Yugul (band)

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Yugul
Origin Ngukurr, Australia
Genres Blues
Years active1969–1975, 2001-
Labels Skinnyfish Music

Yugul are a blues band from Ngukurr, a small community in southeast Arnhem Land. [1] They are the first Aboriginal blues band in the Northern Territory [2] and one of the longest running, having been established around 1968. [3] They released their debut album in 2003 with help from Charles Darwin University, [4] Blues Across the River, which is credited as being one of Australia's great blues albums. [5]

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Discography

Albums

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Blues Across the River

References

  1. ↑ The Australian October 28, 2004, "Reborn Yugul brings out the Top End blues" by Ashleigh Wilson
  2. ↑ ABC, DIG Internet Radio, Wrong Side Of The Roper I by Tony Collins
  3. ↑ Grabowsky, Paul (2015-05-08). "Melbourne International Jazz Festival 2015: Paul Grabowsky's heartfelt journey". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  4. ↑ National Indigenous Times, Issue 50 - March 3, 2004, Yugul Band: Blues across the river Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ ""The best driving album ever made in Australia": The story of Yugul". ABC listen. 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
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