Ngukurr Arts
“Artists from Ngukurr produce strong pictorial works that stand apart from many other known forms of Aboriginal art.” Simon Normand - Stone Country to Saltwater.
Ngukurr Arts has been operating since 1988.
Image: Amy Johnson - Doll Weaving
Visit Ngukurr Arts website
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Lonely Boys
Image: Lonely Boys, photo courtesy of Skinnyfish Music
Ngukurr in the Roper River Region, known as ‘heartland of Indigenous rock’, is the home of the Lonely Boys.
Well known and popular band the Lonely Boys have been playing up a storm across the Top End of the Northern Territory.
Their driving guitar and hard rockin’ combined with a bit of reggae has
been a hit with audiences of all kinds. The bands songs are about
Aboriginal lifestyle on country and about their family, friends and the
relationships with the people that live in their community. Lonely Boys
have played at: Darwin Festival 2007 Merrepen Arts Festival 2007
‘Groove in the Moo’ Festival, Darwin Amphitheatre 2006 Katherine Many
community festivals.
Visit the Lonely Boys myspace
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T-Lynx
The T-Lynx Band formed in the
Roper River Region in the town of Ngukurr in 1996. Inspired by reggae
and rock - Bob Marley to Bon Jovi, the T-Lynx band sing about their
country and homelands on the Roper River in far south east Arnhem Land.
Their songs are stories about fishing, hunting, having a good time and
about how the band formed….and they have some love songs too! They
perform regularly at the Barunga Festival and many other community
Festivals around the Top End.
Image: T-Lynx
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