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Wirrinyga Band

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Wirrinyga Band
OriginMilingimbi, Northern Territory, Australia
LabelsCAAMA Music

Wirrinyga Band (also known as Warrinyga Band) are a rock band from Milingimbi, a small island in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The band members are Yolngu. They sing in both Language and English and they mix modern instruments with traditional.

Discography

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  • Dreamtime Shadow (1990) - CAAMA
  • Dreamtime Wisdom, Modern Time Vision (1995) - CAAMA

References

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  • Dunbar-Hall, Peter; Chris Gibson (2004). Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places. Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 9780868406220.
  • Dunbar-Hall, Peter (2006). "'We have survived': popular music as a representation of Australian Aboriginal cultural loss and reclamation". In Ian Peddie (ed.). The Resisting Muse: Popular Music and Social Protest. Ashgate Publishing. pp. 122–131. ISBN 9780754651147.
  • Cultural Dissent, Green Left Weekly issue #290 17 September 1997 The sound of Arnhem Land, Dreamtime Wisdom Modern Time Vision review
  • Music Australia Dreamtime shadow
  • Music Australia Dreamtime wisdom modern time vision