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Letterstick Band
OriginManingrida, Australia
GenresReggae, Rock
LabelsCAAMA
MembersColin Maxwell
David Maxwell
Terence Wilson
Tim Wilson
Roly Milak
Mark Mirikul
Allen Murphy

Letterstick Band are a band from north-east Arnhem LandinAustralia. The members are from the An-Barra Clan on the coast near Maningrida. They are named after the wooden tools on which messages are carved to communicate between places. They play a mixture of reggae and rock that has been called saltwater rock[1] and they sing in English and in Arnhem Land languages.[2]

Letterstick Band won a Deadly for Band of the Year in 2001. They are the subjects of the documentary Diyama - Soundtracks of Maningrida.[3]

Discography[edit]

References[edit]

  • Corn, Aaron (2002). "Burr-Gi Wargugu ngu-Ninya Rrawa: Expressions of Ancestry and Country in Songs by the Letterstick Band". Musicology Australia (XXV): 76.
  • ^ Australian Film Commission Diyama - Soundtracks of Maningrida
  • ^ Music Australia An-Barra clan
  • ^ Music Australia Diyama

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Letterstick_Band&oldid=1049811377"

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