Nagarra, Kankawa - Wirlmarni (Limited Transparent Red Coloured Vinyl) (Vinyl LP)

Kankawa Nagarra - Wirlmarni (Limited Transparent Red Coloured Vinyl)**

**Actual vinyl transparent colour may vary from digital image.

Aboriginal Australian blues, country, and gospel by the great Kankawa Nagarra, Queen of the Bandaral Ngadu Delta.

These intimate recordings introduce the world outside Australia to Kankawa Nagarra, a beloved Walmatjarri Elder, teacher, human rights advocate, and environmental activist.

Born in the traditional lands of the Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri peoples of North Western Australia, Kankawa grew up with the tribal songs at cultural ceremonies. When she was taken from her family to the mission, she was taught hymns and Gospel songs with the choir. On the pastoral lease where she was sent to work, Country music was everywhere. She first heard rock and roll on the station gramophone. But it wasn’t until many years later her musical journey truly began, when she stopped to listen to a busker outside a shop in Derby, Western Australia. It was the first time she’d heard the blues, and it awakened something in her. Through it, she found a medium to express all her thoughts and feelings, and it inspired her to turn these into songs. The empathy of her message extends from those she sees struggling around her to the entire planet being ravaged for profit. 

Tracklisting:

1. Kurungal Kurungal
2. Wirlmarni
3. Tell You A Story
4. Butterfly Song
5. Yanin Baliju
6. Dollar Sign
7. They Are Coming
8. Canning Basin Blues
9. My Country
10. Got Any Rivers
11. Edge Of The Desert
12. In The Sweet By and By