathi languages, of which Matdhi Madhi is the best known. The subgroup includes the related Watiwati Letjiletji languages. What is distinctive about it compared to the languages spoken by most contiguous peoples is that it lacks monosyllabic nouns. Country The Muthi Muthi lands stretched over an estimated 2,200 sq. m. (.), taking in the Murrumbidgee River in the area of Balranald, with their southwestern boundary on the Murray River. Their western extension ran cloise by to Lake Benanee. Their northern rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Australian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2016 in music in Australia. Events January February March * 14 May – Australia's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, Dami Im, finishes in second place with 511 points for her song " Sound of Silence". She was beaten only by contest winner, Ukrainian representative Jamala. April May June July * 22– 24 July – Splendour in the Grass 2016 is held at North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by The Strokes, The Cure and Flume. August September October November December Bands disbanded Album and Single releases Albums *27 May - ''Skin'' by Flume *19 August - ''Seven Mirrors'' by Drapht *10 December - ''The End of the Beginning'' by B-Nasty Singles *16 January - '' Never Be like You'' by Flume *29 January - ''Smoke & Retribution'' by Flume *30 March - ''All Love'' by Drapht *22 April - '' Say It'' by Flume *10 June - '' In My Blood'' by The Veronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Children Came Back
Briggs may refer to: People and fictional characters * Briggs (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters * Briggs (given name), a list of people * Briggs (rapper) (born 1986), Australian rapper * Bishop Briggs, stage name of British-American singer and songwriter Sarah Grace McLaughlin (born 1992) Places ;In the United States * Briggs, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Briggs, Ohio, an extinct town * Briggs, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Briggs, Texas, an unincorporated community * Briggs, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Briggs Reservoir (Manomet, Massachusetts) * Briggs Reservoir (Plymouth, Massachusetts) * Briggs Lake, a lake in Minnesota * Briggs Run, a tributary of the Mohawk River near Yosts, New York ;Elsewhere * Briggs Hill, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Briggs Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica * Briggs Islet, Tasmania, Australia * Briggs Township, Ontario, Canada * Briggs Inlet, British Columbia, Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewayne Everettsmith
Dewayne Everettsmith is an Australian singer based in Hobart. He released his debut album ''Surrender'' in 2014. The album includes the song "Melaythina" which is the first commercially available song sung in Palawa kani. His song "It's Like Love" with Jasmine Beams was featured in a Tourism Australia advertising campaign. He has performed as part of The Black Arm Band and alongside Briggs and Gurrumul on the update of Archie Roach Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalu ...'s ''Charcoal Lane''. Discography *''Surrender'' (2014) - Skinnyfish References {{DEFAULTSORT:Everettsmith, Dewayne Indigenous Australian musicians Musicians from Tasmania Australian male singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caiti Baker
Caiti Baker is an Australian Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Harmony Arranger, Vocal Engineer, Music Workshop Facilitator, Mentor. Early life Baker's home is Darwin on stunning Larrakia land in the Northern Territory. Caiti's father, is a blues musician himself and Baker was raised on gospel, jazz, big band, rock & roll, blues and soul music and developed a love for R&B and hip hop in her adolescence. At the age of 12, Baker was given an 8 track digital recorder and she learnt how to write and record songs. Baker says she was inspired by the like Aretha Franklin, Big Mamma Thornton, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Etta James and Little Walter. Music 2009-2014: Sietta From 2009, Baker and James Managohig (AKA Kuya James) formed the duo ''Sietta''. Sietta released two studio albums, two extended plays, touring nationally and internationally before splitting in 2014. 2015-2019: Solo work and ''Zinc'' In 2015, Baker signed to Perambulator Records in Darwin. In mid-2015, Baker toured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briggs (rapper)
Adam Briggs (born 28 August 1986), who performs as Briggs and self-describes as Senator Briggs (although not a member of the Australian Senate), is an Indigenous Australian rapper, record label owner, comedy writer, actor, and author. Briggs became well known as a "solo rapper", signing with Golden Era Records in 2009, before co-founding the hip hop duo A.B. Original in 2016. As a solo artist, Briggs has released one EP, ''Homemade Bombs'' in 2009, and two albums, 2010's ''The Blacklist'' and 2014's ''Sheplife''. He has also made appearances on songs with Hilltop Hoods, the Funkoars, Drapht and The Last Kinection. In the live arena, he has supported international artists such as Ice Cube, KRS-One, Necro, Ghostface Killah, Dilated Peoples, M.O.P., and Pharoahe Monch.Briggs' biography on Golden Era Records website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gospel Album
''The Gospel Album'' is the third studio album from Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. It is performed in a mixture of both Yolngu and English. The album was announced in May and is described as 'a uniquely Indigenous approach to gospel songs with an expanded sound that combines new hymns, and reimagined gospel songs' The album was released on 31 July 2015 and reached number three on the ARIA charts in August 2015. The album is a dedication to Gurrumul's mother and aunts, who brought him up with songs and lullabies from the church at Elcho Island. As a small boy Gurrumul was not only influenced by the traditional music of his clan but by the gospel music he heard at the local Methodist church. It is a re-imagining of the spiritual songs that came to north-east Arnhem Land via Christian missionaries. The album cover who captured by Sydney photographer Nic Walker. A music video for "Jesu" was released on 3 July 2015. A music video for "Amazing Grace" (featuring Paul Kelly) was relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Wurramara
Emily Wurramara is an Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter. In 2018, Wurramara was nominated for Best Blues and Roots Album at the ARIA Awards. Early life Wurramara is a Warnindhilyagwa woman from Groote Eylandt, off the Northern Territory of Australia. She grew up in Brisbane. Music Wurramara writes and sings in both English and Anindilyakwa. In 2016, she released her debut EP, ''Black Smoke'', which earned her a Queensland Music Award. She followed it up with an album named ''Milyakburra'' in 2018 and toured nationally with Alice Skye. In November 2022, she collaborated with other First Nations artists Emma Donovan, DOBBY, Drmngnow, and Optamus to create a song in memory of Cassius Turvey, a Noongar-Yamatji boy who had died at the age of 15 the result of an assault by a random attacker when walking home from school in Perth, Western Australia. The song, titled "Forever 15", was played at Turvey's funeral on 18 November 2022 funeral and released three days lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurrumul Yunupingu
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 January 1971 – 25 July 2017), commonly known as Gurrumul and also referred to since his death as Dr G. Yunupingu, was an Aboriginal Australian musician of the Yolŋu peoples. A multi-instrumentalist, he played drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed) and didgeridoo, but it was the clarity of his singing voice that attracted rave reviews. He sang stories of his land both in Yolŋu languages such as Gaalpu, Gumatj or Djambarrpuynu, a dialect related to Gumatj, and in English. Although his solo career brought him wider acclaim, he was also formerly a member of Yothu Yindi and later of Saltwater Band. He was the most commercially successful Aboriginal Australian musician at the time of his death. As of 2020, it is estimated that Yunupingu has sold half a million records globally. Life and career Early life (1971–1989) The first of four sons born to Ganyinurra (Daisy), of the Gumal clan, and Nyambi "Terry" Yunu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Sultan
Daniel Leo Sultan (born 1983) is an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, actor and author. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 he won ARIA Award for Best Male Artist, Best Male Artist and ARIA Award for Best Blues and Roots Album, Best Blues & Roots Album for his second album, ''Get Out While You Can'' (November 2009). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2014, 2014 ceremony he won ARIA Award for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Album for ''Blackbird (Dan Sultan album), Blackbird'' (April 2014), which had reached number four on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Albums Chart. In 2017, Sultan's record ''Killer (Dan Sultan album), Killer'' was nominated for three ARIA Music Awards of 2017, ARIA awards: Best Male Artist, Best Rock Album, and Best Independent Release. Sultan's debut children's music album ''Nali & Friends'' was named Best Children's Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2019. Early life Daniel Leo Sultan was born in 1983. He spent much of his early life in Fitzroy, Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Donovan
Emma Donovan (born 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian singer and songwriter. She is a member of the renowned musical Donovan family. She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, the Donovans. In 2000, she became a founding member of Stiff Gins, leaving the band three years later to release the solo album ''Changes'' in 2004. She performs with the Black Arm Band and released a solo EP, ''Ngaaraanga'', in 2009. She has been nominated for multiple Deadly Awards including Female Artist of the Year,Deadly Vibe Issue 104, October 2005 Xpress Delivery and performed at the opening of the . She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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