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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
Thomas Mapfumo
In April Australians get a rare opportunity to hear in concert Zimbabwe’s Thomas Mapfumo and his full 10-piece band. Mapfumo is a cultural and political icon in Zimbabwe, the country from which he is exiled due to his outspokenness against Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and his betrayal of the fight for independence. Like Nigeria’s Fela […]
Wire M.C
Direct from his hosting role at Yabun, Indigenous rapper Wire MC jumps straight into the celebrity health hot seat this month. Doing live shows must sap lots of energy. Do you need to be in good physical shape to put on a good show? Yeah, it does, you spend a lot of energy not only […]
Christine Anu & Deni Hines
Deadly Vibe Issue 142 Following a successful tour earlier this year, two of our most pre-eminent songstresses are hitting the road once more for a very special cause. Christine Anu and Deni Hines are well-known as two of Australia’s most successful female artists. Both of these supremely talented soul sisters have been writing, performing and […]
Lou Bennett – Language of Hope
Deadly Vibe Issue 142 “I said do you speaka my language? He just smiled and made me a vegemite sandwich.” (Land Down Under, Men at Work, 1984) Unfortunately not many Australians “speaka the language” of Indigenous Australia. But if musician and actor Lou Bennett has her way, they soon will. Lou believes that, like our […]
She’s All That
Deadly Vibe Issue 141, November 2008 Singer, songwriter and now actor – things just keep getting bigger and better for Jessica Mauboy. When Jessica Mauboy walked onto the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall stage to present an award at the Deadlys last month, an audible gasp ran through the audience. With her hair swept up […]
The Black Arm Band – Hidden Republic (October 24-25)
Two of Australia’s foremost musical forces come together for an historic musical event that celebrates songs of hope and resistance from the open heart of Australia’s contemporary Indigenous music. Since the stunning national response to murundak that had its world premiere as part of the 2006 Melbourne Festival, The Black Arm Band has experienced huge […]
Gurrumul (October 20-21)
An intimate concert of songs that lament, uplift, inspire and may even bring you to tears. Blind from birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a quiet but deep well of musical creativity and expression. Gurrumul is from the Gumatj nation, his mother from the Galpu nation both First Nations peoples from north east Arnhem Land. A […]
Warrior Calling (The Yung Warriors)
Indigenous hip hop is quickly gaining steam on the Australian music scene, steadily moving from dusty outback workshops to the big stage of the country’s major cities. All around the country, Indigenous acts are leading the way when it comes to innovative and socially conscious hip hop music that is finding an audience – not […]
A Life in Song – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
It’s the kind of voice that stops people in their tracks. From the moment you hear the haunting, lilting tones of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu in Wiarthul, the first track off his debut album Gurrumul, you know that you are listening to something truly special. The reaction to this intensely shy but incredibly gifted young musician […]
Ngarukuruwala: We Sing Song (July 13)
Presented in association with the Darwin Festival The Studio will celebrate a fusion of two cultures in its largest musical project ever. Fifteen members of the Wangatunga Strong Women’s Group from the Northern Territory will unite with five Sydney musicians for one show only on Sunday, July 13. Ngarukuruwala: We Sing Songs will combine the […]
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (July 11&12)
Presented in association with Skinnyfish Music “Yunupingu has a voice which is so beautiful and so emotion-laden that it invests every song with a passion and pathos which are quite overwhelming.” Sydney Morning Herald Never before has there been such buzz and excitement around an Indigenous musician as there is surrounding Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. Both […]
Hip hop and pop come together (June 6-9)
Sydney singer-songwriter Jane Walker joins veteran hip hop duo Street Warriors on stage at this year’s Dreaming Festival in Woodford from June 6-9 It’s an unusual move for Street Warriors, Deadly Award-winning rappers, given the apparent gulf between them in background and musical styles. But it makes perfect sense, says Abie Wright, aka Predator, who […]
Shining the Light
Deadly Vibe Issue 131 – January 2008 The future of the Indigenous arts is in good hands. STORY: Speaking to Deadly Vibe just a few days before the Federal Election, Wesley Enoch is feeling quietly optimistic about the future. “I sense that there will be a change,” he says. “But no matter what happens at […]
Soweto Gospel Choir – African Spirit Tour (April 24 – June 25)
Heralded as the most exciting group to emerge in world music in recent years, the two-time Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir is returning to Australia to tour its brand new show, African Spirit, nationally from 24 April to 25 June 2008. A sell-out success in August last year when it premiered at the Edinburgh Festival […]
Music from northern Australia – a celebration of traditional Indigenous music (March 30)
Catch a rare glimpse of the cultural heartland of northern Australia when Indigenous music experts from the University of Sydney perform the traditional music from northern Australia at the Macleay Museum at 2pm on Sunday, 30 March, 2008. Dr Joseph Neparrna Gumbula, an eminent Yolgnu elder and Australian Research Council Indigenous Research Fellow at the […]
James Henry
I first was inspired to write music after hearing Mozart’s Horn concerto No.3 in year 10 of High School. I’d never been so moved by a piece of music before. I was amazed at how much just a music, even with no lyrics or specific meaning could make me ache inside with such emotion, just […]
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