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Indigenous songlines: a beautiful way to think about the confluence of story and time

Edit The Guardian 04 Jul 2016
How many non-Indigenous Australians know what a songline is? ... So precious, so enveloping of pre-colonial history dating at least 50,000 years are the songlines, there are even suggestions that they ought to be Unesco world heritage-listed ... The theme is Songlines ... Related ... Because melodic variance is used to describe the land, the songlines – which also manifest in artworks, dance, the yirdaki and clapsticks – transcend language ... Related ... ....

Songlines that criss-cross Australia televised as a series for the first time

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 10 Jun 2016
As a teenager, Cornel Ozies managed a supermarket in the remote Kimberley town of Halls Creek. In his 20s, he headed home to Broome where he fell into film-making as if he was born into it. He probably was ... There is a sense of intimacy by the end, when the men dance to the haunting rhythm of clapstick and song, white paint and luminescent pearl shells shimmering on their bodies, as the red sun sinks behind them into the sea ... ....

Kimberley landscape provides ideal stage for Indigenous musician Bart Willoughby

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 28 May 2016
The renowned Indigenous musician travelled to the iconic landscape of the East Kimberley region in Western Australia in May to record instruments - didgeridoo, ukulele, clapsticks - for his latest album, with the working title Contrast. In Cathedral Gorge he found an ideal site to record the sound of woodskin drums. Advertisement. "The acoustics of this location are amazing ... Willoughby agrees....

Where to, in March?

Edit The Hindu 24 Feb 2016
St. Patrick’s Day is perhaps the most well-known festival that takes place this month. Ireland is in a state of ecstasy as they venerate the saint. Driven by beer and corned beef, and dressed in green, locals and tourists take to the streets participating in parades and merrymaking ... 1 Frozen Dead Guy Days ... It features vintage musical instruments such as claves, didgeridoos, bongos and clapsticks, and a lot of traditional styles....

Film Festival-2016 to showcase cinema of the Northeast

Edit The Hindu 29 Dec 2015
He said the picturesque Jote would be an educational hub for the State with the NIT and the FTI ... The non-competitive segment would consist of four categories — Magic Mirror (retrospective of a leading film-maker of the region), Bioscope (children films), Clapstick Caravan (best student film from SRFTI, Kolkata) and Arunachal Preview where best of shorts, documentaries and feature films from Arunachal would be screened ... - PTI. ....

Leicester City: Why Premier League title dream is possible

Edit BBC News 23 Dec 2015
"They will fall away eventually. It will never last.". It is a common view on Leicester City's position as Premier League leaders ... Following victory at Everton, the Foxes are top at Christmas ... "Hearing the roar from the crowd makes us believe anything is possible," top scorer Jamie Vardy wrote on a clapstick given to every fan at the home game against champions Chelsea, a match Leicester won 2-1 ... Elliott added ... ....

10 great Australian albums that flew under the radar in 2015

Edit The Guardian 21 Dec 2015
With nods to Jess Ribeiro, Southeast Desert Metal and High Tension, we dig up the year’s best records from the Australian underground (with a sneaky New Zealand entry from Melbourne-based Sarah Mary Chadwick) ... To my ear, Home is at its best when the older fellas chant in Tiwi language to the beat of clapsticks, but Indigenous crowds seem to think otherwise, incited to scale the stage when B2M do their squeaky-clean boyband R&B ... ....

It’s ‘ACTION’ time for Karan Johar’s ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'

Edit Pinkvilla 09 Sep 2015
Karan Johar shared this pic of Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma with ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ clapstick. He wrote, “You can never meet with the demands of the heart....our journey begins today...#AeDilHaiMushkil” ... Butterflies attacking ... ....

Garma: art and politics come together for a moving Arnhem Land festival

Edit The Guardian 06 Aug 2015
In the historic clan-gathering place, people of all nations enjoy the bunggul sunset dances, clan stories, bark painting and deep soul music ... It has long been a place for clans to gather and talk. Related ... Facebook Twitter ... Closer to the action – a circle of red dust to be kicked up with heels – the didgeridoo, clapsticks and singing were so raw, penetrating and ancient-sounding, I found myself suppressing tears. Related. Adam Goodes ... ....

‘Ki & Ka’ shoot begins with Kareena Kapoor Khan and Arjun Kapoor

Edit Pinkvilla 04 Aug 2015
The long wait is finally over ... Balki. The team shared a few pics from the make-up room and also the film’s clapstick board. Kareena and Arjun play a progressive couple in the film ... Director R ... C ... ....

East Journey: The Genesis Project review ­– traditional works and bright rock sound

Edit The Guardian 31 Jul 2015
4 / 5 stars ... With its escarpments, gorges and waterfalls is one of the most beautiful places on Earth ... Linking all three is the name Yunupingu ... Song of Arnhem Land, a powerful tribute to the band’s Northern Territory homeland, has a joyous, almost ska sound, and is linked by the clapsticks-driven Bonba to Emu, the most classical of the rock songs ... Bonba Part 3, again driven by clapsticks and didgeridoo, brings things to a moving close ... ....

Treaty by Yothu Yindi – a Trojan horse in the culture wars

Edit The Guardian 02 Mar 2015
The Yolngu song never quite achieved what it set out to in the lifetime of its author, but it gave reconciliation in Australia an anthem. Yothu Yindi pictured in 1992 with lead singer Dr Yunupingu in the centre – used with permission from the family. Photograph. AAP Image/National Archives of Australia ... As well giving the didgeridoo and bilma (clapsticks) a more prominent role, it pointed the spotlight on the song’s Yolngu Matha lyrics ... ....

A Dev or Prosenjit can never be bigger than my film: Kaushik Ganguly

Edit The Times of India 21 Jan 2015
It's been such a long journey for Kaushik Ganguly. From his first script in Class IX, to his first role — as an extra in Gurudakshina! — it's been a life full of surprises. But the storyteller in him has never run out of ideas. With Chotoder Chobi releasing this Friday, the director spoke to us about his inspiration, working for TV and how he never wants to be predictable.Excerpts. ... Also Read ... Someone made a clapstick out of cardboard ... ....
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