News Items from 01/01/2007 - 21/03/2007
Numbulwar women Jocelyn Uibo gives Yilila's "Aeroplane" EP and "Red Flag Jamajama" DVD to Al Gore Posted 1/11/07
Numbulwar's Jocelyn Uibo has attended a famous Al Gore "slide show" in Melbourne and passed on a copy of our DVD and new CD. Jocelyn, one of the bands close family, is passionate about making our remote community alot greener. Mr Gore said he would watch our DVD on the plane home.
"Aeroplane" EP & "Manilamanila" CD to be featured on "The Daily Planet" ABC Radio National Posted 3/10/07
Our 2 CD releases will be featured on Lucky Oceans "The Daily Planet" radio show from the 5th October. The show is hosted by the well known musician and radio presenter Lucky Oceans, who will give you a musicians insight into Yilila's unique style of Australian music. Mon-Fri 2:20pm, repeated Mon - Thurs 11:20pm.
Watublapi & Yilila, a new direction and partnership for culture in Indonesia & Australia Posted 23/1/07
We have just returned from our first visit to the village of Watublapi on the island of Flores in Indonesia. After a week of some of the most amazing countryside, food, culture and people, we discovered Yilila and Watublapi are following the same paths to build their remote communities with their traditional music, dance and art. We are already planning to go back as soon as possible to continue to share our culture and experience with eachother. We will start a new web site soon to show you what we have been doing, but of course, we are already well underway with a few exciting new recording projects. Click here to go to the videos page and see Grant Nundhirribala working on some new songs in Indonesia.
News Items from 23/01/2007 - 01/08/2006
"Aerplane" EP Released with John Butler & Raka Mukherjee Posted 23/1/07
The title track & new rippin' single "Aeroplane" features a guest appearance from John Butler on slide guitar & acclaimed Indian singer Raka Mukherjee collaborating on a breathtaking remix of our song "Manilamanila". There is also a remix of our award winning song "Mijiyanga". For all of you who love hearing Yilila play unique music from the remote Arnhem Land, Australia, now is the chance to hear us performing along side two world class artists & check out some new tracks.
"Act of the Year" & "Male Musician of the Year" Awards Posted 28/8/06
Yilila were this years NT Indigenous Music Awards winners of "Act of the Year" and our lead singer Grant Nundhirribala won "Best Male Musician" along with a prize of $10,000 worth of International touring support. Thanks to Music NT for an outstanding awards night at the Darwin Amphitheatre
New music video & interview downloads Posted 2/8/06
Two full length music videos are now available for download. Click on these links Rharrarharra or Dhararri, or download from our videos page. There are also 9 interviews about the band, music and culture and 6 traditional dancing videos by our musicians
Yilila's music is now available online from the iTunes music store Posted 1/8/06
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