Who's Your Mob James Henry

Linda is a musicologist, specialising in the study of Australian Aboriginal musics, immigrant musics and the digital humanities (particularly archiving and repatriation of ethnographic field recordings as a site of interaction between researchers and cultural heritage communities). Linda has studied community music practices through fieldwork in Australia, Italy and the Philippines. Themes of her research include analysis of musical action in place, the language of song, and the aesthetics of cross-cultural musical practice. She also publishes on theoretical issues, including analysis of non-Western music, and research implications of digital technologies.

https://sydney.edu.au/music/staff-profiles/linda.barwick.php

A yarn with Peter about his work reclaiming and revitalising culture and sharing it with Aboriginal and Non Aboriginal people. He has long been a part of a big yearly corroboree in NSW which attracts hundreds of people black, white and brindle. Here's some footage of it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRGrYLohywk

I had a yarn with Djolpa up in Darwin about life and culture in Maningrida as well as his latest EP 'Red'. The title track plays underneath my intro. - https://www.djolpamckenzie.com/music

I had a chat with David about Kava to begin with, then found out a lot about PNG and his connection there. Also gained more of an insight how to go about collaborating with different cutures musically.

The track playing in the background is 'Red (2000 Miles Away from the Fair) / Shes Upped and Gone' - https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/red-2000-miles-away-from-the-fair-shes-upped-and-gone-single/1445378689

https://www.davidbridie.com

A yarn with John about his work reviving Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay language. He has been doing amazing work restoring and passing on language despite not being Aboriginal. An interesting insight in to Aboriginal languages and his practice.

http://www.yuwaalaraay.org
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/giacon-g

Jacob is the artistic director of Yirramboi and the writer/performer of Blood on the Dancefloor as well as having been the Artistic Director and Choreographer of Tanderrum. We have a frank yarn about balancing the traditional with contemporary and get an insight in to how he goes about it working with various communities across the country.

https://www.jacobboehme.com.au
https://yirramboi.net.au
http://ilbijerri.com.au/event/blood-dance-floor