Deadly Vibe Issue 97 March 2005 Solo Sisters As the three sweet singing sisters of Tiddas, they captivated us with their powerful music and spirited lyrics. So what are these tiddas up to now? For 10 years, Tiddas were Australia’s premier all-female vocal group. After a successful run which included four albums, international tours, several […]
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 […]
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 […]
Velvet-voiced Rochelle Watson has come a long way. A firm gospel background has been a strong influence in the evolution of this Cairns resident’s musical style ” a winning combination of soul, reggae and Islander sounds. Her partner and manager Pat Ganita has helped Rochelle in fostering her extraordinary talent. Pat is from Fiji and […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 90 August 2004 Raising his voice Monday, May 10, 2004. Standing on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House before a large crowd of people, black and white, Richard Frankland announced the formation of the Your Voice political party. “It’s time that we as Indigenous Australians put the onus of equity back on […]
How fantastically well are these guys rockin’? NoKTuRNL have so much to say and all the energy in the country to get their message across and get it across LouD! The boys have toured with Spiderbait, supported Powderfinger and Regurgitator, and one of their songs featured in the AFI award-winning film Radiance. NoKTuRNL first came […]
Australia’s leading young Indigenous Singer Songwriter.Acknowledged and respected as a gifted musician, JASON is a dazzling Guitarist, Drummer, Bass and Didjeridu Player. Jason is currently rehearsing with his band ‘Desert Sea’ gearing up to promote his new album ‘From The Desert To The Sea’ due to be released 22nd January 2002. His busy schedule this […]
Frank is one of Australia’s most talented contemporary performers. He also happens to be a traditional Pitjantjatjara Aboriginal who is fluent in five Aboriginal languages. Frank has been recorded on 16 different commercially released albums, including Red Sands Dreaming , In Aboriginal (released in the US), Songlines (ABC Records), Celebration, and Terrasphere . In 1988, […]
Frances Williams comes from Bundaberg in Queensland. She has always had a deep appreciation of music and is proud of her Aboriginal-Fijian heritage. This is clearly portrayed in her fantastic debut EP, Frances Williams. Frances has worked with some of Australia’s foremost artists including David Bridie, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter, Vika and Linda, and Tiddas. […]
Deadly Vibe Issue 104, October 2005 Xpress Delivery They came all the way from the Kimberley – and took home a Deadly In 1982, a group of school kids were fortunate enough to gain access to some band equipment purchased by the Fitzroy Crossing High School and put together a set of six songs to […]
David Hudson is an accomplished and acclaimed didgeridoo player, screen actor, dancer, guitarist and drummer. He describes his didj playing as “hard, raunchy, rhythmic and guttural”. David has been recording since 1993 and one album of solo didj playing, Woolunda, has sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide. He records primarily in Cairns near his Kuranda […]
Dark Seed consists of Matt Griffin (lead singer and rhythm guitar), Anthony Green (lead guitar), Jason Maling (bass) and Richard Lockwood (drums). They come from Armidale and have been playing together since high school. Dark Seed’s music is best described as grunge rock, pure and hard. Think Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins or even AC/DC on […]
After 20 long years and seven albums, Coloured Stone stand proud as the longest surviving Aboriginal band in Australia. Bunna Lawrie and the boys have probably seen more of this country than any other band, too, performing in major cities and remote communities alike, often camping out in the scrub after shows. Coloured Stone formed […]
The Reinvention of Christine Anu Pop princess turns blues diva as Christine Anu embarks on her national Black is Blue tour. Time certainly flies. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 14 years since a young singer by the name of Christine Anu released her first single, back in 1993. Since then, this deadly talent […]
Thanks to an upbringing in Broken Hill, Bluey Matthews has always had a strong love of country music. Bluey used to perform with his band Country Blue, but when the band split in 1991 he decided to go solo. The upshot of that was his CD Memories, which he recorded with the help of Umeewarra […]
Adopted at birth, Ash Dargin was brought up by a Caucasian family on the Queensland/ NSW border. They enrolled him in a private school, where he started taking trumpet lessons at age seven. Ash was a natural and studied the trumpet through the London-based Trinity School of Music Examinations, reaching the level of Grade 8 […]
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