Soft Sands
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Soft Sands are a country and gospel band from Galiwin'ku in Arnhem Land
formed in 1970. They were one of the first Arnhem Land bands to incorporate contempary instruments, music styles and technologies into their music and have had a major influence on the development of popular music in top end
. The members are Yolŋu and they sing in English and Yolŋu Matha. Soft Sands was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2006 NT Indigenous Music Awards
They have released two self-titled albums. They also accompanied Neparrŋa Gumbula on his unreleased solo album Djiliwirri.
Arnhem Land
The Arnhem Land Region is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around 500 km from the territory capital Darwin. The region has an area of 97,000 km² which also covers the area of Kakadu National...
formed in 1970. They were one of the first Arnhem Land bands to incorporate contempary instruments, music styles and technologies into their music and have had a major influence on the development of popular music in top end
Top End
The Top End of northern Australia is the second northernmost point on the continent. It covers a rather vaguely-defined area of perhaps 400,000 square kilometres behind the northern coast from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin across to Arnhem Land with the Indian Ocean on the west, the...
. The members are Yolŋu and they sing in English and Yolŋu Matha. Soft Sands was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 2006 NT Indigenous Music Awards
NT Indigenous Music Awards
NT Indigenous Music Awards are part of the Darwin Festival and are run by Music NT in association with the Northern Territory Government’s Indigenous Arts Development Unit.-Awards:...
They have released two self-titled albums. They also accompanied Neparrŋa Gumbula on his unreleased solo album Djiliwirri.