Reviews
Kardajala Kirridarra
This fine debut comes from a new vocal quartet featuring three Aboriginal women from the Northern Territory outback communities of...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Deadly Hearts
A tribute album of cover versions of iconic Australian indigenous-oriented songs that have impacted on younger Aboriginal musicians, Deadly Hearts...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
The Black Orchid String Band
The tragedy of West Papua and its peoples’ hopes for eventual independence is an ongoing daily struggle for the native...
Reviewed in issue March/2018
Reclaim Australia
While it is frequently powerful, contemporary Australian Aboriginal music is usually non-confrontational – a traditional-meets-modern combination full of heartfelt lyrics...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Take Care, Take Cover
Building on the promise of their fine 2014 debut album, Housewarming, and 2015's EP September, Melbourne's Mae Triocontinue to impress...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Resonance
The musical pedigree of Pitjantjatjara man Bart Willoughby goes back to the late 1970s, when he founded the pioneering Aboriginal...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Te Vaka Beats: Vol I
With ancestral links to the small Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Tokelau, Polynesian group Te Vaka originally formed in New...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Beneath the Surface
The latest release from Melbourne-based Aboriginal singer-songwriter Kutcha Edwards further expands his repertoire of heartfelt songs, delivered with honesty and...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
