Jun 9, 2018
Barunga is rad!
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Barunga is rad!
Heading off in the morning to sleep in a swag and spend some time hanging out at Barunga Festival!
A ‘shitna’ shower’ is difficult at Barunga!
“The Barunga Festival attracts around 4000 visitors each year, who come to either participate or engage in a program of music, sport, culture, art, dance and good food.”
https://chanceboondock.com/short-stories-3/a-shitna-shower-is-difficult-at-barunga-2/
Barunga Festival is back with a deadly lineup
Now in it's 32nd year, Barunga Festival, an immersive cultural event showcasing music, dance, sport and traditional art is once again offering a great line up of artists and opportunity to connect, engage and learn.
Read more: http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017/03/23/barunga-festival-back-deadly-lineup
Not least amongst the legends on the Barunga Festival lineup last Sunday was Paul Kelly, born in 1955 and still going strong. Paul Kelly is associated with many great songs perhaps the most anthemic of these is “From Little Things Big Things Grow”, written with indigenous singer songwriter Kev Carmody. From Little Things celebrates the triumph of the Gurindji stockmen and their families who walked off Lord Vestey’s station and the struggle that led to the day that Prime Minister Gough Whitlam poured a handful of dust into the hand of Vincent Lingiari, returning some of the Gurindji land. Last Sunday Paul was joined by Gurrumul Yunupingu in a most special performance of Amazing Grace.
2015 has been quite a year for Gurrumul Yunupingu — from a very successul American tour to taking the stage with his family at the 30th Anniversary Barunga Festival. During the American tour Quincy Jones commented "This is one of the most unusual and emotional and musical voices I've ever heard.” Paul de Revere from Billboard calls his music "aching and gorgeous”. Gurrumul, born blind in 1970 has played to royalty (William and Kate) and a number of heads of state, including Barrack Obama but always returns to his Arnhem Land home and his family. His family joined him on stage at Barunga with his daughter Jasmine duetting with him. The rest of the family added something special to the show with their dance moves.
Apologies to the guys in B2M…I hit the post button in error. The band is usually a six piece but on Sunday night they had nine up on stage hitting it hard. Here’s the rest of the Sunday night line-up.
Sunday night at the 30th anniversarsy Barunga Festival and the crowd went wild for the fastest rising music stars over the North, a band from the Tiwi Islands. The band is B2M, a name reflecting their homelands of Bathurst and Melvile Islands. Solid music, tight and powerful vocals and a great stage presence. These guys have what it takes to make it big time.