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Imagine all the people…
R’n’B soul duo Kristal West and Zaachariah Fielding from South Australia have been sending shivers down the spines of viewers of The Voice over the past weeks.
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Deadly duo
Busby Marou on their upcoming tour and everything in between, from Nashville to James Blunt.
Evie J Willie: Lady Soldier
Evie J Willie knew early on the importance of being empowered, empowering others and how music could help deliver on that vision.
Radical Son: Cause ‘n Affect
When David Leha of Radical Son extracts poetic, poignant lyrics from within his mind, the end result is Cause ‘n Affect: his upcoming album.
Deadly Sounds Episode 1034 – Munkimuk
Munkimuk released a solo album in 2005 but since then he has been working on the other side of music: producing…until now
Deadly Sounds episode 1033 – Tjintu Desert Band
Tjintu Desert Band released their album in early March through CAAMA Music, featuring the combined talents of five members from the remote Central Australian towns Kintore and Ikuntji
My Country – Abie Wright
My Country… Newcastle My name is… Abie Wright My position is… musician/songwriter and performer in Street Warriors with my brother Wok. My mob is… I’m born and bred in Newcastle which is Awabakal country but my family links and my mobs are originally Gamilaroi, Anaiwan and Dungutti. I live in… Newcastle. The population here is… […]
Big Name, No Blankets – Warumpi Band
Guitarist and songwriter Neil Murray takes us inside the creation and inspiration for Warumpi Bands seminal 1985 debut album. DV: How did the name for the album come about? NM: It came about when we were on tour in 1984. We’d already released the single Jailangaru Parkanu (Out from Jail) and some of the film […]
Power Surge – Maupower
Torres Strait Island hip hop artist Patrick Mau, aka Maupower, Kid Blaze and Rogue Soldier, has no qualms with tackling big issues in his music, and recently joined us on Deadly Sounds to break down his latest album. Rogue Soulja from your latest album PM: The Rogue Soulja is one of my personas – I […]
Busby Marou – Natural Connection
With their warm, acoustic driven tunes and harmonies, Busby Marou sound like a band that would have been right at home in Laurel Canyon, Californian folk scene of the 1970’s. Their self titled debut has already got the local music industry taking notice, and the bands two members, Thomas Busby and Jeremy Marou, recently dropped […]
Dan Sultan wins Best Male Artist at ARIA’s
Indigenous rocker Dan Sultan has already enjoyed a dream year, and things just keep getting better, with Dan last night picking up the Best Male Artist award at the 2010 ARIA Awards. Dan has performed everywhere from The Deadlys to the NRL Grand Final and Hey Hey its Saturday this year, and the award caps […]
Leah Flanagan – Creating Nirvana
From performing her own songs at Darwin’s local music hub the Nirvana Restaurant, to now releasing her first album Nirvana Nights at the recent Darwin Festival, music has been a natural progression for singer/songwriter Leah Flanagan. “The launch was fantastic! I’m really, really happy with how things worked out for the album. This is my […]
Celebrity Health – Joel Wenitong
You know him as MC Weno, one third of hip hop crew The Last Kinection, but what you may not know about Joel Wenitong is that the talented rapper is also a teacher, health worker and devoted father. We sat down with the Cairns based MC who dropped some knowledge on staying healthy and happy. […]
Ursula Yovich – Life Journey
Ursula Yovich has always wanted to do her own show to perform the songs that she’s always wanted to sing, but when the Adelaide Cabaret Festival Director David Campbell approached her in late 2008, she had reservations. She’d just had her first baby, Jala (now two years-old) and wasn’t sure if she’d have time or […]
Viv Edwards – No Way, it’s not our way
The children know her as “Aunty Viv” and anyone who follows her music knows she doesn’t back away from writing and singing about the important stuff. Singer/songwriter Viv Edwards has taken a powerful message on domestic violence and put it to words and music for her latest single ‘No Way’. It’s a song about the […]
In the studio with Sondra Paulson
Sondra Paulson is a talented young singer with an amazing voice and a very bright future. Having already performed at The Dreaming festival and WOMADelaide, Sondra has her first album coming out in August and dropped by the Deadly Sounds studio to chat with Rhoda Roberts about music, life and making it in the music […]
In the studio with Andrew Beckett
Former Tribal Link front man Andrew Beckett joined Rhoda Roberts in the studio to chat about his new EP and life in music. RR: Hi Andrew, thanks for joining us on Deadly Sounds. I’m sure many people will remember you from the band Tribal Link. Now you have a new EP out called The Day, […]
Breaking the sound barrier
Despite the recent breakout commercial success of a few, Indigenous musicians face an uphill battle when it comes to making it on the local mainstream music scene. Over the past 18 months, two immensely talented Indigenous artists from the Northern Territory have made a significant impact on the Australian music charts. Of course, we’re referring […]
Shellie Morris – Winter Magic
Deadly Vibe Issue 157, March 2010 Performing for Canada’s Aboriginal people at this year’s Winter Olympics, was an amazing experience for the Black Arm Band. Shellie Morris tells us all about it. Recently, Shellie performed with Aboriginal super-group, Black Arm Band, a collaboration of Australia’s top Indigenous artists, at the opening of the Winter Olympics […]
Troy Cassar-Daley – Troy’s Golden Night
Keith Urban may be Australia’s best-known country-music star in the US, but here on home soil it’s Troy Cassar-Daley, fresh from winning multiple Golden Guitar awards at Tamworth, who’s feeling the big, big love. By the time Troy Cassar-Daley accepted his sixth Golden Guitar trophy at the Tamworth Country Music Awards late last month, it […]
Luke Austen – A star is made
In the music industry, there’s no such thing as an overnight success and this year’s winner of the prestigious Toyota Star Marker talent search is no exception. Luke Austen who recently won the Star Maker quest, which has launched the careers of country greats such as Gina Jeffreys, Lee Kernaghan, James Blundell and Keith Urban, […]
Street Warriors – Full Force
It’s been a long time coming, but the Street Warriors’ first full-length album really packs a punch. Good things come to those who wait, which is probably why the Street Warriors’ recently released debut album, Unstoppable Force, took seven years to make. Riding a wave of momentum ever since their tribal call to arms, ‘Blackfellas’, […]
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