Ruby Hunter
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Ruby Charlotte Margaret Hunter (31 October 1955 – 17 February 2010) was an Australia
n singer and songwriter. She was a member of the Ngarrindjeri
Aboriginal
nationality, and often performed with her partner, Archie Roach
, whom she met at the age of 16, while both were homeless teenagers. She received two ARIA Award nominations, for Best Indigenous Release for Thoughts Within in 1995, and Best Blues & Roots Album for Feeling Good in 2000, respectively.
Hunter won Deadlys
in 2000
for Female Artist of the Year, 2003
for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music and 2004
for Excellence in Film & Theatrical Score. She made her acting debut in One Night the Moon
. With Archie Roach
and Paul Grabowsky
she wrote and performed the concert "Ruby's Story", which tells her life story through song and spoken word.
In 2005, Hunter was invited by Deborah Conway
to take part in the Broad Festival project, with three other Australian female artists, they performed their own and each other's songs. With Hunter and Conway were Sara Storer
, Katie Noonan
and Clare Bowditch
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer and songwriter. She was a member of the Ngarrindjeri
Ngarrindjeri
The Ngarrindjeri are a nation of eighteen "tribes" consisting of numerous family clans who speak similar dialects of the Ngarrindjeri language and are the traditional Aboriginal people of the lower Murray River, western Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coorong of southern, central...
Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
nationality, and often performed with her partner, Archie Roach
Archie Roach
Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
, whom she met at the age of 16, while both were homeless teenagers. She received two ARIA Award nominations, for Best Indigenous Release for Thoughts Within in 1995, and Best Blues & Roots Album for Feeling Good in 2000, respectively.
Hunter won Deadlys
The Deadlys
The Deadlys are an annual celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. Vibe Australia hosts the awards, which for have been held at the Sydney Opera House since 2001. The first Deadly awards were held in 1995...
in 2000
The Deadlys Award winners 2000
-Music:*Excellence In Film or Theatrical Score: Wesley Enoch Sunshine Club*Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music: Tiddas*Most Promising New Talent: Stiff Gins*Male Artist of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley*Female Artist of the Year: Ruby Hunter...
for Female Artist of the Year, 2003
The Deadlys Award winners 2003
-Music:*Male Artist of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley*Female Artist of the Year: Christine Anu*Most Promising New Talent in Music: South West Syndicate*Band of the Year: NoKTuRNL*Country Artist of the Year: Todd Williams...
for Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music and 2004
The Deadlys Award winners 2004
-Music:*Most Promising New Talent in Music: Casey Donovan*Single Release of the Year: Talk about love – Christine Anu*Album Release of the Year: Djarridjarri – Saltwater Band*Band of the Year: The Donovans*Music Artist of the Year: Troy Cassar-Daley...
for Excellence in Film & Theatrical Score. She made her acting debut in One Night the Moon
One Night the Moon
One Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical non-feature film starring husband and wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, and their daughter Memphis Kelly. Directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins with John Romeril, it was filmed on...
. With Archie Roach
Archie Roach
Archie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
and Paul Grabowsky
Paul Grabowsky
-Biography:Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Lae, Papua New Guinea; his father Alistair had lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Charlotte since the 1930s working on oil rigs, building roads, flying planes and playing the drums...
she wrote and performed the concert "Ruby's Story", which tells her life story through song and spoken word.
In 2005, Hunter was invited by Deborah Conway
Deborah Conway
Deborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....
to take part in the Broad Festival project, with three other Australian female artists, they performed their own and each other's songs. With Hunter and Conway were Sara Storer
Sara Storer
Sara Storer is an Australian country music singer. She won seven Golden Guitars in the Tamworth Country Music Festival 2004 awards in Tamworth, the most awards ever won in one year in the 32-year history of the awards. As of the 2010 Golden Guitar awards, Storer has won a total of eleven...
, Katie Noonan
Katie Noonan
Katie Anne Noonan is an Australian singer-songwriter. In addition to a successful solo career encompassing opera, jazz, pop, rock and dance, she sings in the groups george and Elixir, duets with her mother, Maggie Noonan and is currently playing with support from the group The...
and Clare Bowditch
Clare Bowditch
Clare Bowditch is an Australian musician from Melbourne, Victoria. She released her fourth album Modern Day Addiction via Island Records on 13 August 2010. It became both 3RRR Album of the Week and ABC Radio National's Album of the Week. MDA is the first of Bowditch's album's to enter the Top Ten...
.
Discography
- Koorie with Archie RoachArchie RoachArchie Roach is an Australian musician. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, he survived a turbulent upbringing to develop into a powerful voice for Indigenous Australians, a storyteller in the tradition of his ancestors, and a nationally popular and respected artist.- Biography :In his own words,...
& Wayne Thorpe - (1989) - Thoughts Within - MushroomMushroom RecordsMushroom Records is an Australian recoJrd company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros...
(MUSH32309.2) (1994) - Feeling Good - Mushroom (MUSH332672) (21 January 2000)
- Ruby with Archie Roach, Australian Art Orchestra & Paul GrabowskyPaul Grabowsky-Biography:Grabowsky was born on 27 September 1958 in Lae, Papua New Guinea; his father Alistair had lived in Papua New Guinea with his wife Charlotte since the 1930s working on oil rigs, building roads, flying planes and playing the drums...
- Australian Art Orchestra (AAO16) (2005)
External links
- Pioneer singer Ruby Hunter dies
- ABC Queensland Musicians Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach
- http://www.myspace.com/rubyhuntertunes Ruby Hunter on MySpace
- http://www.creativespirits.info/resources/music/rubyHunter.html Ruby Hunter's Discography