Isaac Yamma | |
Alias: | Isaac Yama |
Birth Date: | 1940 |
Birth Place: | Kaltukatjara, Northern Territory, Australia |
Death Date: | January 1990 |
Instrument: | Vocals, guitar |
Genre: | Country |
Occupation: | Musician |
Label: | CAAMA Records |
Isaac Yamma (1940 – January 1990), also spelt Yama, was a country singer from Central Australia. He is the father of Frank Yamma.
Isaac Yamma was a Pitjantjatjara man who was born by a waterhole near Docker River (Kaltukatjara) in 1940.
Yamma started his musical career as a member of Areyonga Desert Tigers.
He later performed with his band the Pitjantjatjara Country Band, a band made up of his sons Hector, Frank, Peter, and Paul, and his cousin Russell Yamma. His song were mostly sung in Pitjantjatjara.
He was also a radio host on CAAMA Radio 8KIN FM.
Yamma died in January 1990.