Blackstorm are a rock/blues band from Yuendumu in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

. The members are Warlpiri and their songs are sung in Warlpiri and English. The band was nominated for a Deadly Award for Best Band in 2001. Music from Blackstorm and its members were used in the ''

Bush Mechanics ''Bush Mechanics'' is a humorous 2001 television docudrama series directed by David Batty and Francis Jupurrurla Kelly and produced by the Warlpiri Media Association (now Pintubi Anmatjere Warlpiri (PAW) Media), featuring an Aboriginal Austral ...

'' shows. Both Rice and Robertson also work as artists.

Discography

* ''Desert Calling'' (1995) -

CAAMA The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organisation founded in 1980 to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia. It started with 8KIN-FM, the first Aboriginal radio station in the country. Based in ...

* ''Highway To Nowhere'' (2001) - CAAMACreative Spirits
Blackstorm discography

References

External links

*Bios a
Bush Mechanics home page

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