This is a list of notable musicians who play the

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players from traditional didgeridoo regions (according to

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"), belonging to clans that claim the didgeridoo as part of their ancient ancestral heritage: *

David Blanasi David Blanasi ( – 2001?) was an Aboriginal man of the Mayali language group of west Arnhem Land, who is known for popularising the didgeridoo outside Australia, after appearing on television on the '' Rolf Harris show'' in 1967. He subsequentl ...

Ash Dargan Ash Dargan is an indigenous Australian didgeridoo player. He is a member of the Larrakia people but did not find out about his aboriginality until he was 21.The West Australian, 22 June 2000, "Competition" by Ara Jansen He teaches and performs al ...

* Djalu Gurruwiwi Aboriginal players from non-traditional didgeridoo regions: * Mark Atkins * William Barton * Adrian Burragubba * Alan Dargin *

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* David Hudson * David Williams Non-Aboriginal Australian didgeridoo players: * Anthony Field * Rolf Harris *

Charlie McMahon Charlie McMahon (born in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney, 1951) is an Australian didgeridoo player. The founder of the group Gondwanaland, McMahon was one of the first non- Aboriginal musicians to gain fame as a professional player of the ...

Adam Plack Adam Plack is an Australian-born didgeridoo player, composer and producer, originally from East Brighton in Melbourne. He moved to New York City in 1991 and released four albums before moving into production and composition for meditation music ...

* Xavier Rudd

United States

* Stuart Dempster * Stephen Kent * Steve Roach *

Graham Wiggins Graham Wiggins (October 25, 1962 – September 7, 2016) was an American musician and scientist. He played the didgeridoo, keyboards, melodica, sampler, and various percussion instruments with his groups, the Oxford-based Outback and Dr. Didg. ...

Performers who use the didgeridoo as a secondary instrument

A number of didgeridoo players are jazz or classical trombonists (or, alternatively, players of other wind or string instruments) who double on the didgeridoo, using it as a secondary instrument. These include: * Art Baron * Brandon Boyd * John Butler *

Douglas Ewart Douglas R. Ewart (born 13 September 1946 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican multi-instrumentalist and instrument builder. He plays sopranino and alto saxophones, clarinets, bassoon, flute, bamboo flutes ('' shakuhachi'', ''ney'', and panpipe ...

* Wycliffe Gordon *

Like a Storm Like a Storm is a band from Auckland, New Zealand, best known for combining heavy baritone guitar riffs and hard rock songs with didgeridoo. They are the highest charting New Zealand hard rock band in American radio history. Both of their two ...

Christian Lindberg Christian Lindberg (born 15 February 1958) is a Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer, Biography Early life and career Lindberg was born in Danderyd. As a youth, he learned to play the trumpet, and subsequently began to learn the trombone ...

* Brendon Urie * Peter Zummo

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