Tribal hip-hop duo the Merindas are ticking off their bucket list playing the Djilpin Arts’ festival Djarmalak: Concerts on Country in Beswick, NT in late June, alongside a sisterhood of First Nations female artists. The […]
Dallas Woods—the Melbourne-based rapper, MC and personality—said when he comes home to Wyndham, in the East Kimberley, it’s really something special. “It’s always medicine, it puts everything back in perspective—fills that tank,” said Dallas. His […]
SPONSORED: Deborah Cheetham and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Deborah Cheetham AO, composer and acclaimed Yorta Yorta soprano has written Australia’s first requiem based on the Resistant Wars in South Western Victoria between 1840-1863. This June, Deborah, […]
Indigenous composer Dr Christopher Sainsbury has created a First People’s Composers program called Ngarra-Burria (meaning to listen, to sing, in the Dharug language) to combat the historical appropriation of Indigenous music. In his Platform Paper […]
Breaking down barriers with uncensored, authentic honesty, Birdz has just dropped his new EP Place of Dreams via Bad Apples Music. Released less than a week ago, the EP has attracted plenty of hype, particularly the […]
Danzel Baker, the talent behind Baker Boy, has been making his presence felt in the mainstream music scene. With the 2019 Young Australia of the Year award under his belt, Baker has kicked off his […]
Indigenous artist Tia Gostelow has made history by becoming the youngest recipient to claim Album of the Year at the Queensland Music Awards (QMAs). Gostelow’s album, ‘Thick Skin’ won the prize after national acclaim for […]
A stellar Indigenous line-up has been announced for this year’s Boomerang Festival, including Young Australian of the Year Baker Boy. Running throughout the Easter long weekend from April 19-21 as part of Bluesfest Byron Bay, […]
A new anthem from deep within the throbbing heart of western NSW is calling Australians to action. The song Heartbeat, written by a group of Indigenous artists known as the Barkindji Soldiers from Wilcannia, NSW, is […]
Almost a decade after his performance in Bran Nue Dae, singer-songwriter Dan Sultan has released a new album Aviary Takes and he’s set for a regional tour, which will include a performance at the Pilbara’s iconic […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018