Gurrumul Yunupingu was the big winner at this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards. He took home five gongs: Act of the Year, Album and Artwork of the Year for Rrakala, and Song and Film Clip of the Year for “Gathu Mawula,” a collaboration with Blue King Brown.
Arnhem Land-based singer-songwriter Rrawun Maymuru showed he’s one to watch after taking out New Talent of the Year. I wonder exactly what constitutes “new talent,” as he was part of Yothu Yindi, but at least the title should help draw attention to his solo material.
It was also a night for honoring established talent, with No Fixed Address and Coloured Stone taking their places in the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame.
Here are all the winners!
School Band of the Year: Gapuwiyak School Band
Cover Art: Rrakala – Gurrumul Yunupingu
Film Clip: “Gathu Mawula” – Gurrumul Yunupingu & Blue King Brown
New Talent of the Year: Rrawun Maymuru
Traditional Music: The Mulka Manikay Archives
Song of the Year: “Gathu Mawala” – Gurrumul Yunupingu and Blue King Brown
Album of the Year: Rrakala – Gurrumul Yunupingu
Act of the Year: Gurrumul Yunupingu
Hall of Fame Inductees: Coloured Stone & No Fixed Address
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