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AliceSkye

Alice Skye

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Apakatjah

Rock

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Areyonga Desert Tigers

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Blackfire

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Catherine Satour

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Eastern Arrernte Band

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Frank Yamma

Ilkari Maru

Ilkari Maru

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Jessica Wishart

JDatAB

Jonathan Doolan and the Areyonga Band

Karnage N Darknis

Karnage n Darknis

Hip-Hop

KevStarkey

Kev Starkey

Blues

KirraVoller

Kirra Voller

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Kristal West

LTB

Lajamanu Teenage Band

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Lazy Late Boys

Rock

Lemih

Lemih Thompson

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Letterstick Band

NorthTanamiBand

North Tanami Band

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Rising Wind Band

RunningWater

Running Water Band

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Spin FX

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Stuart Joel Nuggett

Rock

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Sunshine Reggae

Reggae

TaskMC

TaskMC

Hip-Hop

WilliamsFamily

The Williams Family

tjintu

Tjintu Desert Band

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Tjupi Band

Trevor Adamson

Trevor Adamson

Ulpanyali Band

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Warren H Williams

The Warumpi Band was formed in 1980 in Papunya and was one of the earliest bands recorded by CAAMA.

Warumpi Band are an Australian country and Aboriginal rock group which formed in the outback settlement of Papunya, Northern Territory in 1980. The original line-up was George Burarrwanga on vocals and didgeridoo, Gordon Butcher on drums, his brother Sammy Butcher on guitar and bass guitar, and Neil Murray on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Their key singles are ‘Jailanguru Pakarnu’ (1983), ‘Blackfella/Whitefella’ (1985), ‘Sit Down Money’ (1986), ‘My Island Home’ (1987) and ‘No Fear’ (1987). The group released three albums, Big Name, No Blankets (1985), Go Bush! (1987) and Too Much Humbug (1996). From late 1987 to mid-1995 the group rarely performed as Murray focused on his solo career. In early 1995, Christine Anu (former backing singer in Murray’s touring group, The Rainmakers), issued a cover version of ‘My Island Home’. Warumpi Band regrouped before disbanding in 2000. Burarrwanga died on 10 June 2007 of lung cancer.

The Warumpi Band were formed in 1980 in Papunya – an outback settlement about 240 kilometres (150 mi) north-west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory – as a country and Aboriginal rock group.Neil Murray was a Victorian-born schoolteacher and labourer who was working in the region. He met local brothers Gordon Butcher Tjapanangka and Sammy Butcher Tjapanangka of the Luritja people; and were joined by Sammy’s brother-in-law George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga (aka George Djilangya), visiting from Elcho Islands Yolngu people. Murray provided rhythm guitar and backing vocals, Gordon was on drums, Sammy on guitar and bass guitar, and Burarrwanga on vocals and didgeridoo. ‘Warumpi’ derives from the Luritja word for a ‘honey-ant dreaming site’, which lies near Papunya. Over the years, many different people played in the band at various times. The only consistent elements were Murray and Burarrwanga, with Sammy Butcher generally being available when band commitments did not take him too far from home for long.

Warumpi Band

Rock

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Wirrinyga Band

Rock

Yatulu Yatulu are the hottest new band from that fertile breeding ground of desert music – Lajamanu, in the North Tanami region of Northern Territory. Yatulu Yatulu burst onto the scene last year with their debut album Tjukurrpa, an infectious blend of high energy reggae rock with a message. The band sings their all- original songs in Warlpiri language, featuring topics such as Lands Rights, the importance of family, keeping the old Dreaming stories strong, and the dangers of drinking.
Stand-out songs include the title song Tjukurrpa Tjukurrpa, an upbeat song about a young man asking his elders to give him back his lost ‘tjukurrpa’, or Dreaming. Mt Coniston Massacre is a mournful country ballad remembering one of the most recent massacres of Aboriginal people that happened in 1928 on Warlpiri country.

Yatulu Yatulu

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