Letterstick Band
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Origin | Maningrida, Australia |
Genres | Reggae, Rock |
Labels | CAAMA |
Members | Colin Maxwell David Maxwell Terence Wilson Tim Wilson Roly Milak Mark Mirikul Allen Murphy |
Letterstick Band are a band from north-east Arnhem Land in Australia. The members are from the An-Barra Clan on the coast near Maningrida. They are named after the wooden tools on which messages are carved to communicate between places. They play a mixture of reggae and rock that has been called saltwater rock[1] and they sing in English and in Arnhem Land languages.[2]
Letterstick Band won a Deadly for Band of the Year in 2001. They are the subjects of the documentary Diyama - Soundtracks of Maningrida.[3]
Discography
- An-Barra Clan (1998) - CAAMA[4]
- Diyama (2003) - CAAMA[5]
References
- Corn, Aaron (2002). "Burr-Gi Wargugu ngu-Ninya Rrawa: Expressions of Ancestry and Country in Songs by the Letterstick Band". Musicology Australia (XXV): 76.