Stuart Joel Nuggett (Kirriyangunji) is a Jingili country musician based in

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, Australia. He speaks Mudbura and Jingulu languages.

Career

Originally from Elliott (Kulumindini),

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, Nugget was front man for the rock band, Storm Riders. The band also included Samuel Sandy and Jason Bill of

Kulumindini Band Kulumindini Band are an aboriginal rock band from Elliott, Northern Territory. They are named after a Jingili Dreaming (spirituality), dreaming site. The members are Jingili-Mudbura people and they sing in both Mudbura and English. In 2008 they we ...

, with Farryl Jones, Terrance Cooper, and Clifford Campbell. In 2002 Storm Riders released a five-track

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(EP), ''Waiting on a Miracle'', and played 2014's Merrepen Festival. Nuggett was taught Jingulu by his mother Janet Sandy-Gregory who was one of four fluent speakers of the language. In 2019 he released ''Stuart Nuggett'', a five-track EP, featuring music in the Jingulu language on CAAMA Music. It was performed at the First Nations Media Awards and National Live Music Awards. His song "Nayurni" (woman) was nominated for the Indigenous Language Award of the Year award at the

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(NIMAs). Following the release of his EP, Nuggett was signed to CAAMA Music, which released his debut album ''Ngaaya-Ma Jingila Baaya'' in October 2020. The album is in both Jingulu and English, and two of its tracks were nominated for the NIMAs in 2021. In 2019 Nuggett was one of several

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people who protested

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the Betaloo Basin area. He highlighted concerns over a lack of information over effects to the environment.

Awards and nominations

National Indigenous Music Awards

References

Indigenous Australian musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from the Northern Territory Australian male singers Living people Australian country musicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuggett, Stuart Joel