Musicians

Dewayne Everettsmith

Origin
Cape Barren Island (Tasmania) and Victoria, Australia
Genre/styles
Folk
About Dewayne

Dewayne Everettsmith's great-great-great grandmother, Fanny Cochrane Smith, was the singer of the first and only recorded Tasmanian Aboriginal language.

Discography

Album formats explained

Album formats

  • 10": 10 inch vinyl records were played at 45 or 33 1/3 rounds per minute (rpm). The former could hold 9, the latter 12 minutes of music per side.
  • 7": 7 inch records (often referred to as 45s) were played at 45 rpm or 33 1/3 rpm, with about 4:30 or 6 minutes of music per side.
  • LP: Long play, is a vinyl record played at ​33 1⁄3 rpm with a 12 or 10-inch diameter.
  • EP: Extended play, are vinyl records that allowed two or even three songs on each side.

Introducing Dewayne Everettsmith

Dewayne Everettsmith - Introducing Dewayne Everettsmith
Released
January 2011
Tracks
  1. Milaythina
  2. I Surrender All
Notes

This is Dewayne Everettsmith's first EP album, and contains the first commercially released song sung entirely in palawa kani (Tasmanian Aboriginal language).


It's Like Love (Single)

Released
14 March 2014
Tracks
  1. It's Like Love

Surrender

Released
14 March 2014
Tracks
  1. Caught On Your Lips
  2. I've Got No
  3. Surrender
  4. It's Like Love
  5. O.v.e.r.d.u.e
  6. Jewellery Box
  7. Shelta
  8. Melaythina
  9. Remember
  10. Whisper
  11. Caught On Your Lips Waltz
  12. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Notes

Includes digital booklet.


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References

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[1] 'Song with rich link to the past lures future visitors', SMH 16/6/2012

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Korff, J 2020, Dewayne Everettsmith, <https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/music/dewayne-everettsmith>, retrieved 29 March 2024

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