Past Programs
Indigenous - Aboriginal Language - 2008
Ngarukuruwala - 'we sing songs together'
22/11/2008
A rare music collaboration brings together a group of culturally strong women from the Tiwi Islands off Darwin and a 6-piece jazz outfit from Sydney. Ngarukuruwala means 'we sing songs together' in the Tiwi language, and in this program we present a full concert recording from the Sydney Opera House. The Wangatunga Women's Group from Bathurst Island are the heart of this collaboration, and the jazz, blues and swing band led by Genevieve Campbell its musical backbone.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
12/04/2008
His debut solo album has recently been described as the most beautiful recording ever made by an Aboriginal musician. Intensely shy and blind since birth, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is an extraordinary talent who speaks through his music.
In this program, Gurrumul performs two songs in his Yolgnu Matha language.
You'll also hear tracks recorded live during one of Gurrumul's first concerts as a solo artist.
Please note that due to copyright restrictions this program is not available as a podcast.
Download Video of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu performing
Frontier stories
16/02/2008
Frontier stories from Queensland's Gulf country to the Kimberley - Alexis Wright reads from her Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Carpentaria and Ningali Lawford-Wolf talks about the new play which recreates the life of Jandamarra, a legendary hero of the Bunuba people of the Fitzroy River valley.
