Band
Yothu Yindi
Albums
22
Members
8
Active
1986–present
Origin
Australia
Biography
Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for "child and mother") are an Australian band with Aboriginal and balanda (non-Aboriginal) members formed in 1986. Aboriginal members come from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land. Founding members included Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar, Cal Williams on lead guitar, Witiyana Marika on manikay (traditional vocals), bilma (ironwood clapsticks) and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki (didgeridoo), Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keyboards, guitar and percussion, and leader Mandawuy Yunupingu on vocals and guitar.
Discography
Djapana (Sunset Dreaming)
Homeland Movement
Mainstream
Homeland Movement
Tribal Voice
Tribal Voice
Freedom
Freedom
Gapu
World Turning
Dots On The Shells
Timeless Land
Birrkuta - Wild Honey
Superhighway
Mainstream
One Blood
One Blood
Garma
Garma
Healing Stone: The Best of Yothu Yindi
Healing Stone (The Best Of Yothu Yindi)
The Remixes