Aboriginal Australia
4:10 pm on Saturday, 25 January 2014
We've grown up listening to the music of our big next door neighbour, but aside from the odd soundtrack to a Qantas ad, have we ever really heard much of Australia's indigenous sound? Barnie Duncan discovers there is more to Aboriginal music than just the didgeridoo.
Produced and presented by Barnie Duncan for Radio New Zealand National
Harry Shannon of the Mimili Band
Music played in this show
Song: Yidaki
Composer: Kristian Didgeridoo
Album: Australia - Traditional Didgeridoo Australian Aboriginal Music
Label: Ark
Artist: Young boys of Fregon, Australia
Song: Traditional Gospel
Composer: Traditional Gospel
Album: Field recording
Label: n/a
Artist: Warumpi Band
Song: Blackfella/Whitefella
Composer: Warumpi Band
Album: Big Name, No Blankets
Label: Powderworks Records
Artist: North Tanami Band
Song: Makuju Yampiya
Composer: North Tanami Band
Album: Desert People
Label: CAAMA Music
Artist: Mimili Band
Song: Yankunytjatjara - All My Family
Composer: Harry Shannon
Album: Live Recording
Label: n/a
Artist: Williams Sisters
Song: Traditional Gospel
Composer: Traditional
Album: Field recording
Label: n/a
Artist: Young Women of Titjikalanya
Song: Ngura Titjikalanya
Composer: Beatrice + Young Women of Titjikalanya
Album: Sista Sounds
Label: n/a
Artist: Shakira and the girls of Papunya Community
Song: Rainbow Disco Girl
Composer: Beatrice + Shakira and the girls of Papunya Community
Album: Sista Sounds
Label: n/a
Artist: Monkey Marc, Elf Transporter, boys from Nyirrpi
Song: Bikey Boys
Composer: Monkey Marc, Elf Transporter, boys from Nyirrpi
Album: Red Sand Culture Vol. 2
Label: InCite Youth Arts and the Mt Theo Program
Artist: Impossible Odds
Song: Everything
Composer: Fred Leone
Album: Against All Odds
Label: Impossible Odds Records
Artist: Monkey Marc, Elf Transporter, boys from Nyirrpi
Song: Little Flowers
Composer: Monkey Marc, Elf Transporter, boys from Nyirrpi
Album: Red Sand Culture Vol. 1
Label: InCite Youth Arts and the Mt Theo Program