Saltwater Band

Saltwater Band
Origin	Galiwin'ku, Elcho Island, Australia
Genres	Indigenous Roots
Labels	Skinnyfish
Associated acts	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Yothu Yindi
Members	Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Manuel Nulupani Dhurrkay Joshua Dhurrkay Andrew Yunupingu Barra'kuwuy Yunupingu Jonathon Yunupingu Adrian Garrawitja Lloyd Garrawitja

Saltwater Band are an Indigenous Roots band from Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, around 560 kilometres from Darwin. The members are Yolngu and they sing mostly in language. Their songs are a mixture of traditional songs and reggae/ska influenced pop. One member of the band, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, is a close relative of Mandawuy Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi and is a past member of Yothu Yindi.

Saltwater Band's first cd Gapu Damurrun, sold more than 10,000 copies, a then record for an independent Northern Territory act. Their album Djarridjarri was nominated for the 2004 Best World Music Album Aria Award. The album also received a Deadly Award for Album Release of the Year.

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".

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