DO YOU:-

ENJOY INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN MUSIC?

WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN CD'S OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO INTERESTING INTERVIEWS WITH OUR INDIGENOUS ARTISTS?

WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE OUR INDIGENOUS ARTISTS ARE PERFORMING?
 

THEN YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO MY RADIO SHOW

          MICHAEL             STUART         BRENDAN
 

KARMA SING UP A STORM IN STUDIO 3 AT 3CR	MICHAEL IS DOING HIS              " I'M DEAD SEXY" ROUTINE.            (Michael you were a scream buddy!)

Photo's taken by: Katherine Blackwell. (Thanks Katherine)
 

ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST ABOUT DOING MY SHOW IS THE CRAZY, FUNNY AND VERY TALENTED PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS INDUSTRY ALL THAT IT IS.

KARMA COUNTY CAME INTO 3CR AND WE HAD LOTS OF FUN TALKING ABOUT THE ALBUM THEY DID WITH JIMMY LITTLE called "MESSENGER" ( available in just about every record store you could imagine, so do yourself a flavor, support Jimmy and buy the album)
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE NEW KARMA COUNTY ALBUM called "INTO THE LAND OF PROMISE", (you've got to buy the album, it's a must have in any CD collection) Jimmy Little does backing vocals on the first track called "SECRET COUNTRY".  KARMA COUNTYS NEW ALBUM IS AVAILABLE IN RECORD STORES NOW, SO RUN, DON'T WALK, RUN TO YOUR NEAREST RECORD STORE AND BUY ONE.

if you'd like to make contact with the guys at Karma County drop them a line
on their e-mail:   mmcm@magna.com.au

or you could visit their web site:  www.karmacounty.com.au
 

RICHARD FRANKLAND'S NEW SENATE e-mail: djaambi@connect.net.au web site:  www.djaambi.com

RICHARD FRANKLAND IS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS.  HE'S A WRITER, DIRECTOR AND
SINGER/SONGWRITER.

RICHARD TOOK TIME OUT FROM HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TO COME INTO MY SHOW
'ILBIJERRI CHAT' AND TALK TO US ABOUT HIS STAGE PLAYS, 'HARRY'S WAR' AND 'NO
WAY TO FORGET' .  WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT RICHARD FRANKLAND'S NEW SENATE
UP AND COMING 8 TRACK EP ALBUM CALLED 'A DINGO'S BREKKY'.

THE UP AND COMING EP HAS A DIVERSE RANGE OF SONGS AND IS AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT MAKES RICHARD FRANKLAND THE UNBELIEVABLY TALENTED AND INTERESTING MAN THAT HE IS.

I DON'T LIKE TO CATEGORISE ANY PERFORMERS MUSIC STYLE, UNLESS YOU CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN THE MUSIC THERE AND THEN, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS.  RICHARD FRANKLAND WITHOUT A DOUBT, WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE TOP FIVE OF DIVERSELY TALENTED ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS HERE IN VICTORIA (I MEAN MAINSTREAM AND INDIGENOUS) IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY HIS FIRST ALBUM 'DOWN THREE WATER HOLES ROAD', OR HIS SOON TO BE RELEASED 8 TRACK EP ALBUM, 'A DINGO'S BREKKY', THEN BUY THEM.  IF YOU SEE HIS SHORT FILMS OR STAGE PLAYS OUT THERE, THEN GO TO THEM AND SUPPORT OUR PROUD ABORIGINAL BROTHER, YOU WILL BE A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE OF IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO RICHARD,

RICHARD, THANKS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC BROTHER, YOURS IN KL, VICKI.

if you'd like to contact Richard Frankland e-mail him on:   djaambi@connect.net.au

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO INTERVIEW A LOT OF VERY TALENTED INDIGENOUS AND NON INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS.

WHICH ONES STAND OUT THE MOST?  TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE!

THE, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ORGANIZED BUT I'LL INTERVIEW YOU ANYWAY INTERVIEW, WITH RUBY HUNTER

THE WILL YOU MARRY ME INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY LITTLE.  (LISTEN YOU HAVE THE 62 YEAR OLD CHARMER SIT NEXT TO YOU, LET HIM SING 'DOWN BELOW', AND SEE IF YOU DON'T GET A BIT WEAK AT THE KNEES)

IT TOOK A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO CO-ORDINATE WITH HIS BUSY TELEVISION SCHEDULE, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT TO SPEAK WITH AARON PEDDERSON.

I GOT SO INVOLVED WITH ASKING DEB THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO KNOW I FORGOT ALL ABOUT MY RUNNING SHEET WHEN SPEAKING WITH DEB MORROW.

THE KERRIANNE COX INTERVIEW LEFT ME WONDERING IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO FIT ANYBODY ELSE IN THE STUDIO.  KERRIANNE WAS BEING FEATURED ON AN EDUCATIONAL VIDEO WHICH WAS TO BE SENT ALL ACROSS AUSTRALIA.  THE ON AIR STUDIO HAD TO CATER TO, TWO VERY LARGE BUT PORTABLE CAMERA'S WITH STANDS, TWO CAMERA MEN, THE VIDEO'S PRODUCER, ALONG WITH MYSELF AND KERRIANNE, BUT THE INTERVIEW WAS SO FANTASTIC THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE (TAPE), SENT IT AROUND AUSTRALIA TO BE PLAYED ON OTHER RADIO STATIONS.

THE YOU'RE TWO WEEKS EARLY YOU'LL HAVE TO COME BACK THEN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD FRANKLAND.  (WHEN PEOPLE RECOGNIZE MY VOICE AND REALIZE I DO 'ILBIJERRI CHAT' ON 3CR, THEY STILL  TELL ME THAT THAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE INTERVIEW)

THE I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE SMOOTH ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW WITH VIKA & LINDA BULL. (I MADE THE MISTAKE OF NOT LISTENING TO VIKA WHEN SHE ANSWERED A QUESTION.  SHE ENDED THE SENTENCE WITH, "THE MUSICIANS GO IN AND START FIRST", TO WHICH I SAID, "SO THE MUSO'S GET LAID FIRST", WHICH RESULTED IN VIKA & LINDA NEEDING A FIVE MINUTE BREAK SO THAT THEY COULD STOP CACKLING.

IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE SCREAM WITH KARMA COUNTY.  I DIDN'T EXPECT FOR MICHAEL (BASS PLAYER & COMEDIAN OF THE THREE) & STUIE (THE VERY TALENTED DRUMMER EXTRORDINAIRE), TO SHOW UP WITH BRENDAN (LEAD VOCALIST), SO I HAD TO DO SOME VERY QUICK MANEUVERING, BUT THE 1 HOUR INTERVIEW TURNED INTO 3 HOURS OF FULL ON FUN IN STUIO 3 AT 3CR.
 
 

JIMMY LITTLE SINGS UP A STORM AT A VENUE IN VICTORIA

JIMMY LITTLE IS SOMEBODY THAT WE COULD ALL ASPIRE TO BE, A MAN WHO HAS NEVER FORGOTTEN WHERE HE CAME FROM AND WHO HE IS.  JIMMY LITTLE IS A GENTLE SOUL WHO MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, WHOEVER YOU ARE AND WHATEVER YOU DO.

JIMMY LITTLE INSPIRES THE ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVES OUR UP AND COMING INDIGENOUS ARTISTS THE INSPIRATION TO KEEP TRYING.
 

SOME INDIGENOUS ARTISTS PERFORM NOT FOR THE SAKE OF PERFORMING BUT TO BRING CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY,  THE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING URBAN INDIGENOUS ARTISTS IS VERY LIMITED, THEY STILL REMAIN UNDER EXPOSED, AND INACCESSIBLE TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATES DAILY THE DIVERSITY OF INDIGENOUS IDENTITIES WHO GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.  INDIGENOUS CHILDREN ASPIRE TO BE JUST LIKE THEM AND THE ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE PROUD AND INSPIRED THAT AS LOUD, VOCAL AND DRAMATIC AS THEIR ART IS, THEY REALLY ARE OUR QUIET ACHIEVERS IN THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS.

WHEN OUR INDIGENOUS SINGERS GET UP ON STAGE THEY ARE NOT THERE JUST TO PERFORM, THEY BREAK DOWN RACIAL BARRIERS, SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR CULTURE AND THE PART THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAY IN IT, THAT WHICH MAKES THEM WHO THEY ARE.

SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE AUCTION?

A WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO BID ON, SOME OF THE ITEMS INCLUDE:
 

• A MINT CONDITION JIMMY LITTLE VINYL DOUBLE ALBUM, WHICH JIMMY HAS AUTOGRAPHED WITH A PERSONAL MESSAGE

• JIMMY LITTLE POSTERS, AUTOGRAPHED WITH A MESSAGE

• VIKA & LINDA BULL POSTERS, AUTOGRAPHED WITH A MESSAGE

• AN XXXXXXXL POSTER FROM 3KND, WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 AUTOGRAPHS OF WELL KNOWN ARTISTS LIKE, JIMMY (of course), VIKA & LINDA BULL, PAUL KELLY, ROSS WILSON, KELLI HOWELL & RICHARD FRANKLAND, JUST TO NAME A FEW. (kindly donated by South Eastern Indigenous Media Association, SEIMA)

• T-SHIRTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF AUTOGRAPHS, FROM, ARCHIE ROACH, JIMMY (of course), RUBY HUNTER, VIKA & LINDA BULL, KARMA COUNTY etc.

• A T-SHIRT AUTOGRAPHED BY OUR INDIGENOUS SPORT STARS, MICHAEL LONG, DEAN RIOLI etc. (kindly donated by FITZROY STARS GYM)

• INDIVIDUAL CD'S AUTOGRAPHED, AS WELL AS CD PACKS (not autographed)

• THERE WILL ALSO BE VARIOUS ART WORKS FROM OUR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS.

SOME OF THE PROCEEDS RAISED ON THE EVENING WILL GO TOWARDS 3CR'S MAJOR ANNUAL FUND RAISING 'RADIOTHON'.  THE REMAINDER WILL GO TO KOORIE WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS.  BOTH OF THESE ARE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

if you would like to know more contact me on my e-mail: koorimusic@yahoo.com.au

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