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WARREN H WILLIAMS and the WARUMUNGU SONGMEN
CD LAUNCH of the SONG PEOPLES SESSIONS - WINANJJARA -
DESERT HARMONY FESTIVAL, TENNANT CREEK, 2 SEPTEMBER 2011
SHELLIE MORRIS and the BORROLOOLA SONGWOMEN
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SINGING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
THE INDIVISIBILITY OF LAW, COUNTRY AND KIN woven through the knowledge from the SONG PEOPLES.
The Song Peoples Sessions, is a collaboration between traditional and contemporary Indigenous musicians to support Indigenous language maintenance. These first sessions will produce two traditional Indigenous music CDs and two collaborative CDs combining traditional and contemporary Indigenous music, which will be launched and released in late 2011 and early 2012.
THE KNOWLEDGE KEEPERS
The Warumungu Songmen commenced their recordings at WMC tonight. After considerable reunions, yarning and consultation, the appropriate songs were selected and the metadata collected before recording commenced.
The songs sung and recorded included public songs about the Flying Fox - Pirttangu, Dog - Kunapa and Turkey Kurtinja dreamings and totems that represent Warumungu identity. Some of these songs are often accompanied by pujjali, men’s traditional dancing. These are ancient songs that represent continuing connection to country and intergenerational transfer of cultural knowledge.
WINANJJIKARI MUSIC CENTRE - SINGING FOR BELONGING
Thanks to Adrian McNamara and his crew at Winanjjikari, consultations and planning with the Warumungu Song Peoples have been under way in Tennant Creek over the last week. Mark Johnny has joined the team and is working closely with his old mate Lex Holt to liaise with all of the elders involved in the recording. They are planning the songs to be sung, working with interpreters and organising locations for the recordings.
Everyone is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Warren H Williams to join the Warumungu singers and the crew here at WMC. Only one week to go!
THE SONG PEOPLES SESSIONS returns to TENNANT CREEK to work with WARUMUNGU, WARLMANPA and ALYAWARR Song People.
Ancient songs have echoed for thousands of years throughout what is now the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory. From the Barkly Tablelands to Banka Banka Station, Phillip Creek Mission to Attack Creek and from Jurnkurakurr to the Gosse River and the Davenport Ranges the Barkly Song People have been singing the connections between country.
