ONTD Original: NAIDOC Week
Hey ONTD! It's NAIDOC week over here so lets celebrate with some excellent Indigenous Australian and Torres Straight music!
Firstly, what's NAIDOC week you ask? Well NAIDOC week in its current form was established back in the early 1970s but can be tied back to the protest movement known as the Day of Mourning in 1938. While the Day of Mourning was a protest on the way white Australia had treated and seized the land of the original custodians, NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) is a celebration of history, culture and achievements of Indigenous Australians and Torres Straight Islanders, the longest living continuous culture in the world.
NAIDOC week starts on the first Sunday of July till the following Sunday and every year has a theme. This years theme is Heal Country. You can read more about NAIDOC week here and the Day of Mourning here.
A couple of notes before we start.
~OP would like to acknowledge the traditional Wurundjeri custodians of this land on which OP lives. And pay her respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
~OP would also like to warn any Indigenous Australians and Torres Straight Islanders viewing this post that it may contain the names, voices and images of people who have passed.
Alice Skye - Party Tricks
Alice Skye is a Wemba Wemba and Wergaia woman from North Western Victoria and released her debut album Friends With Feelings in 2018.
Birdz (Feat: Fred Leone) - Bagi-la-m Bargan
Birdz is a Butchella man from Katherine in the Northern Territory. He released his debut album Train of Thought in 2017 and is working on his sophomore album due to be released this year.
Mo'ju - Native Tongue
Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga (previously known under the stage name Mojo Juju now going by Mo'ju) is a musician of Filipino and Wiradjuri descent from Melbourne/Naarm. She is outspoken about her experiences as a brown, queer, gender non-conforming artist and that is often reflected in her music.
Kuya James X Tasman Keith (Feat: Don Murrungun) - No Country (Piano in F Minor)
Kuya James is producer, musician and DJ of Filipino and Dutch descent raised in Darwin. Tasman Keith is a Gumbaynggirr singer and rapper from the mid north coast of New South Wales who spent some of his childhood at festivals touring with his father who is known as Wire MC. He released an EP called To Whom It May Concern late last year.
Miiesha - Drowning
Miiesha is a Pitjantjatjara/Torres Straight Islander singer/songwriter from the Woorabinda community in Queensland.
Baker Boy (Feat: Yirrmal) - Marryuna
Danzal Baker is a Yolngu dancer/rapper/artist/actor from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. He raps in both English and Yolngu Matha as well as playing the yidaki.
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
Thelma Plum is a Gamilaraay woman from north New South Wales. Her debut album Better in Blak was released in 2019 and the title track reached number 9 on Triple J's hottest 100 in 2020.
Ziggy Ramo (Feat: Paul Kelly) - From Little Things
Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna is known by the stage name Ziggy Ramo and is of Aboriginal, Solomon Island and Scottish descent. In 2015 he completed his debut album Black Thoughts but then shelved it believing the non-Indigenous public weren't ready for it. However doing the rise of the Black Lives Matter protests after the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolous last year he decided to release the album believing it still to be relevant.
Electric Fields - From Little Things Big Things Grow
Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross are an electronic duo who formed in 2015. Singing in Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and English, they have released one EP and performed the above song at the 2020 AFL Grand Final.
Briggs (Feat: Thelma Plum) - Go To War
Adam Briggs is a Yorta Yorta man from North Central Victoria. He is a rapper, actor, writer, and has been involved in numerous projects including publishing a children's book and starting his own record label.
Post your fave Indigenous Australians and Torres Straight people in the comments. Authors, Athletes, Actors and all others!
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Firstly, what's NAIDOC week you ask? Well NAIDOC week in its current form was established back in the early 1970s but can be tied back to the protest movement known as the Day of Mourning in 1938. While the Day of Mourning was a protest on the way white Australia had treated and seized the land of the original custodians, NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) is a celebration of history, culture and achievements of Indigenous Australians and Torres Straight Islanders, the longest living continuous culture in the world.
NAIDOC week starts on the first Sunday of July till the following Sunday and every year has a theme. This years theme is Heal Country. You can read more about NAIDOC week here and the Day of Mourning here.
A couple of notes before we start.
~OP would like to acknowledge the traditional Wurundjeri custodians of this land on which OP lives. And pay her respects to Elders, past, present and emerging.
~OP would also like to warn any Indigenous Australians and Torres Straight Islanders viewing this post that it may contain the names, voices and images of people who have passed.
Click to viewAlice Skye - Party Tricks
Alice Skye is a Wemba Wemba and Wergaia woman from North Western Victoria and released her debut album Friends With Feelings in 2018.
Birdz (Feat: Fred Leone) - Bagi-la-m Bargan
Birdz is a Butchella man from Katherine in the Northern Territory. He released his debut album Train of Thought in 2017 and is working on his sophomore album due to be released this year.
Mo'ju - Native Tongue
Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga (previously known under the stage name Mojo Juju now going by Mo'ju) is a musician of Filipino and Wiradjuri descent from Melbourne/Naarm. She is outspoken about her experiences as a brown, queer, gender non-conforming artist and that is often reflected in her music.
Kuya James X Tasman Keith (Feat: Don Murrungun) - No Country (Piano in F Minor)
Kuya James is producer, musician and DJ of Filipino and Dutch descent raised in Darwin. Tasman Keith is a Gumbaynggirr singer and rapper from the mid north coast of New South Wales who spent some of his childhood at festivals touring with his father who is known as Wire MC. He released an EP called To Whom It May Concern late last year.
Miiesha - Drowning
Miiesha is a Pitjantjatjara/Torres Straight Islander singer/songwriter from the Woorabinda community in Queensland.
Baker Boy (Feat: Yirrmal) - Marryuna
Danzal Baker is a Yolngu dancer/rapper/artist/actor from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. He raps in both English and Yolngu Matha as well as playing the yidaki.
Thelma Plum - Better In Blak
Thelma Plum is a Gamilaraay woman from north New South Wales. Her debut album Better in Blak was released in 2019 and the title track reached number 9 on Triple J's hottest 100 in 2020.
Ziggy Ramo (Feat: Paul Kelly) - From Little Things
Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna is known by the stage name Ziggy Ramo and is of Aboriginal, Solomon Island and Scottish descent. In 2015 he completed his debut album Black Thoughts but then shelved it believing the non-Indigenous public weren't ready for it. However doing the rise of the Black Lives Matter protests after the brutal murder of George Floyd in Minneapolous last year he decided to release the album believing it still to be relevant.
Electric Fields - From Little Things Big Things Grow
Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross are an electronic duo who formed in 2015. Singing in Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and English, they have released one EP and performed the above song at the 2020 AFL Grand Final.
Briggs (Feat: Thelma Plum) - Go To War
Adam Briggs is a Yorta Yorta man from North Central Victoria. He is a rapper, actor, writer, and has been involved in numerous projects including publishing a children's book and starting his own record label.
Post your fave Indigenous Australians and Torres Straight people in the comments. Authors, Athletes, Actors and all others!
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