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Letterstick Band

Letterstick Band
Origin Maningrida, Australia
Genres Reggae, Rock
Labels CAAMA
Members Colin Maxwell
David Maxwell
Terence Wilson
Tim Wilson
Roly Milak
Mark Mirikul
Allen Murphy

Letterstick Band are a band from north-east Arnhem Land in Australia. 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 and they sing in English and in Arnhem Land languages.

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


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