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if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,

look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."

(Slim Dusty)

First
Nations voices in a cultural corroboree

Healing
Stone - Yothu Yindi, a single and the title track from their 2012
greatest hits album, covering 1986 to 2012. The band's website
describes their music as having "sounds stretching from tribal
Yolngu beats and vocals to contemporary electronica and thumping rock
‘n’ roll," adding that "a political heart is beating
throughout it all."

Black
Fella/White Fella - Warumpi Band, from their 1985 album Big Name, No
Blankets. The band formed in 1980 in Papunya – an outback
settlement in the Northern Territory.

Hey
Wanhaka - King Stingray from their 2022 debut album. The first two
bands today are pioneers of the outback rock'n'roll sound - King
Stingray are following in their footsteps.

From
the Downunder Rock Club, a 2018 collection titled Australian
Aboriginal Music.

Always
Waiting
- Max
Judo, featuring
Lucas Proudfoot, whose main job is hosting a children's program on
the Australian nation television network ABC.

Ngurra
Jilagurru -
the Jigalong Band.

Is
this hip? Hop?

Ride
- Baker Boy, from his 2021 album Gela, with featured singer Yirrmal

Here
- Briggs, with a single from 2017 titled Ride, with Caiti Baker
singing. Briggs wrote the song to go with a TV campaign for the
Australian National Rugby League.

Crest
of Gold - Lady Lash, who describes herself as a hip-hop and jazz
artist. It was on her 2021 album Spiritual Misfit.

Native
Tongue - from 2018, the title track of an album by Mo'Ju.

First
Nations metal

Eagle
- Southeast Desert Metal, from their 2015 debut album. The band is
from a small Aboriginal community in central Australia and they claim
to be the most isolated metal band in the world.

Kardu
Yek Nangu - by Red Sunset, another track from the 2018 Downunder Rock
Club collection.

Gatjumak
- the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band, from a 2023 EP, the title track.

Don't
Give Up On Me - Emma Donovan and her band the Putbacks, from their
2020 album Crossover.

Black
Boy - Coloured Stone, a 1984 single and 1985 album, Koonibba Rock.

Ngarrindjeri
Woman - Ruby Hunter, from her album Feeling Good, a 2000 release.

Down
City Streets - Archie Roach with a song written by his wife, Ruby
Hunter, for his 1990 album Charcoal Lane. It was his debut album and
was produced by Paul Kelly and guitarist Steve Connolly.

Thanks
to Frank Moylan for our hello and goodbye and in between musical bits