Aboriginal Australia resources - Music
Black Australian music is by no means restricted to playing the didgeridoo, but is just as diverse as white Australian music. Would you have thought that some Indigenous artists play Reggae, Hip Hop or Country?
B.L.A.C.K. — Born Long Ago, Creation's Keeper—Wire MC, Indigenous rapper
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Adamson, Trevor
Andrew, Auriel
Anu, Christine
Asher, James
Atkins, Mark
Atkins, Shelly
B
Bamyili
Banawurun
Barton, William
Bates, Nancy and Friends
Bennett, Kevin
Birdwave
Black Arm Band
Black Image Band
Blackstorm
Blanesi, David
Blekbala Mujik
Bloodwood
Brandy, Peter
Briscoe Sisters (Deline Briscoe)
Broken English
BrothaBlack
Buddal Lardil
Buddy Knox Blues Band
Bunggridj
Burragubba, Adrian
Bush Kids
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Cannell, Gary
Carmody, Kev
Cassar-Daley, Troy
Charcoal Club, Richard Frankland and the
Chrysophrase Band
Coloured Stone
Corroboration
Country Lads
Country Wranglers
Cox, Kerrianne
Cummins, Marlene
Cyclone Sun
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Dalywaters, Harold
Dan, Seaman
Dargan, Ash
Dargin, Alan
Darknis and Karnage
Deadheart
Djanbidj
Donovan, Casey
Donovan, Emma
Doyle, Mathew
Dr. Didg
Drummond, Cindy
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Echo Island
Elkin
Eskatology (Jonathan Stier)
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Fenwick, Sharnee
Frankland, Richard
Freshwater
From the Bush
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Geia, Joe
Gibuma, Tim
Gondwana
Gravens, Randy
Grenadines, The
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Hicks, Naomi
Hill, L. J.
Huckle, Johnny
Huddleston, Dale Robert
Hudson, David
Hunter, Ruby
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Impossible Odds
Indij Hip Hop Allstars
Inlakesh
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Jimblah
K
Karpany, Owen & Daniel
Keeler, Sonny
Kineman Karma
Knox, Buddy
Knox, Roger and the Euraba Band
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Lane, Sharon
Langdon, Jimmy
Lajamanu Teenage Band
Lazy Late Boys
Leah Flanagan Band
Letterstick
Lewis, Tom E
Little, Jimmy
Local Knowledge
Ltyentye Apurte Band
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Maningrida
Maralung, Alan
Marrugeko
Matty Devitt Band
Mauboy, Jessica
McLeod, Bobby
MERRg, The
Mills, June
Mills, Rita
Morris, Shellie
Munkimuk
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Nabarlek
Nangu Red Sunset
Native MC
No Fixed Address
NoKTuRNL
Nomad
North Tanami Band
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Oka
On the road to Kakadu
Onslaught
Outback
P
Patten, Paul
Pigram Brothers, The
R
Radical Son
Ralph, Blake
Red Ochre Band
Roach, Amos
Roach, Archie
Roach, Steve
Ross, Adrian
Rrurrambu, George
Indigenous music is on the verge of something very special.—Phil Bartlett, Indigenous Officer, WA Music Industry [1]
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Saltwater Band
Scott,Jason Lee
Scrap Metal
Shadows
Simms, Vic
Sista Act
Skuthorpe, Glenn
Soft Sand Band
Stiff Gins
Street Warriors
Sultan, Dan
Sunrize Band
Sweet Cheeks (formerly Tiddas)
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Task
Terrasphere
Tha Deadly Boyz
The Last Kinection
Tiddas
Tjimba and the Yung Warriors
Tribe of Jubal
Trindall, Charlie
Troy N Trevelyn & The Tribe
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Us Mob
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Waak Waak Jungi
Walker River Clan
Walley, Richard
Wandjuk Marika
Warumpi Band
Wedgetail Eagle Band
Weightman, Monica
Western Desert Band
Wharton, Robert
Williams, Baydon
Williams, Warren H.
Willoughby, Bart
Wilson, Harry
Wire MC
Wirrinyga Band
Wright, Abie and Warwick
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Yabu Band
Yamma, Frank
Yilia
Yolngu Boy
Yothu Yindi
Yugul
Yunupingu, Geoffrey Gurrumul
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Zennith Boyz
A kind of secret but important social history of Australia is captured in the many songs of Indigenous artists. —Steven Richardson, Artistic Director, Arts House
Masthead image ©ourtesy Jacopo Lorenzetti, www.sxc.hu. [1] 'Our top acts on centre stage', Koori Mail 440 p.34