Last changed 3 July 2025
References about Warlpiri
song
Ordered by year, and alphabetically by author within each
year.
Send additions and corrections to the compiler, David Nash.
There are numerous recordings of Warlpiri song deposited in the
recorded sound archive at AIATSIS
and by no means all listed here.
For wider references, see:
- Linda Barwick & Allan Marett. 1996. Selected Audiography
of Traditional Music of Aboriginal Australia. Yearbook for
Traditional Music 28(1996),174-88 or earlier version:
- Selected Audiography of Traditional Music, pp.223-30 in The
Essence
of
Singing and the Substance of Song: Recent Responses to the
Aboriginal Performing Arts and Other Essays in Honour of
Catherine Ellis, ed. by L. Barwick, A. Marett & G.
Tunstill. 1996. Sydney: University of Sydney, Oceania
Monograph 46.
- Moyle, Alice M. 1966. A Handlist of field collections of
recorded music in Australia and Torres Strait. Canberra:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. xvii+227pp.
AIATSIS Library annotation: Covers all types of recordings
(cylinders, wire, magnetic tape and disc); Lists date of
collection, collector, locality, tribal area, restricted use,
quality rating duration, subject, instruments, languages
- some contemporary Warlpiri bands are featured in Musica
Pangaea Album Profile
There is a complementary list of films
and
video recordings, a number of which record song, and linguistic
references, literature
in
Warlpiri; and also a (non-uniform) list of non-linguistic
references
Hint: To find a particular author's name, or key term, use
your Web browser's Find command.
-
1926
- TO BE CHECKED: Basedow, H. 1926. Sound recordings by the
Mackay Exploring Expedition in Central Australia. Macdonnell
Ranges, NT. Songs, originally recorded on wax cylinder. "2.
Aknullia. Alburra". * Disc Columbia HA261 at National Museum of
Victoria. (Moyle 1966:8) * AIATSIS archive tape A8758 item 1 *
"Alburra" may be a reference to 'the Centralian "trumpet" or
"ilpirra"' (Moyle 1966:xiv)
- 1931
- Tindale, Norman B. 1931. Wax cylinders sound recording at
Cockatoo Creek, August 1931. Includes songs of "Yardi Yardu
Ilpirra tribe" [sc. Warlpiri]. Wax cylinders (Edison). Held at
SA Museum, SAM 140-151. Transcription tape 10, records 1-12.
Archive group AA 338. Copy at AIATSIS archive tape LA9572.
- 1931
- Fry, Henry Kenneth. Ilpinja or Ilpitja songs : Notes collected
at Cockatoo Creek, 1931. * 14p. Typescript [1938]. AIATSIS
Library.
- 1932
- Campbell, Thomas D. & N.B. Tindale. 1932. Sound recording
at Mt. Liebig, 1932. Includes "Ngalia tribe" [sc. Warlpiri]. Wax
cylinders (Edison). Held at SA Museum. Copy at AIATSIS archive
tape LA9564.
- AIATSIS Library summary: Totemic songs, songs of Padiki
ceremony; tree snake; water song; texts supplied in most cases
- 1933
- Pockley, FJA. 1933. [Journal of 1933 expedition Hermannsburg
to Mt Liebig.] Published 1995 The Flight of Ducks.
[includes references
to
Ngalia song]
- 1953
- Elkin, AP. 1953. Song recordings. Transferred to PRX 3644 -
3654 (12in Standard Play Groove, 33 1/3 rpm) recordings,
10min/side. Copied to cassettes. Phillip Creek recordings
33A-35B = cassette 8B; 36A-38B = cassette 9A. Cassette copies
held at University of Sydney Music Library, call number SMC
789.912171 1/1 MU. * "totemic ceremonies (Discs 34B-36)" (Moyle
1966:44) * See also Elkin
papers, Archives, Sydney University. * See Elkin 1957,
Jones 1965.
- 1957
- Elkin, AP. 1957. Australian and New Guinea musical records:
the University of Sydney series. Oceania 27.4,313-9. *
pp.316-7 lists the cuts from the 1953 NT trip. See Jones 1965.
- 1958
- Elkin, AP. 1958. Sound recordings recorded at Warrabri April
1958. "Waljbiri Dog series (Disc 75B:1) Ilbindji series (Disc
75B:2)" (A Moyle 1966) 12in discs in Sydney University
Series PRX 4304 - 4306. * AIATSIS archive tape 11091 * see Jones
1965
- 1959
- Hale, Kenneth L. 1959. Wal.piRi field notes. Yuendumu, etc. 8
sections. Mss. Rewritten in practical orthography, 1979. Typed
in practical orthography 1981-82. * includes a few song text
transcriptions
- 1964
- Barrett, M.J. 1964. Walbiri customs and beliefs concerning
teeth. Mankind 6.3(May),95-100. * pp.97-8, 'wilki
ngarunu' song. Cf. Strehlow 1964.
- 1964
- Holmes, Sandra Le Brun. 1964. Field tape number 1 and
1a. Recorded at Katherine, June. Warlpiri men singing
Dingo and Wallaby songs * AIATSIS sound archive HOLMES_S04 -
00325B
- 1964
- Strehlow, Theodor George Henry. 1964. Commentary on the magic
beliefs described in M.J. Barrett's "Walbiri customs and beliefs
concerning teeth". Mankind 6.3(May),100-104.
- AIATSIS Library annotation: Based on tape recordings brought
back from Yuendumu by M.J. Barrett; The "Wilki ngarunu" myth;
diffusion of beliefs and `cures' for toothache; meaning of
`magic' songs sung
- 1965
- Jones, Trevor Alan. 1965. Australian Aboriginal music: the
Elkin collection's contribution toward an overall picture,
pp.[286]–374 in Aboriginal man in Australia: essays in
honour of Emeritus Professor A.P. Elkin, ed. by Ronald M.
Berndt and Catherine H. Berndt. Angus and Robertson. *
descriptive analysis of recordings from many locations including
Yuendumu and Phillip Creek; dates recorded, recordist, record
numbers, instruments; includes music transcription of recordings
of Warlpiri, examples 105–144, pp.325–332. http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43657617
* see Elkin 1957
- 1966
- Meggitt, Mervyn John. 1966. Gadjari among the Walbiri
Aborigines of Central Australia. Oceania 36.3,[173]-213;
no.4,[283]-315; 37.1,[22]-48; no.2,[124]-147. Oceania
Monographs 14, 1967. [out of print]
- 1967
- Hale, Kenneth L & Alice M Moyle. 1967. Warlukurlangu, 4pp.
Yurrampi, 64pp., 44pp. (Moyle 1973 sources 254-5). Notes on
Yurrampi cycle, Hale tapes 4.13-14, 80pp. Children's songs.
Recordings by Moyle & Hale, Yuendumu, February-May 1967.
Song text transcriptions by Hale. Mss., Yuendumu. Copy deposited
at AIAS.
- 1967
- Aboriginal Sound Instruments. Recordings by Alice M.
Moyle. Aboriginal Studies Press AIAS 14. Now available only as
cassette, $12.50. Recordings from various locations including
Yuendumu. Accompanying booklet by A.M. Moyle (no longer
available).
- BANDS 2a (boomerang clapsticks alone, Dinny Djabaldjari [sc.
Japaljarri] demonstrates beating techniques, giving the name of
each in his own language), 2b (Dinny Djabaldjari sings 3 items
of Pulapa Warlukurlangu) (notations 2 and 3, pp.32-4) (track
notes p10-11) Recorded on LA2648a 6 (children's songs Tjukutjuku
[sic] and Old Man) (track notes p.12-13 - 'play songs by two
Walbiri boys aged about nine or ten years [Peter Djagamara and
Teddy Djabangari] accompanied by full-sized boomerang
clapsticks' Recorded on LA2650b at Yuendumu in 1967.
- 1967
- Australia: Aboriginal Music. Recording and liner
notes by Alice M. Moyle. UNESCO Collection Auvidis Collection of
Traditional Music of the World (reissue from the 'Musical
Sources' series IICMSD Berlin). 1977/1992 AUVIDIS-UNESCO D8040.
Available on CD. Recordings from various locations including
Yuendumu. Brief but informative CD liner notes. A number of
these tracks are also found on other recordings published by
A.M. Moyle.
- [extracts from pp.2 and 5 of CD liner notes]
- track 1-3: Rain Dreaming ngapa ceremony (excerpts) - February
1967 - nganakudukudu 'women's night' of circumcision ceremony
- track 4: Dinny Djabaldjari sings samples of the songs recorded
during the performances * http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/242230320
(Tracks 1 10:47 and 2 3:06)
- 1967
- Music and Dreamtime Stories of My People (presented
by Bob Maza). Cassette, CD. Twintrack Productions TP-01-CD (GPO
Box 17, Northbridge NSW 2063). Notes are no more than a listing
of items.
- track 9: "traditional song" from "Yuendumu community".
[possibly from recording by Alice Moyle]
- Musical items re-published on:
- Music of My People: Australian Aboriginal Music
(presented by Bob Maza). Larrikin AM002.
- 1968
- Mountford, Charles P. 1968. Winbaraku and the myth of
Jarapiri. Rigby. xix+116pp.
- 1969
- See Wild 1979.
- 1971
- Shannon, Cynthia. 1971. Walpiri womens music - a preliminary
study. [Clayton, Vic.] B.A. Thesis, Monash University * AIATSIS
Library MS 354 * AIATSIS annotation: Based on fieldwork at
Hooker Creek, N.T. 1970-1971 with mainly women; initiation and
Gadjari rituals; role of women in mens rituals; symbolism and
body painting; dance; song types and forms of ritual wailing;
music notation and tape (Tape M22)
- 1971
- Shannon, Cynthia [recorder]. 1971. 16 reel to reel tapes of
Warlpiri music. Held in the School of Music archive, Building 68
Performing Arts Complex, Monash University.
- 1971
- See Wild 1990.
- 1973
- Moyle, Alice M. 1973 [1978]. Songs by Young Aborigines: An
Introduction to North Australian Aboriginal Music, pp. 238-68
(especially Tracks 4-6) in The Australian Aboriginal
heritage: an introduction through the arts, ed. by RM
Berndt & ES Phillips. 2nd ed. 1978, Sydney: Australian
Society for Education through the Arts in association with Ure
Smith. Parts A and B. Two LP gramophone discs accompanying
Berndt and Phillips 1973, and illustrating various articles in
the book (both recordings and book now out of print). Disc B
side 1 "Songs by young Aborigines" contains recordings by A.M.
Moyle at various locations, including "Tracks 3-6 8 play songs
(boomerang sts). Yuendumu." * AIATSIS Library call number KIT
B524.88/A1 AUDIO CD (Part 5, Copy 1)
- 1973
- Moyle, Alice M. [Song word index.] Computer printout, Monash
University, February 1973. Deposited at AIAS.
- 1973
- Horne, James A. October 1973-1976 sound recordings made at
Warrabri [sc. Alekarenge]. Deposited at AIATSIS, tapes A4417,
A4418.
- 1975
- Horne, James A. 1975. Report on the 1975 Warrabri Pulapa
Wirri. Developing Education 3.3(August),12-16. col.
illus. incl. cover. *
- AIATSIS Library annotation: The Pulapa Wirri [sc. Wiri], or
"Big dance" is a festival of Aboriginal arts to encourage young
Aboriginal people to participate in Aboriginal artistic
Aboriginal artistic activities; Briefly outlines organization,
participants, and future of Pulapa Wirri held at Warrabri [sc.
Alekarenge]
- 1975
- Horne, James A. 1975. As a curriculum officer what does
Aboriginal music and dance mean to me? Developing Education
3.4,7-8.
- 1975
- Wild, Stephen A. 1975. Walbiri music and dance in their social
and cultural nexus. Indiana University dissertation. Xerox
University Microfilms 1976 (Order No. 7517072).https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/walbiri-music-dance-their-social-cultural-nexus/docview/302759943/se-2?accountid=8330
- 1977
- Horne, James A. [1977] Handbook of Aboriginal Music &
Dance. For use in Warrabri School. Department of Education, N.T.
Division. 83pp. Mimeoed typescript, with photographs. [Release
dated 24.4.77]. * photocopy held at Papulu Apparrkari, Tennant
Creek; AIATSIS Library MS 3161
- 1978
- The First Australians. Aboriginal Artists Agency
AAA-04. Vinyl, LP. Includes traditional music from
"Warlpiri community" / "Yapa from western central Northern
Territory". Track B8 "Walbiri Singers – Wungulu: The Dancers Are
Ready".
- 1979
- Wild, Stephen A. 1979. A Public Song Series of Central
Australia. Paper presented to the Third National Conference of
the Musicological Society of Australia, Monash University, 18-21
May 1979. [15pp.+ 3 musical transcriptions of Yam purlapa
referring to the site Yumurrpa, recorded at Hooker Creek
12/11/69.] * published as Wild 1984
- 1979
- See Songs of Aboriginal Australia 1990.
- 1979
- Wild, Stephen Aubrey. 1979. Music notations of song series
recorded at Lajamanu (Hooker Creek), N.T. Holograph (photocopy);
Contents; [1.] Warlbiri yarla purlapa; Yam public ceremony,
11-12 Nov. 1969, 113 l.; [2.] Warlbiri yawulyu yangkirri; Womens
emu, 30 July 1979, 23 l. * AIATSIS Library MS 1406
- 1981
- Koch, Grace. Women's awulya sung and danced for Justice Toohey
during the Kaytej-Warlpiri-Warlmanpa Land Claim Hearing.
November 1981, Alekarenge. Field tape numbers: KW1, KW2 *
AIATSIS sound archive KOCH_G03, archive tapes 08597 - 08598
- 1984
- Hale, Kenneth L. 1984. Remarks on creativity in Aboriginal
verse, in Problems and Solutions. Occasional essays in
Musicology presented to Alice M. Moyle, ed. by Jamie C.
Kassler & Jill Stubington. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger.
ISBN 0 86806 148 4 416pp. $30.
- 1984
- Wild, Stephen. 1984. Warlbiri music and culture: meaning in a
central Australian song series, in Problems and Solutions.
Occasional essays in Musicology presented to Alice M. Moyle,
ed. by Jamie C. Kassler & Jill Stubington. Sydney: Hale
& Iremonger. ISBN 0 86806 148 4 416pp. $30. * published
version of Wild 1979
- 1987
- Clunies Ross, Margaret, Tamsin Donaldson & Stephen A. Wild
(eds). 1987. Songs of Aboriginal Australia. Sydney:
University of Sydney. viii+199pp. Oceania Monographs 32.
[out of print] Companion sound cassette (AIATSIS 1990).
- 1987
- Sutton, Peter. 1987. Mystery and change. Chapter 5. Clunies
Ross et al 1987:77-96.
- 1987
- Wild, Stephen A. 1987. Recreating the JUKURRPA: adaptation and
innovation of songs and ceremonies in Warlpiri society. Clunies
Ross et al (eds.) 1987:97-120. * AIATSIS Library annotation:
Song and ceremony innovation in relation to Lajamanu history,
relationships to land and sites, religious taxonomy, ceremonial
reorganisation and expressions of cultural identity
- 1988
- [Men singing Jardiwanpa.] Approx. 2 hours recorded 29 June
1988 at Palparti, 170km west of Tennant Creek, by sound
recordist with ABC Natural History Unit (during filming of Fire
in the Mind, produced & directed by Jeremy Hogarth).
- 1988
- Wapirra kangku wangka. [Father talks to you] Recorded
at the Songwriter's workshop 1988. C-20 #262 ZR7. SIL-AAIB,
Berrimah NT 0828. $8
- 1988
- North Tanami Band. 1988. Warlpiri Warlpiri People.
Recorded in Alice Springs.
- 19??
- North Tanami Band. 19??. Travelling Warlpiri. CAAMA Music Catalogue
No. CA250. Recorded in Alice Springs.
- 19??
- North Tanami Band. 19??. This Land. 1 Warlu 2:21, 2
Yampijapaju (Why did you leave me) 2:36, 3 Juu Juu (Devil storm)
3:42, 4 This Land 2:24, 5 Vision 2:49, 6 Kuu Kuu Man (Devil man)
3:14, 7 Kurtu Kids 2:24, 8 Jundala Yanu (Left her child) 4:22, 9
Thinking About You 2:38, 10 Lost it 2:10, 11 Yukurrpa [sc.
Jukurrpa] (Dreaming) 3:21, 12 Baby Come Back 3:38. Total
35:06 CAAMA Music
Cat. No. 331.
- Rex Patterson, manager & vocalist; Hector Patterson, lead
guitarist & vocalist; Zacharia Patterson, keyboard &
rhythm guitar; Matthew Patterson, vocalist; Dwayne Gibson,
drummer, Jarmin Joshua Kelly, base guitarist; Roderick Herbert,
rhythm guitar. Engineer & mixed by: Steven Tranter and Stan
Satour.
- 1990
- Songs of Aboriginal Australia. 1990. Audio cassette
no. 17. Canberra: AIATSIS. Processed by EMI, Sydney. Reprinted
1994. To accompany Clunies Ross et al (eds.) 1987. Box also
contains notes.
- Item 5. Warlpiri women's Emu songs from central Australia.
Singers Dora Nampijinpa, Mary Nangala, Maggie Nangala, Alice
Nampijinpa, Maggie Napangardi, Annie Nungarrayi, Maisy
Napangardi, recorded by Stephen Wild at Lajamanu, Northern
Territory in 1979. Tape 6165. 03.28.
- Item 6. Warlpiri men's love magic songs, central
Australia. Singers Jimmy Robertson Jampijinpa and Jimmy Jangla,
recorded by Stephen Wild at Lajamanu, Northern Territory in
1979. Tape 6148. 00.49-05.44.
- 1990
- Wild, Stephen A. 1990. Central Australian Men's Love Song
(Yilpinji), pp.48-69 in The Honey-Ant Men's Love Song and
other Aboriginal Song Poems, ed. by R.M.W. Dixon &
Martin Duwell. St Lucia: UQ Press. ISBN 0 7022 2278 X May 1990.
* Yurrampi Yilpinji / Honey-Ant Men's Love Song, recorded by
Thomas Jangala at Lajamanu, 1971. Song said to be in Anmatjarra
(Anmatyerr)
- 1990
- Yapa Music. 1990. Look at us! Warlpiri Mix. CAAMA
Music, March 1990.
- Side One: 1. Muljulparlu milyapungu. 2. Mount Doreen. 3.
Mardaka nyanu. 4. Look at us. 5. Warlpiri Warlpiri People. Side
Two: 1. Wanta Wirringka. 2. Milyapungu piturlukuru 3. Yuendumu
4. Yirraru jarrijalparlu 5. Wapirra pirlirrpaji 6. Mission
Creek.
- 1992
- Moyle, Alice M. Auvidis – D 8040, UNESCO Collection of
Traditional Music of the World – D 8040. Track 1 Rain Dreaming
Ceremony, 10:47, recorded in Yuendumu, Northern Territory,
February 1967. Track 2 A Re-singing Of Rain Dreaming Songs After
The Ceremony, 3:06. In standard jewel case with 16 page booklet.
Reissue Auvidis of the album Australia: Aboriginal Music
realized by the International Institute for Comparative Studies
and Documentation (IICMSD) Berlin for the International Music
Council. ℗ Auvidis / UNESCO 1977 / 1992.
- 1994
- Yartulu Yartulu Band. 1994. Kangka Julu Pina. CAAMA Music. Cat. No.
236.
- 1996-7
- Barwick, Linda. Yilpinji Maliki. Yilpinji Ngapa. Yawulyu
Ngapa. Song recordings of Warlpiri men and women at Alekarenge,
September 1996, August 1997. Part transcribed (with assistance
from David Nash).
- 1997?
- Lajamanu Teenage Band. 1997?. 'Luwarnulu Jana'. ABC Songlines
CD.
- 1998
- Lajamanu Teenage Band. 1998. vison.
CAAMA Music. Cat.
No. 314. * 1. Nguru 2. It's Going to Rain 3. Vision 4. Wiyappa
Wanti Jalu 5. Part Tonight 6. Echo Voices 7. Nuwarnu Janu
['Luwarnulu Jana' on Songlines
CD] 8. Baby! I Need You 9. Teenage Band 10 Baby Crying 11.
Please Come Home 12. Where is my People 13. Ngapa. Alfred
Rose - Vocals, Kenneth Martin - Rhythm Guitar, Darren Penn -
Bass Guitar, Manuel Herbet - Drums, Matthew Gibson, Bobby
Kennedy, Amos Poulson. Producers Allen Murphy & the
Teenage Band. Engineering: Steve Tranter and Allen Murphy with
additional engineering by Stan Satour. * "Second and still the
most popular album by these rock star heroes. Songs relate to
community and family issues. Sung in Warlpiri and English" * short
review
by Will Owen
- 199?
- Lajamanu Teenage Band. 199?. Dreamtime
Hero. CAAMA Music
Cat. No. 339. * 1. You are always on my mind 2. Wapakarra
nyinami karna (No Mum or Dad) 3. Dreamtime Hero 4. Change your
life 5. Jamagu (Land Rights Freedom Song Wave Hill Station 1966)
6. Jamirdi (My grandfather) 7. Mardakayarnu (Hold your child) 8.
Don't go to town 9. Give our land back 10. Lajamanu 11. Nguru
(Our land). Alfred Rose - Vocals & Rhythm Guitar, Kenneth
Martin - Vocals, Darren Penn - Bass Guitar, Manuel Herbet -
Drums, Terry Banjo - Lead & Rhythm Guitar. Engineer
and mixed by Steve Tranter. * "Third album by this hugely
popular Northern Territory Band. Everyone knows and sings
along to these songs. Sung in Warlpiri and English" * short
review
by Will Owen
- 1999
- Lajamanu Teenage Band. 1999. Luwarnulu Jana. Track on Songlines
CD. [repeat of Track 7 of Lajamanu Teenage
Band. 1998. Vision] ABC.
- 200?
- Yapaku Yunparninjaku. Warlpiri/English. © Yapaku
Association, Alice Springs. ISBN 0727202480 $12. The Bible
Place, 55a Gap Road (behind the Mbantua Store), PO Box 8794,
Alice Springs NT 0871, Ph. (08)89533057; fax (08)89533047
- 200?
- Ali Curung Spinifex Band. Alyawarr, Warlpiri and
English. C-30 cassette #499 7-050. * 1 Come O Lord 2 Ready 3
Judgement Day 4 There's a Song in my Heart 5 Father Up Above 6
He is Real 7 Holy Spirit in this Land (1) 8 Have a Saviour 9 I'm
Sitting Alone 10 Holy Spirit in this Land (2) * "recorded
by the Alyawarr Singers, the Alekareng Ladies, with Jimmy Friday
and a couple of his mates at Alekareng, NT. Noel Bachelor made
the recording." SIL, PO Berrimah NT 0828. ph.
(08)89225700, fax (08)89225717
- 200?
- Lajamanu Singers. Wapirrakurliparla Yunparni. Singalong
for the Father. Warlpiri. C-60 cassette WL 527. *
Holy Spirit we welcome you, Walking with Jesus, Healing waters,
Nyurru (Ready) Jesus Christ is coming soon, Welcome Holy Spirit,
Message in my dreams, Wapirra Nyuntujunpa, Ngurru-nyayirni,
Jesus, I will follw you / He is Lord, Holy Ghost Power, Jijaji
Ngalpa Parlija Wanta-wantarla, Wapirrarlu Yilyajarni Kajanyanu,
Take up your cross, Jijaji Kapurlipa Purda-nyanyi, God's family,
Wapirra Nyuntujunpa Wiri-nyayirni. Audio Engineer: Noel
Bachelor. 'SEEMA AUDIO' CIMR (Christian Indigenous
Media Resources), PO Box 1921, Humpty Doo NT 0836. ph.
(08)89889139 <al.rogers@octa4.net.au>
- 2002
- SPIN.fx. 2002. Uluparru. CAAMA
Music * Stanley Roberts, Amos Egan, Jason Butcher,
Abraham Phillipus * 14 tracks, mostly in
Pintupi/Luritja; track no.2 "Pina Yantani" by Amos J Egan
"This song, in Warlpiri, is about people who leave the community
and go into town for too long. Their family and friends always
tell them to come back home." * related video
SPIN.fx
- 2006
- Lajamanu Teenage Band. 2006. Prisoner. CAAMA
Music. Cat. No. 422. 1. Between Me & You 4:14 2. Bunbidee
(Home Land Of Pigeon Hole) 5:17 3. Jamirdi (My Grandfather) 4:57
4. Kirdanyanu-Wanu (No Father) 3:38 5. Kurdu-Ka Yulami (Baby
Crying) 3:12 6. Kurdu-Wiyappa (Lonely Child) 4:37 7. Lajamanu
3:10 8. Lord I Give You My Heart 3:32 9. My Home Lajamanu 4:07
10. Ngawarra-Kujaku (Big Flood Water) 4:09 11. Pina Yantani
(Come Back) 2:34 12. Prisoner 4:30 13. Wapirra (Lord) 5:15 14.
Yarrungkanyi (Homelands) 4:10 15. Yirraru-Jarri (Getting Lonely)
4:33 Alfred Rose – Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar, Kenneth Martin –
Lead Vocals/Rhythm guitar, Terry Banjo – Lead Guitar/Rhythm
Guitar, Asmen Pelasco – Keyboard, Cedric King – Bass
Guitar/Keyboard, Mervyn Donald – Drums, Manual Herbert – Drums.
“This album is dedicated to the memory of / Darren Penn /
founding member of the Lajamanu Teenage Band.”
- 2006
- Lajamanu Teenage Band. 2006. Live in Katherine. CAAMA Music. Cat. No. 427.
1. Teenage Band 4:29 2. Jamirdi (My Grandfather) 4:30 3.
Drinking & Driven 5:05 4. Jamagu (Wave Hill Strike in 1966)
3:22 5. Between me and you 5:58 6. Dreamtime Hero 4:05 7.
Ngawarra Kujaku (Big Flood Water) 4:20 8. Mardaka yanu (Hold
your Child) 4:13 9. Echo Voices 3:43 10. Lajamanu Teenage Band
11. Kurdu Ku Yulami (Baby Crying) 4:51 12. Bundibee (Home Land
of Pigeon Hole) 4:24 13. Always On My Mind 4:00 14. Grandfather
Tell Me More Stories 2:41 15. Yirraru Jarru (Getting Lonely)
4:35. Alfred Rose – Lead Vocals/RhythmGuitar, Kenneth Martin –
Lead Vocals, Terry Banjo – Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Darren Penn
– Bass Guitar, Manual Herbert – Drums, Cedric King –Keyboard.
“This live recording of the Teenage Band was done at Kurbi’s in
Katherine on their Northern Territory tour starting in Alice
Springs – Tennant Creek – Katherine – Jabiru then to Darwin for
the NAIDOC Festival and back to Ngukurr. This album is dedicated
to the memory of Darren Penn one of the founding members of the
Lajamanu Teenage Band.”
- 2006
- Lajamanu Teenage Band is also on Barunga Live 2006: Safe Tracks Home, New Indigenous
music from the NT, track 11, Yarrungkani.
Skinnyfish/North Territory Government, 2006 Cat. No BAR002CD
- 2014
- Gallagher, Coral Napangardi and Peggy Nampijinpa Brown, with
Georgia Curran & Barbara Napanangka Martin. 2014. Jardiwanpa
yawulyu:
Women’s songs from Yuendumu. Darwin, NT: Batchelor Press.
* launched
12
December 2014 at Yuendumu * "produced with the
technology of sound printing. On each song page there is an icon
that indicates a code embedded in the page. If you have access
to a ‘speaking pen’ you can point the pen to the icon and a
recording of the song will then play" https://call.batchelor.edu.au/project/jardiwanpa-yawulyu/
* https://call.batchelor.edu.au/project/jardiwanpa-yawulyu/jardiwanpa-yawulyu-audio-files/
- 2017
- [Curran, Georgia et al]. 2017. Yurntumu-wardingki
juju-ngaliya-kurlangu yawulyu: Warlpiri women’s songs from
Yuendumu. 112pp. Accompanying CD set with songs Batchelor
Press. http://batchelorpress.com/node/341
* song audio at https://call.batchelor.edu.au/project/yuendumu-wardingki/
* publicity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ8VfzzznHcby
NT
Writers' Centre, published on 3 Sep 2017 * Watiyawarnu
yawulyu 'Acacia seed dreaming songs' https://ictv.com.au/video/item/4988
- 2024
- Vitality and change in Warlpiri songs, Juju-ngaliyarlu
karnalu-jana pina-pina-mani kurdu-warnu-patu jujuku.
Sydney: Sydney University Press / PAW Media and Communications.
ISBN 9781743329061 https://sydneyuniversitypress.com/products/180361
* see wlp-eth-ref.html
for chapter listing and other information
- 2025
- Morais, Megan, in collaboration with the late Lucy Nampijinpa
Martin and 11 Warlpiri women, and Myfany Turpin. 2025. Yawulyu,
Art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony. Aboriginal
Studies Press. * https://nit.com.au/30-04-2025/17671/author-megan-morais-collaborates-with-warlpiri-women-for-new-book-launch
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