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Wandering back to his roots
Deadly Sounds recently caught up with Stephen Pigram of the Pigram Brothers, who’s just released a new album ‘Wanderer’
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‘Murru’ in memory of John Pat
Next Sunday September 29 will mark the launch of the much anticipated ‘Murru’ album
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CAAMA heads to BIGSOUND
CAAMA Music has just returned from the BIGSOUND music industry conference in Brisbane
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Standing ovation for Uncle Archie
Archie Roach was honoured with the Lifetime Contribution Award for Healing the Stolen Generations at the 2013 Deadlys
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East Journey
East Journey is fast becoming one of the Australian bands to listen to, with reviews in America’s Rolling Stone magazine and others describing the group as “explosive”.
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East Journey’s star is rising
East Journey is fast becoming one of the bands to listen to, with rave reviews in America’s Rolling Stone magazine and mainstream newspapers
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Troy Solly follows his dreams
Adelaide born Troy Solly is an aspiring musician who is beginning to gain recognition.
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Thelma sings from the heart
Thelma Plum has had a meteoric rise in the past 12 months, winning awards, touring and now releasing her debut EP Rosie.
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James Henry releases new EP
James Henry, 34, from Melbourne is known to many as a singer/songwriter in his own right, as well as being the grandson of Jimmy Little – and he has certainly inherited Jimmy’s musical talent. The songs on this new EP span Country-Rock, Reggae and Hip Hop and talk of his Aboriginal identity and society’s rules […]
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Nekrofeist release debut album
Heavy rocker Dave Tinelt (aka Dave Freak) from metal band Nekrofeist is an Indigenous vocalist who has been hitting the high notes of his career, including a stint as vocalist with international metal legends mortal sin. Nekrofeist has just released their debut album – without reserve or regret. Dave is from Wollongong originally. His mother […]
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Saltwater Freshwater Festival
Some major Indigenous talent is lining up to play at the 2013 Saltwater Freshwater Festival in Taree on 26 January, including the legendary band Coloured Stone, hip-hop favourites The Last Kinection and crowd-pleasers The Medics. Saltwater Freshwater is the largest Aboriginal cultural event on the Mid North Coast – where the saltwater and freshwater meet. […]
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Yabun Festival 2013
Red Ochre award-winning performer and Western Arrernte man Warren H Williams and Pitjantjatjara singer-songwriter Frank Yamma will headline this year’s Yabun Festival on Saturday, 26 January in Victoria Park, Sydney. The legendary Archie Roach will also be playing, along with an all-star choir, performing songs from his latest album Into the Bloodstream. Yabun is also […]
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Healing road
For iconic singer-songwriter Archie Roach, making the album Into the Bloodstream was a healing journey from grief, pain and an illness that would have normally kept anyone down. But not Archie Roach. Over the past two years, he has fought his way back and his new album may be the best yet. In 2010, Archie […]
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Turning point
After two successful albums, multiple ARIA accolades, a growing horde of adoring fans and numerous TV appearances, Dan Sultan says he simply needed to take some time out and get his head straight. Now, three years on from “Get Out While You Can” – the album that sent his profile soaring and earned him the […]
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Band of brothers
Deadly Award winning band Black Image have just released their third album called Too Deadly. The band has a strong base of fans in Northern Queensland and they’re keen to expand that to a national following. We caught up with the group’s guitarist Dylan Harrigan. Black Image is a five-piece Indigenous band from Cooktown, QLD. […]
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Good medicine
It’s very tempting to start this album review with the words ‘Archie Roach, you are a legend’ because his latest offering is not only classic roach – it’s all that and more. Into the Bloodstream is perhaps one of Archie’s most important albums to date because it chronicles the story of his deep pain on […]
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