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Buddy Knox – He’s our blues brother Buddy
The Buddy Knox Blues Band continues a family tradition and brought a new sound to this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival. Being a Tamworth local, Buddy Knox is no stranger to the nation’s top music festival. After wowing audiences at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2007 and 2008, Buddy returned with his blues band […]
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Gus Williams
Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music 2001 – Gus Williams Arrernte man Gus Williams has arguably done more for Aboriginal music, and country music in particular, than any other blackfulla in the Territory. Born in Alice Springs in the late 1930s, Gus moved to Hermannsburg as a teenager to live with his grandfather after his parents […]
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Ruby Hunter
Ruby Hunter dominated the nominations for the 2000 Deadly Sounds National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Awards, with a total of four to her name – Female Artist of the Year, Album Release of the Year, Single Release of the Year, and Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music. Our swinging sister from the Ngarrindjeri people […]
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Lou Bennet
As a member of the Tiddas trio, Lou Bennett toured the world, gaining fans like Billy Bragg along the way. Releasing a total of four records, the group’s unique sound garnered them three Deadlys and an ARIA before they called it quits in 2000. Lou Bennett has since released a solo album, Time Out, a […]
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Bobby McLeod
Deadly Vibe Issue 56 October 2001 Every Mcleod Has A Silver Lining After rescuing himself, Bobby McLeod set about rescuing culture – in song, rhyme and dance. Deadly Vibe meets a man for whom the sun is finally shining. Do you think that this planet is prone to abuse? And that ignorance about is an […]
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Sammy Butcher
>Deadly Vibe Issue 77 September 2003 Famous Warumpi band member Sammy Butcher didn’t have to look far for inspiration for the title of his latest album. “Out here in the desert, when you look out at the sand hills, you can imagine them as being huge red waves on the ocean,” says Sammy, who lives […]
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Emma Donavan
Fresh from her breathtaking performance at this year’s Deadlys, Emma Donovan is proving that she’s got a very bright future ahead of her in country music. She’s got the voice, she’s got the smile and being a Donovan, she’s certainly got the pedigree! Emma is probably best known for her involvement with exciting acoustic group […]
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Catherine Sumner
Deadly Vibe Issue 106, December 2005 Stars in her Eyes This young musician has Nashville in her sights. When it comes to country music, Indigenous Australia has its fair share of talent ” Troy Cassar-Daley, Todd Williams, the Donovans, Auriel Andrews, Vic Simms, Warren H. Williams ” the list goes on and on. There is […]
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Cultural Concert
Deadly Vibe Issue 96 February 2005 Concert of the Ages It was on for young and old at Tamworth’s Bicentennial Park during a special cultural concert. A huge, free concert was held in Tamworth’s Bicentennial Park on Tuesday, January 18 to promote and showcase Aboriginal country music. Featuring a line-up that combined our newest Indigenous […]
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Shelly Atkins
Tamworth-based Shelly Atkins is the first female singer/songwriter to sign with CAAMA. Shelly has been surrounded by music all her life. Her father, Mark Atkins, is a nationally acclaimed didgeridoo player with many recordings and performances to his credit. As a young singer in Tamworth, Shelly found herself singing country music with various bands. But […]
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Jimmy Little
Deadly Vibe Issue 89 July 2004 Life’s what he makes it Singing legend Jimmy Little has been on the most incredible journey this year. In February, after performing a show with James Blundell in Denmark on the southern coast of Western Australia, Jimmy got the phone call he’d waited two years for. There was a […]
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Col Hardy
The Centenary of Federation is a good time to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and their contributions to Australia during the past 100 years. One man whose contribution to Aboriginal country music has been enormous is singer Col Hardy. Once dubbed “the gentle giant of country-soul”, Col Hardy […]
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Troy Brady
Troy’s musical career began at 16 when he taught himself to play guitar from a songbook of “The Shadows” provided by his father. Two years later, his singing talent was noticed by his mother when she heard him and some friends having a sing-along to a boombox in the garage. This resulted in his involvement […]
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Kutcha Edwards
A child of the Stolen Generation, Kutcha Edwards talks about his struggles as a child, his success as a musician and his joy at becoming a father. When Kutcha Edwards was 18 months old, he was taken from his mother and father and placed in care. He subsequently spent most of his childhood in institutions. […]
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Warren Milera
>Deadly Vibe Issue 83 There are many talented singers in the music industry today that can impress an audience with spectacular renditions of other people’s songs. However Warren Milera, an Indigenous country music artist from South Australia, makes himself heard through his original and evocative songwriting talents. Warren sings from the heart and is a […]
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Saltwater Band
Deadly Vibe Issue 110 April 2006 A Royal Occasion Saltwater Band says “Nhämirri nhe”* to Her Majesty the Queen. STORY: The fellas from Saltwater Band from Elcho Island were invited by the Prime Minister to open the procession in a special service at Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral for Queen Elizabeth II while she was visiting […]
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