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Performance of Aboriginal song and dance in the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.. Indigenous music of Australia comprises the music of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia, intersecting with their cultural and ceremonial observances, through the millennia of their individual and collective histories to the present day.
Didgeridoo and clapstick players performing at Nightcliff, Northern Territory Sound of didgeridoo A didgeribone, a sliding-type didgeridoo. The didgeridoo (/ ˌ d ɪ dʒ ər i ˈ d uː /), also spelt didjeridu, among other variants, is a wind instrument, played with vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone while using a special breathing technique called circular breathing.
William Barton was born in Mount Isa, Queensland. [1] His mob are from the Roper River area, and he is a Kalkadunga man. [2]He learned to play didgeridoo at the age of 11 from Uncle Arthur Peterson, [2] an elder of the Wannyi, Lardil, and Kalkadungu peoples of Western Queensland.
Aboriginal Australian players from traditional didgeridoo regions (according to A. P. Elkin, in 1938 the instrument was "only known in eastern Kimberley and the northern third of the Northern Territory", [1]) belonging to clans that claim the didgeridoo as part of their ancient ancestral heritage: [2] David Blanasi; Ash Dargan; Djalu Gurruwiwi
Electric Fields – electronic music duo; Fitzroy Xpress – country rock group from Fitzroy Crossing; Ilkari Maru – rock band from Central Australia; Iwantja – rock band from Indulkana, South Australia; King Stingray [6] – punk rock band, descendents from members of Yothu Yindi; Kuckles – Broome band featuring Jimmy Chi
Djalu Gurruwiwi, written Djalu (c. 1935 – 12 May 2022), was a Yolngu musician, artist, and leader from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was globally recognised for his acquired skill as a player, maker, and spiritual keeper of the yiḏaki (also known as didgeridoo).
President George W. Bush enjoys a performance of Aboriginal song and dance during a 2007 visit to the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney with traditional instrument, the didgeridoo. Indigenous Australian music refers to the music of Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.
Walley is also a renowned didgeridoo player and has produced a six CD collection of didgeridoo music that is inspired by the six seasons of the Nyungar calendar. He has played didgeridoo live at London's Royal Albert Hall, as well as in Greece, Slovenia, Japan, Mexico, the US and Canada. [citation needed]