From the Bush

From the Bush
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released1990
LabelCAAMA

From the Bush is a compilation album of Australian Indigenous bands released in Australia by CAAMA in 1990.[1] It was nominated for a 1991 ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release.

Rough Guides calls it "a fine introduction to the contemporary music of Central Australia's desert regions and sparse townships."[2] Penelope Layland writing in the Canberra Times gave it a mostly negative review[according to whom?], saying most of the album was "fairly standard music" and "run-of-the-mill musical forms" but noting the better songs "those which incorporate at least some elements of traditional Aboriginal music or traditional instrumentation".[3]

Accolades

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Year Award Nomination Result
1991 ARIA Music Awards Best Indigenous Release[4] Nominated

Track listing

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  1. Don't worry just be happy – Blekbala Mujik
  2. Tjana anu wilurara – Chrysophrase
  3. Hermannsburg Mountain – Irwin Inkamala & the Country lads
  4. Mardaka nyanu – North Tanami Band
  5. She's my sister – Daryl Smith
  6. Seasons coming – Areyonga Desert Tigers
  7. Tjitji tjuta wankanyi – Titjikala Desert Oaks Band
  8. To leave this young black girl – Wairuk Band
  9. We’re the Wedgetail Eagles – Wedgetail Eagle Band
  10. Pitjantjatjara Boy Like Me – Isaac Yamma
  11. Pitulu (Petrol) – Punch Thompson
  12. Mount Doreen – Western Desert Band
  13. Blackmans crying – Frank Yamma
  14. Alice don't grow so fast – Amunda
  15. Dreamtime blues – Bill Wellington
  16. I'm telling you – Irwin Inkamala & the Country Lads
  17. Black Boy – Wedgetail Eagle Band
  18. Lajamanu – North Tanami Band
  19. Nitmiluk – Blekbala Mujik
Tracks 1,4,9,12,16,18 and 19 only appear on the cd version.

References

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  1. ^ Hayward, Philip (2016). Sound Alliances: Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Politics, and Popular Music in the Pacific. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 9781474289870.
  2. ^ World Music: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific. Rough Guides. 1999. p. 17. ISBN 9781858286365. From The Bush caama.
  3. ^ Layland, Penelope (5 July 1996), "Life's meatier problems", Canberra Times
  4. ^ "ARIA Awards Best Indigenous Release". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 4 April 2017.