Soft Sands
Soft Sands may refer to: * Soft Sands (band), a country and gospel band from Arnhem Land, Australia, or their debut album * Soft Sands (album) ''Soft Sands'' is a 1957 studio album by Oscar Peterson, arranged by Buddy Bregman. Track listing # "Soft Sands" (Carroll Coates) – 2:17 # "On the Outside Looking In" – 2:31 # "It Happens Every Spring" – 2:41 # "Chanel" (Piero Umiliani) †...

Soft Sands (band)
Soft Sands is a country and gospel band from Galiwin'ku in Arnhem Land formed in 1970. It was one of the first Arnhem Land bands to incorporate contemporary instruments, music styles and technologies into its music and has had a major influence on the development of popular music in top end. The members are Yolŋu and they sing in English and Yolŋu Matha. Soft Sands was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2006 NT Indigenous Music Awards It has released two self-titled albums. It also accompanied Neparrŋa Gumbula on his unreleased solo album ''Djiliwirri''. Discography *''Soft Sands'' (1985) - Imparja *''Soft Sands'' (2002) - TEABBA References *Corn, A with JN Gumbula 2005, 'Ancestral Precedent as Creative Inspiration: The Influence of Soft Sands on Popular Song Composition in Arnhem Land', in G Ward & A Muckle (eds), The Power of Knowledge, the Resonance of Tradition: Electronic Publication of Papers from the AIATSIS Indigenous Studies Conference, September 2001, Canberra, A ...
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