Music - Touring 2010 / 11

Minority Sun

Minority Sun is an Alice Springs band with deep connection to Arrente country. With a style based in culture, Minority Sun mixes the influences which range from mellow rock, reggae, RnB and hiphop. It is a band about family, the importance of culture and the provocation of the modern indigenous politic. Minority Sun is gritty, yet melodic, expansive but simple, earthy guitar drums and aspiring vocals that free the spirit. In 2010 they toured with Artbcak NT south to Yulara and Uluru to participate in the 25th Handover Celebrations.

Outback Pioneer Bar, Yulara; 23 Oct

Staff Club, Yulara; 24 Oct

Uluru 25th Handover Celebrations, Uluru; 26 Oct

Photographs by Vanessa Hutchins

Jess Ribiero and the Bone Snatchers

Jess Ribeiro and The Bone Collectors formed in Darwin NT, after being inspired by an ancient myth about an immortal being who travels the desert collecting bones and singing them back into creation. Since their formation as a duo in 2007 Rob Law and Jess Ribeiro have picked up other players along the way to help them tour around the country for the release of their debut EP “Pilgrimage” which was the Triple J unearthed album of the week in November 2008 and the Radio National album of the week in September of 2009.

Granites Mine Tavern, Tanami ; 14-15 September

Alice Desert Festival, Mulga’s Bar ; 16 September

Tennant Creek Hotel, Tennant Creek ; 18 September

Dunganda St Sounds

Dunganda Street Sounds Live featured songs and performances from the ‘Dunganda Street Sounds’ CD/DVD which won 2 Indigenous Music Awards in 2009 including DVD Film clip of the Year and Best Traditional Recording. This was a unique Darwin Indigenous Music performance with full community performances presenting a combination of traditional and contemporary original music.

Ramingining Community Concert ; 6 Aug

Santos, Amphitheatre Botanic Gardens ; 12 Aug

Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award ; 13 Aug

Shellie’s Story

Shellie Morris is an Indigenous singer, songwriter and storyteller who performs earthy and honest songs about her life stories and inspirations. Her voice and her soulful enigmatic acoustic ballads are guaranteed to delight the listener with whom she shares her life through music and song, where performance and story merge and we delight and reflect on her life story. Artback NT assisted Production design and producer support for a showing at Araluen Arts Centre in Alice Springs on the 17 April 2010.

Desert Divas