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Vincent Namatjira (Australian Aboriginal, 1983), Desert Songs (Frank Yamma), 2023. Acrylic on linen, 122 x 152 cm.

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Tracklist:

First Nation • Gadigal Land • Change The Date • Terror Australia • Desert Man, Desert Woman • Wind In My Head (Makarrata Version) • Uluru Statement From The Heart / Come On Down

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FRANK YAMMA UNCLE (CD)

Song listing:

1.A blackman's crying

2.I'll be back soon

3.One lonely night

4.Memories

5.Everybody's talking

6.Wati kutchu yangupala

7.Beginning of the day

8.Todd mall

9.This time it's you and me

10.Sand dunes

11.Pit juli wankanye

12.Sunday morning

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Frank Yamma #womadelaide

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Saved on Spotify "Desert Man, Desert Woman (feat. Frank Yamma)" by Midnight Oil, Frank Yamma https://ift.tt/3phdWGX

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This week's arrivals!

New releases from Beach Bunny "Honeymoon", locals Bones And Jones "Bees", Frank Yamma "Tjukurpa: The Story", Gengahr "Sanctuary", The Heliocentrics "Infinity Of Now", Holy Fuck "Deleter", Nathaniel Rateliff has snuck a new solo LP out with little fanfare "And It's Still Alright". Currently touring is Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets and to celebrate have released "Walkabout", Puss N Boots have released their 2nd LP "Sister" this Alt-Country group features Norah Jones, Catherine Popper and Sasha Dobson. Norwegian group Sløtface have released "Sorry For The Late Reply", The Men "Mercy", Torres "Silver Tongue" and Post punk legends Wire have released the critically acclaimed  "Mind Hive". Not to mention the new album from Tame Impala "The Slow Rush" and a new album from Brazillian metal legends Sepultura "Quadra"

Reissues from Sam Cooke, International Submarine Band (Gram Parsons), Mark Hollis, Allah-Las, Lydia Lunch with Roland S. Howard, Thin Lizzy and much more.

Allah—Las - Allah—Las [LP] Allah—Las - Worship The Sun [LP] Beach Bunny - Honeymoon (Lt Blue) [LP] Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty [2LP] Betty Davis - This Is It (Anthology) [2LP] Black Lips - Sing In A World That's Falling Apart (Deluxe Red) [LP] (sold) Blink—182 - Dude Ranch [LP] Blink—182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket [LP] Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits [LP] Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong [LP] (sold) Bones And Jones - Bees [LP] Charles Mingus - The Saint And Sinner Lady [LP] Chris Stapleton - From A Room: Volume 2 [LP] Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird - New Romancer [LP] Dire Straits / Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best Of [2LP] Fleetwood Mac - Live In Finland 1969 [LP] Frank Sinatra - My Way (Green) [LP] Frank Yamma - Tjukurpa: The Story [LP] Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti [2LP] Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures [LP] Gengahr - Sanctuary (Blue) [LP] Grade 2 - Graveyard Island [CD] (sold) Grade 2 - Graveyard Island [LP] Holy Fuck - Deleter [LP] International Submarine Band - Safe At Home [LP] J.S. Ondara - Tales Of America [LP] Jack River - Stranger Hearts [LP] John Lennon - Imagine [LP] (sold) John Mayall - Blues From Laurel Canyon [LP] Joseph - Stoned Age Man [LP] Juice Wrld - Goodbye & Good Riddance [LP] Kate Ceberano/Steve Kilbey/Sean Sennett - The Dangerous Age [CD] Kid Dynamite - Kid Dynamite [LP] Kikagaku Moyo - Forest Of Lost Children Lime Cordiale - Permanent Vacation (Tri—colour) [LP] Link Wray - Jack The Ripper [LP] Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard - Shotgun Wedding [LP] Mac Miller - Best Day Ever [2LP] Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life [LP] (sold) Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis [LP] Marvin Gaye - How Sweet it Is To Be Loved By You [LP] Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? [LP] Metallica - Death Magnetic [2LP] Metallica - Reload [2LP] Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood [LP] Nathaniel Rateliff - And It's Still Alright [LP] Nick Drake - Pink Moon [LP] Nick Lowe - Jesus Of Cool [2LP] Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets - Walkabout [LP] Paul Kelly - Songs Of The South: Greatest Hits 1985—2019 [2LP] Pennywise - About Time [LP] Pennywise - Full Circle [LP] Pennywise - Straight Ahead [LP] Post Malone - Stoney [2LP] PP Arnold - The Turning Tide [LP] Puss N Boots - Sister [LP] Queen - Greatest Hits [2LP] Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed [LP] Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request [LP] Rolling Stones/Various - The Rock And Roll Circus [3LP Box] (sold) Sam Cooke - Encore [LP] Sam Cooke - Hit Kit [LP] Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke [LP] Sepultura - Quadra [2LP] Sløtface - Sorry For The Late Reply (White) [LP] Stella Donnelly - Beware Of The Dogs [LP] Sticky Fingers - Yours To Keep [LP] Suzi Quatro - No Control [CD] (sold) Tame Impala - The Slow Rush (Blue/Red) [2LP] Ten Years After - Undead [LP] The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night [LP] The Beatles - Abbey Road (2019 Mix) [LP] (sold) The Beatles - Let It Be [LP] The Beatles - Love [2LP] The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [LP] The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack [LP] The Drones - Here Come The Lies [2LP] The Heliocentrics - Infinity Of Now [LP] The Living End - Modern Artillery (Red) [LP] (sold) The Men - Mercy (Purple Swirl) [LP] The Prime Movers Blues Band - The Prime Movers Blues Band [2LP] The Teskey Brothers - Half Mile Harvest [LP] (sold) The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow [LP] Thin Lizzy - Fighting [LP] Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak [LP] Thin Lizzy - Nightlife [LP] Torres - Silver Tongue (Silver/Grn Split) [LP] Various - Frozen 2: The Songs [LP] (sold) Various: Guardians Of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix Vol. 2 [LP] Various: Silver Fox - My Goodness, Yes! Soul Treasures [LP] Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album) [LP] Wire - Mind Hive [LP]

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DOWN BY THE RIVER LAUNCH PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNESCO YEAR OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES

 This weekend, the inaugural Down by the River song writing project is set to acknowledge the diversity of Indigenous Australian languages.

This weekend, the inaugural Down by the River song writing project is set to acknowledge the diversity of Indigenous Australian languages.

A live music celebration presented by Semaphore Music Festival 2019 as part of Umbrella: Winter City Sounds, Down By The Riverfeatures prominent Indigenous singer songwriters Frank Yamma, Vonda Last, and Corey Theatre in a performance aligning with the UNESCO…

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Hedkwatar Rundunar Yan sandan Najeriya ta ce zaratan dakarunta sun cafke wasu gungun yan bindiga dadi kimanin su talatin da takwas. Da yake nunawa yan jaridu gungun yan bindigar a Abuja, kakakin Rundunar Yan sandan kasar DCP Frank Mba, ya ce an kame yan bindigar ne a sassan arewa maso yamma, arewa maso gabas da arewa ta tsakiya. An dai kwato manyan bindigogi kirar AK47 guda ashirin da hudu, harsasai Dubu shida da kuma wasu Karin bindigogi kirar gida guda goma sha biyar. Kana da wasu kananan bindigogi kirar Pistols na kwarai. Guda ashirin. Wannan nasara dai da Yan sandan suka cimma yazo daidai lokacin da yankin arewacin Najeriyar ke ci gaba da fuskantar matsalar tabarbarewar tsaro Masanin tsaro wing commander musa isa salman Wanda yace wannan nasara na Yansanda na karfafa gwiwa ya nemi da suke kuma bada karfi wajen tattaro bayanan sirri don Kara cimma nasara.  Domin Karin Bayani Saurari Rahoton Hassan Maina Kaina       via Voice of America Hausa

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Day 1 BLUESFEST 2015

Bluesfest 2015 – Day 1

Awesome turning up at Bluesfest yesterday afternoon at Media HQ with the soulful voice of Emma Donovan onstage with Diesel and Dub Collective powering through the breeze from the nearby Mojo Stage... a very soothing and grounding introduction to the vibe of this years Bluesfest, as The Moon revealed itself from behind the clouds overhead. Diesel and Dub, (featuring Radical Son, Emma Donovan, Frank Yamma, Alex Lloyd, Declan Kelly, Pat Powell and Tony Hughes) play everyday across an array of different stages except Saturday. Great to see the support of the STOP The Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities movement on their stage shirts too. Inspirational and Powerful!!!

A great Aboriginal presence featured on the Mojo Stage kicking off with the annual Arakwal Welcome to Country, followed by Frank Yamma and of course Diesel and Dub. Considering the uncertainty of Boomerang Festival’s future (and the loss of The Indig Stage at Bluesfest), this gesture was at the same time heartfelt and powerful.

Out of the other acts I grazed on (Boy and Bear, Hozier, Augie March, Playing for Change, Jurassic 5, Playing for Change and SOJA), whilst all inspiring, it was definitely the artists on the Jambalaya Stage that touched my Spirit and captured my attention last night.

Playing for Change, a collective of souls from all over The Globe (Netherlands, South Africa, Israel, Congo, Italy, Cuba, USA and Japan) entertained the energetic crowd with masterful and uplifting renditions of soul, reggae and civil rights classics. PLAYING FOR CHANGE supports music schools and programs that are created and operated by the local community and then purposefully connect those communities around the world. Returning to Bluesfest for their third time, Playing for Change certainly connected all those enjoying the vibe last night. A definite must see for those wanting to groove and sing a long en masse. You can catch Playing for Change every day on various stages.

An unexpected highlight for me on the first night was Bluesfest virgins, SOJA. Collaborators with Michael Franti, and stage fellows of the likes of Dave Matthews Band and Damien ‘Jr Gong’ Marley, these guys hit the punters with the kind of pure raw energy that few can equal. Socially conscious in lyric, the group traversed almost every possible rhythm on the planet with complete ease, even throwing in some Lovers Rock and a touch of Crowded House too!!! Displaying superb vocals and killer percussion shared throughout the band, SOJA are one act you don’t want to miss out on seeing. See them today and also Monday (when they team up again with Michael Franti and his Soul Shine Yoga and Acoustic Jam).

ONE LOVE

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Playlist - 2Way FM - Thursday night 8-10pm ‘themusicbrief’ 23/3/17 - 103.9 fm  & stream http://2wayfm.com.au/

1. Boy & Bear - Southern Sun (Harlequin Dream - 2013)

2. Boy & Bear - Limit of Love (Limit of Love - 2015)

3. Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Traveling Kind (The Traveling Kind - 2015)

4. Steve Earle & The Dukes - Acquainted with the Wind (Terraplane - 2015)

5. MT Warning - When It All Bleeds Out (Petrified Heart - 2015)

6. Angus & Julia Stone - All This Love (2014)

7. Rudimental ft. Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me (We The Generation - 2015)

8. Lord Huron - Fool For Love (Strange Trails - 2015)

9. The Chemical Brothers ft. Beck - Wide Open (Born In The Echoes - 2015)

10. Chuck Berry - Big Boys - March 2017; 

‘CHUCK’ is the upcoming final studio album by American rock and roll musician Chuck Berry. It is his first album in 38 years to consist of mainly new material, since his 1979 record Rock It & will be released on June 16, 2017. 

http://radio.com/2017/03/22/chuck-berry-posthumous-big-boys-album-chuck/

11. Frank Yamma - Everybody’s Talking (Uncle - 2014)

12. The Paper Kites - Electric Indigo (twelvefour - 2015)

13. Real Estate Band - Primitive (Atlas - 2014)

14. Dustin Tebbutt - Atlas In Your Eye (released March 2017 for the movie soundtrack  ‘Jasper Jones’)

15. Archie Roach - Get Back To The Land (Let Love Rule - 2016)

16. Robyn ft. Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat (2007)

17. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out (from the album 'Painting Of A Panic Attack' - 2016)

18. Spoon - Inside Out (from the album ‘They Want My Soul’ - 2014)

19. First Aid KIt - Master Pretender (from the album ‘Stay Gold’ - 2014)

20. LNZNDRF - Future You (2016)

21. Alex Adair - Heaven (2015)

22. PNAU - Embrace (Fred Falke & Miami Horror Remix)

23. Eels - Mistakes of my Youth (The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett - 2014)

24. Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall (The Fatboy Slim Collection - 2015)

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Hope you enjoyed the tracks - next program: Thursday 6th April 8-10pm on 2Way FM :)

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Midnight Oil Facebook Live stream Press release

1980’s Australian rock band Midnight Oil announced on Friday the 17th of February their first world tour in over two decades. The world tour called the Great Circle 2017 was announced in true rock star style on the back of large a wooden passenger boat on the Sydney Harbour. With their backs facing the iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House, camera men and reporters faced the band on the upper deck platform and asked detailed questions about their up and coming tour and CD release.

This tour, which is due to start in mid April, will kick off at a smaller intimate local pub (with details to be announced later) then continue their live shows around the world at over 30 locations including Sao Paulo, LA, London and Paris. They will be playing at festivals with other large international acts like Arcade fire, Sting, and the Pixies to name a few. They return home to play 18 Australia concerts through out the country with Great Australian bands like John Butler Trio, Adilita, Birds Of Tokyo, The Living End, Something for Kate, Spiderbait, Urthboy and Frank Yamma.

The press release was broadcasted on television stations ABC, Seven, Nine and Ten with Go Live on board (No pun intended) to Live stream on Facebook’s live streaming platform Facebook live stream. The benefit of hosting the conference on Facebook live was that MNO fans on social media were present to receive the good news Live of the up and coming tour and interact and asked the band questions about what they have been doing personally since the last tour.

For this Facebook streaming event, we used a three-camera set up, wide, tight and a camera clamped to an upper deck ladder to get the stunning Harbour Views. These feeds were sent to back to our switcher to be mixed with Audio, Watermarks and holding slides to give notice of when the Facebook streaming will commence. During the Facebook live streaming event it gained 40,000 views and over 200 shares. Presently this video has over 271,000 views and 1600 shares, which is continuously increasing.

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Midnight Oil Plot 'Great Circle' 2017 World Tour

Midnight Oil Plot 'Great Circle' 2017 World Tour

Midnight Oil will grind the diesel and the dust on their first world tour in more than two decades.

The Aussie rock legends set pulses racing with an announcement last year of a comeback and the promise of “some gigs in Australia and overseas during 2017.” That original statement, it turns out, was wildly underplaying their true plans. 

The ARIA Hall of Famers on Friday unveiled their 50-date-plus Great Circle 2017 world tour, and announced three box sets including a collection called The Overflow Tank which is stuffed with more than 14 hours of previously unreleased and rare works.

The classic line-up of Peter Garrett (vocals), Rob Hirst (drums), Martin Rotsey (guitar), Jim Moginie (guitar, keys), and Bones Hillman (bass) will circle the globe over six months, starting and ending where it all began with gigs in Sydney (a secret pub show will launch the trek).

Through the warmer months, the expedition will stop for multiple dates in the Americas and Europe, playing iconic venues such as Sao Paulo’s Espaço das Americas and the Wiltern in L.A., London’s Hammersmith Apollo and the Olympia in Paris. The voyage will climax with an 18-date homecoming run in October and November, and including shows in several regional centers; Michael Gudinski’s Frontier Touring will produce the Australia leg. 

Midnight Oil The Great Circle 2017 World Tour   https://t.co/xHPooHCIys #Oils2017 pic.twitter.com/j1QYasfax4

— Midnight Oil (@midnightoilband) February 16, 2017

These will be the Oils’ only shows since they disbanded in 2002, save for a pair of stadium benefit concerts, “Waveaid” at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2005 and “Sound Relief” at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2009 (and their respective small warmup gigs). They’ve not embarked on a major outing since the early 1990s. 

A reunion became a fantasy when Peter Garrett walked from the band 15 years ago to embark on a career in federal politics. Though he never quite shut the door on rock ‘n’ roll. When he announced his retirement prior to the general elections of 2013, the Oils’ door swung wide open. 

“I went off and did something else for 10 years,” Garrett quipped during a press conference Friday on Sydney Harbour. The band, he added, has “never felt better, fresher, nastier, sweeter and more energetic.”

After forming in 1972, Midnight Oil went on to become one of Australia’s most popular bands – and certainly its most politically-charged. Through song, the group pushed for indigenous rights, and they took an anti-war stance. The 1987 set Diesel and Dust came in at No. 1 in the 100 Best Australian Albums, a compendium of homegrown recordings published in 2010. The group was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006.

The fire of activism still burns in the group, and the shaky political climate should only add fuel. “We’re part of the pushback and we are not alone,” drummer Rob Hirst said at the media gathering to announce the tour. “There’s a whole bunch of people here, and throughout Europe and other places that we’re touring, who feel the same way.”

Details on Midnight Oil’s boxsets and a first ever complete vinyl collection can be found at midnightoil.com/store. Click here for full international dates.

SOUTH AMERICA April 25 — Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre April 27 — Live, Curtiba April 29 — Espaço das Americas, São Paolo  April 30 — Vivo Rio, Rio De Janeiro  April 2 — NET Live, Brasilia    

NORTH AMERICA May 6 — Center Stage, Atlanta, GA     May 9 — The Filmore, Silver Spring, MD May 11 — House of Blues, Boston, MA May 13 — Webster Hall, New York City, NY May 16 — Keswick Theatre, Glenside, PA May 18 — The Vic, Chicago, IL     May 20 — Danforth Theatre, Toronto, Canada May 23 — Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO     May 25 — The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA May 27 — Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA May 29 — Revolution Hall, Portland, OR May 31 — Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA June 2 — The Commodore, Vancouver, Canada

EUROPE + UK June 21 — E-Werk, Cologne, Germany June 23 — Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland June 25 — Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany June 27 — Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark June 29 — Rockafeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway July 1 — Furuviksparken, Gävle, Sweden July 4 — Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK July 6 — Olympia, Paris, France July 7 — Festival de Beauregard, Hérouville-Saint-Claire, France  July 9 — Les Deferlantes Festival, Argeles-sur-Mer, France July 12 — Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland     July 14 — Musilac, Aix Les Bains, France     July 16 — Les Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix, France July 18 — Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany July 21 — Colours of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

NEW ZEALAND Sept. 9 — Vector Arena, Auckland, NZ     Sept. 11 — Horncastle Arena, Christchurch, NZ    

AUSTRALIA Oct. 2 — ANZAC Oval, Alice Springs, NT (w/ Dan Sultan & Apakatjah) Oct. 4 — Darwin Amphitheatre, Darwin, NT (w/ Dan Sultan & Irrunytju Band) Oct. 7 — Kuranda Amphitheatre, Cairns, QLD (w/ Urthboy) Oct. 10 — Townsville Ent. Centre, Townsville, QLD (w/ Urthboy) Oct. 12 — Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD (w/ Urthboy) Oct. 14 — Big Pineapple Fields, Sunshine Coast, QLD (w/ The Living End & Jebediah) Oct. 15 — Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD (w/ The Jezabels) Oct. 19 — Hockey Fields, Coffs Harbour, NSW (w/ Jebediah & Jack River) Oct. 21 — Hope Estate, Hunter Valley, NSW (w/ Birds of Tokyo & Ash Grunwald) Oct. 24 — AIS Arena, Canberra, ACT (w/ Something For Kate) Oct. 26 — The Village Green Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SA (w/ Spiderbait & Bad//Dreems) Oct. 28 — Perth Arena, Perth, WA (w/ Spiderbait) Oct. 1 — Derwent Entertainment Centre, Hobart, TAS (w/ The Jezabels) Oct. 3 — Gateway Lakes, Wodonga, VIC (w/ The Living End) Oct. 4 — Hanging Rock, Mt Macedon, VIC (w/ John Butler Trio, Something for Kate, Frank Yamma & David Bridie) Oct. 6 — Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC (w/ The Jezabels & Adalita) Oct. 8 — WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW (w/ Abbe May) Oct. 11 — The Domain, Sydney, NSW (w/ John Butler Trio & A.B.Original)

Source: Billboard

http://tunecollective.com/2017/02/17/midnight-oil-plot-great-circle-2017-world-tour/

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Midnight Oil Announce 2017 World Tour

by Dillon Price on February 17, 2017

80’s new-wavers Midnight Oil have been hinting at a 2017 tour. Now they have revealed a world tour schedule with shows in South America, North America, Europe, UK, New Zealand and Australia. The band formed in 1976 and released 11 studio albums before disbanding in 2002. Their last album Capricornia was released in 2002. The band played some reunion shows in 2009, but have officially reunited last year. Stream some tracks by Midnight Oil and see their full tour schedule below:  

      Midnight Oil 2017 World Tour   SOUTH AMERICA Tue 25 Apr Pepsi on Stage | Porto Alegre Thu 27 Apr Live | Curtiba SAT 29 APR ESPAÇO DAS AMERICAS | SÃO PAOLO Sun 30 Apr Vivo Rio | Rio De Janeiro Tue 2 May NET Live | Brasilia   USA / CANADA Sat 6 May Center Stage | Atlanta, GA (All ages) Tue 9 May The Filmore | Silver Spring, MD (All ages) Thu 11 May House of Blues | Boston, MA (All ages) Sat 13 May Webster Hall | New York City, NY (18+) Tue 16 May Keswick Theatre | Glenside, PA (All ages) Thu 18 May The Vic | Chicago, IL (18+) Sat 20 May Danforth Music Hall | Toronto, Canada (19+) Tue 23 May Paramount Theatre | Denver, CO (All ages) Thu 25 May The Wiltern | Los Angeles, CA (All ages) Sat 27 May Fox Theatre | Oakland, CA (All ages) Mon 29 May Revolution Hall | Portland, OR (21+) Wed 31 May Moore Theatre | Seattle, WA (All ages) Fri 2 June The Commodore Ballroom | Vancouver, Canada (19+)

EUROPE + UK Wed 21 June E-Werk | Cologne, Germany Fri 23 June Paradiso | Amsterdam, Holland Sun 25 June Huxleys Neue Welt | Berlin, Germany Tue 27 June Amager Bio | Copenhagen, Denmark Thu 29 June Rockafeller Music Hall | Oslo, Norway Sat 1 July Furuviksparken | Gävle, Sweden Tue 4 July Hammersmith Apollo | London, UK Thu 6 July Olympia | Paris, France Fri 7 July Festival de Beauregard | HÉROUVILLE-Saint-Claire, France Sun 9 July Les Deferlantes Festival | Argeles-sur-Mer, France Wed 12 July Volkshaus | Zurich, Switzerland Fri 14 July Musilac | Aix Les Bains, France Sun 16 July Les Vieilles Charrues | Carhaix, France Tue 18 July Batschkapp | Frankfurt, Germany Fri 21 July Colours of Ostrava | Ostrava, Czech Republic

NEW ZEALAND Sat 9 Sep Vector Arena | Auckland, NZ (All Ages) Mon 11 Sep Horncastle Arena | Christchurch, NZ (All Ages)

AUSTRALIA Mon 2 Oct ANZAC Oval | Alice Springs, NT (18+*) Wed 4 Oct Darwin Amphitheatre | Darwin, NT (18+*) Sat 7 Oct Kuranda Amphitheatre | Cairns, QLD (18+*) w/ Urthboy Tue 10 Oct Townsville Ent. Centre | Townsville, QLD (All Ages) w/ Urthboy Thu 12 Oct Great Western Hotel | Rockhampton, QLD (18+*) w/ Urthboy Sat 14 Oct Big Pineapple Fields | Sunshine Coast, QLD (18+*) w/ The Living End & Jebediah Sun 15 Oct Riverstage | Brisbane, QLD (All Ages) w/ The Jezabels Thu 19 Oct Hockey Fields | Coffs Harbour, NSW (18+*) w/ Jebediah & Jack River Sat 21 Oct Hope Estate | Hunter Valley, NSW (18+*) w/ Birds of Tokyo & Ash Grunwald Tue 24 Oct AIS Arena | Canberra, ACT (All Ages) w/ Something For Kate Thu 26 Oct The Village Green Adelaide Oval | Adelaide, SA (All Ages) w/ Spiderbait & Bad//Dreems Sat 28 Oct Perth Arena | Perth, WA (All Ages) w/ Spiderbait Wed 1 Nov Derwent Entertainment Centre | Hobart, TAS (All Ages) w/ The Jezabels Fri 3 Nov Gateway Lakes | Wodonga, VIC (18+*) w/ The Living End Sat 4 Nov Hanging Rock | Mt Macedon, VIC (18+*) w/ John Butler Trio, Something for Kate, Frank Yamma & David Bridie Mon 6 Nov Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Melbourne, VIC (All Ages) w/ The Jezabels & Adalita Wed 8 Nov WIN Entertainment Centre | Wollongong, NSW (All Ages) w/ Abbe May Sat 11 Nov The Domain | Sydney, NSW (18+*) w/ John Butler Trio & A.B.Original

Midnight Oil Announce 2017 World Tour was originally published on Sound Renaissance

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Frank Yamma "She Cried" from the Countryman album. 2010

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Hedkwatar Rundunar Yan sandan Najeriya ta ce zaratan dakarunta sun cafke wasu gungun yan bindiga dadi kimanin su talatin da takwas. Da yake nunawa yan jaridu gungun yan bindigar a Abuja, kakakin Rundunar Yan sandan kasar DCP Frank Mba, ya ce an kame yan bindigar ne a sassan arewa maso yamma, arewa maso gabas da arewa ta tsakiya. An dai kwato manyan bindigogi kirar AK47 guda ashirin da hudu, harsasai Dubu shida da kuma wasu Karin bindigogi kirar gida guda goma sha biyar. Kana da wasu kananan bindigogi kirar Pistols na kwarai. Guda ashirin. Wannan nasara dai da Yan sandan suka cimma yazo daidai lokacin da yankin arewacin Najeriyar ke ci gaba da fuskantar matsalar tabarbarewar tsaro Masanin tsaro wing commander musa isa salman Wanda yace wannan nasara na Yansanda na karfafa gwiwa ya nemi da suke kuma bada karfi wajen tattaro bayanan sirri don Kara cimma nasara.  Domin Karin Bayani Saurari Rahoton Hassan Maina Kaina       via Voice of America Hausa

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Day 1—Byron Bay Bluesfest

I’m just waking up after my first full day in Byron Bay, and let me tell you—it was extraordinary! Here’s how the day went down…

After making my way into the city center from Suffolk Park (and having the most amazing shakshuka eggs with haloumi, preserved lemons, and avocado at this café called Ginger Pig), I hopped a shuttle to the festival grounds, Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm. It drizzled off and on throughout the earlier part of the morning; the weather here reminds me of New Orleans in the summer—hot, humid, intermittent rain showers and blazing sun. My hair loves it! Anyway, I arrived at the festival grounds and immediately learned that I was at the wrong gate to pick up my press pass. The shuttle dropped us at the south gate, and I had to pick up at the north gate. It was a long walk but beautiful; the area is surrounded by all kinds of flora and fauna, most of which I cannot identify but am captivated by, none the less. And with it being a tea tree farm, the air smells clean and fresh. Supposedly there are also koalas on the grounds, but so far, no sightings.

After finally procuring my credentials and getting set up in the media tent, I decided to go for a stroll to familiarize myself with the layout of the festival. There are five stages, all covered (which is nice, especially since rain is forecast throughout the week), all spread out amongst the vendors and port-o-potties. Crews were setting up most of the stages at this point, with a few performing preliminary sound checks.

Since I had some time before the first acts began, I thought it would be a good idea to check out the vendors. With so many dope options to choose from, offering everything from handcrafted jewelry to funky hats and even knickers (fancy underwear—I kid you not), I made a mental note of the items that caught my eye and promised myself to revisit them on the last day of the festival. Souvenir shopping is go (on Monday)! The food offerings were just as enticing; there is something about festivals and the aroma of grilled meat on a stick, right?! Again, way too many options to choose from, and too much opportunity to do too much too soon. But since I’m in Australia, I settled on a Thai chicken pie. Y’all. It changed my life. The pie was piping hot, and for whatever reason it didn’t occur to me to grab a fork as I headed to my table, so I ate this thing like a wild woman! I wish I’d taken a photo before, because I massacred that poor little led yummy thing. It didn’t stand a chance. The lemongrass flavor that burst through with each bite, the huge chunks of chicken, the buttery, tender, flaky dough…Have mercy. I washed it down with a ginger elixir—a heavy dose of fresh ginger, honey, and rain water. Rain water? Word.

At long last, it was time for the opening ceremony and performances. I missed the ceremony (I  was in the media tent charging my devices, of course), so the first performance I caught was Frank Yamma. An Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter, and musician, Yamma’s soulful voice and space acoustic guitar stopped me in my tracks. I’d never heard of him before, but I’m definitely a fan now. This is one of the best things about music festivals—you have the opportunity to experience artists you’ve never heard, performing live. It’s as much about discovery as it is about rockin’ out to your favorites!

Diesel N Dub, a supergroup of sorts led by Declan Kelly, was up next, performing reggae versions of Midnight Oil classics (Midnight Oil is renowned in Australia and around the world for their unending commitment to social issues and using their platform to educate and empower. They’re best known stateside for their 1987 hit, “Beds Are Burning,” which got major play on MTV). Diesel N Dub’s aim is to bring awareness to Indigenous literacy efforts and to raise money for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. With guest vocalists like Emma Donovan (another artist whose work I can’t wait to get into) and Radical Son, the band pushed through several of Midnight Oil’s most beloved songs and got the crowd moving.

On my list of must-sees for the first night of performances was Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Robinson, former front man for the Black Crowes, led his musicians through a slightly subdued southern rock set. Having seen Robinson with the Black Crowes in 2011, I may have been expecting the same level of energy from this new group. They sounded fantastic, but it was definitely a different vibe.

After getting a little taste of CRB, I wandered around in search of dinner. I found BBQ chicken wings, and they were divine. Does the “we can’t eat chicken in public” rule apply outside the US? Hmmm…

Since this is, after all, a blues festival, I was elated to find that it wasn’t so in name only. The Music Maker Blues Revue gave me life, bringing that good Delta blues to Australia by way of Albert White, George Stancell, and Super Chikan. It was the closest thing to a juke joint I’ve ever experienced. All I needed was some whiskey.

There were still a handful of artists I wanted to see, but #jetlag. Thankfully, they’re performing throughout the week, so I won’t miss them! But I had to head back after a long day, get a good night’s rest, and get ready to rock Day 2.

Have a look at this video clip from Day 1!  

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Stay tuned!

—Rhonda Nicole