Genres Indigenous Roots Genre World | Labels Skinnyfish Record label Skinny Fish Music | |
Albums Malk, Gapu Damurrun, Djarridjarri / Blue Flag Members Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Similar Nabarlek, Yothu Yindi, Warumpi Band, Letterstick Band, Tjupi Band | ||
Saltwater band bolu live ima 2006
Saltwater Band are an Indigenous Roots band from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, around 560 kilometres from Darwin. The members are Yolngu and they sing mostly in language. Their songs are a mixture of traditional songs and reggae/ska influenced pop. One member of the band, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, is a close relative of Mandawuy Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi and is a past member of Yothu Yindi.
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Saltwater Band's first cd Gapu Damurrun, sold more than 10,000 copies, a then record for an independent Northern Territory act. Their album Djarridjarri was nominated for the 2004 Best World Music Album Aria Award. The album also received a Deadly Award for Album Release of the Year.
Elcho island boys
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".
Discography
Songs
Saltwater MusicGapu Damurrun · 1998
MarwurrumburrMalk · 2009
BaywaraMalk · 2009