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 […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 55 September 2001 Through Albert’s Eyes The father of modern Aboriginal art was an Arrernte man born not far from Alice Springs. But while his harmonious landscapes sold all around the world, he was never permitted to buy any land of his own. On the eve of Yeperenye Federation Festival, Deadly Vibe […]
A performance poet with an edge, Romaine Moreton uses language to explore identity and explode myths. She speaks to Deadly Vibe about rhyme, rhythm and being strong. Romaine Moreton’s spoken-word performances have been wowing people around Australia for quite some time now. Last year, ABC TV viewers were treated to an intimate documentary about Romaine […]
One of the talented young people taking part in this year’s Yeperenye Federation Festival is 18-year-old Alice Springs student Samantha Laughton. For the past three months Samantha and 16 other Year 12 students from Our Lady Of Sacred Hearts School have been rehearsing non-stop for the dance routines they will perform over the weekend of […]
What’s your name? Mathew Wilkinson. Whereabouts do you come from? I was born in Parramatta and spent quite a few years growing up in Campbelltown. But I’m now back in Parramatta. What’s your nickname and why? I don’t have a nickname, but I’ve got a stage name, Montage, because I sing, act, write my own […]
He’s young, gifted and has a voice like a sweet sea-breeze. When J-Boy sings, everyday worries mysteriously evaporate and the world becomes a groovy, soulful kind of place. And thanks to his debut CD, Waited (Kalakuta Records), we think that’s going to be happening a lot over the next little while. A former member of […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 49 March 2001 Foot Hopping Rock You would have thought the whole crowd at Survival 2001 had a Foot Fulla Bindies the way they were all jumping up and down to the band’s music! Their beats were infectious. As well as dancing, Wagga’s Foot Fulla Bindies had the audience rocking and laughing […]
Cameron Goold is that spunk from Propaganda Klann. Last year saw him touring around Australia with Christine Anu as her musical director and drummer. The tour took him to Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Cairns and Alice Springs, as well as the Australian Film Institute Awards, where the diva appeared on a floating stage to sing “Mother’s […]
Her name is Deniece Hudson and she’s rocking Victoria with her groovy contemporary sounds and crowd-pleasing looks. At just 19 years of age, Deniece has already collaborated with artists such as Nick Barker (The Reptiles), Paul Hester (Crowded House), Nicky Bomba (Bomba), Grant Hansen (Blackfire), and John Favaro (The Badloves). Deniece originally opted for a […]
Liz Cavanagh is a Melbourne-based singer studying music at the Victorian College of the Arts. She also happens to be the first Aboriginal person to be accepted into the music school. Focusing her studies around jazz, Liz blends many different styles of music, including Aboriginal sounds, to come up with something quite unique. “I try […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 53 July 2001 Andy Alberts is passionate about five things: his culture, his land, his people, his family and his music. As a Gunditjmara man, Andy is proud of his heritage and draws on the strength of his ancestors both as a solo musician and band member with The Walkabouts. After winning […]
With her incredible voice and natural ear for music, 18-year-old singer/songwriter Illana Atkinson is ready to take on the world. And with an award under her belt and a song contest in Vietnam to attend, it looks like the rest of the world is keen to listen. It might seem like a case of ‘overnight […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 89 July 2004 Access all arias “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t singing,” says soprano Deborah Cheetham. “But one of my earliest memories was of being a very small child and leaning up against my adopted mother in church and listening to her sing.” Deborah grew up in the southern […]
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. […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 95 January 2005 Irresistibly nice Many Australians were shocked last month to learn of the death of beloved Torres Strait Islander singer Rita Mills, who rose to fame as part of the singing trio The Mills Sisters. The Mills Sisters – Rita, Cessa and Ina – formed in 1970 and performed traditional […]
Talented rap artist Georgina Chrisanthopoulos aka Little G is wowing audiences with her rapping, beat boxing and break dancing style. Little G is no novice when it comes to rapping either, she has been hard at it for three years after her older brother introduced her to the world of rap and hip-hop music. “The […]
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