Ilkari Maru Explained

Ilkari Maru
Origin:Amata, South Australia
Genre:country rock
Label:CAAMA Music
Past Members:Warren Tunkin
Larry Brady
Andrew Ken
Adam Tunkin
Leonard Jacob

Ilkari Maru is a Central Australian Indigenous band[1] from the 1980s. They played country rock music and sing in English and Pitjantjatjara.[2] They released two albums through CAAMA Music,[3] Ilkari Maru (1984)[4] and Lightning Strikes (Wangangarangk Rungkanu) (1987).[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dunbar-Hall, Peter . Gibson . Chris . Deadly Sounds, Deadly Places. Contemporary Aboriginal Music in Australia . July 2004 . University of New South Wales Press . 0-86840-622-8 . .
  2. Book: Breen, Marcus. Our Place Our Music. Aboriginal Studies Press. 1989. 0-85575-197-5.
  3. Book: Walker, Clinton . Clinton Walker . Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music . 2000 . Pluto Press . 1-86403-152-2 .
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-an8396634 Music Australia
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-an8394646 Music Australia