| 2005 |  | Jurtbirrk Lovesongs from Northwestern Arnhem Land. Recordings by Linda Barwick and Bruce Birch; Booklet (40pp)
by Linda Barwick, Bruce Birch and Joy Williams, project management Sabine Hoeng. Batchelor, NT: Batchelor Press, ISBN 1-74131-050-4.
This CD presents music recorded in the community of Minjilang (Croker Island) NT as part of the Iwaidja language documentation project led by University of Melbourne linguist Nicholas Evans. These public didjeridu-accompanied songs were composed by David Minyimak, Ronnie Waraludj, Reggie Cooper and Robert Cunningham and recorded in Minjilang in 2003-2004. The CD is accompanied by a 40-page booklet with background notes on the composers and performers, transcription and translation of each song-text and musical transcriptions of selected songs. The documentation team includes Linda Barwick, Bruce Birch, Joy Williams and project manager Sabine Hoeng. The award-winning design is by David Lancashire Design. A sample track from the CD can be accessed online via the website of Skinnyfish Music, where you can also place an order for the CD. |
| 2004 |  | Awelye Akwelye: Kaytetye women's songs from Arnerre, Central Australia. Papulu Apparr-kari Language and Culture Centre, Tennant Creek. Recordings by Grace Koch, Linda Barwick and Myfany Turpin, commentary by Myfany Turpin and Alison Ross. CD and 36pp booklet. ISBN 0-947154-00-0.
This publication is a compilation of 47 different Kaytetye rain songs of the public women's traditional awelye genre. The songs are selected from three different performances: one in recorded by Grace Koch in 1976, and two in 1999 — one recorded by Myfany Turpin and the other by Linda Barwick and Myfany Turpin. The compilation has extensive notes on the texts and the specific performances, and is the result of Myfany Turpin's PhD research on Kaytetye songs in close collaboration with one of the song series owners, Alison Ross. The publication received financial assistance from the Myer Foundation, and is available to educational and cultural institutions. For details on how to obtain the CD, contact Papulu Apparr-kari Language and Culture Centre, PO Box 1108, Tennant Creek NT 0861, Australia.. |
| 2003 |  | Jadmi Junba by Nyalgodi Scotty Martin, Traditional Songman of the Dreamtime. Recordings by Linda Barwick; Booklet (40pp)
compiled by Linda Barwick with the assistance of Nyalgodi Scotty Martin, Tony Redmond, Ngarinyin Aboriginal Corporation and Sally Treloyn. Sydney: Rouseabout Records, RRR135. This CD presents a selection of public dance songs from two series composed and performed by composer Nyalgodi Scotty Martin, accompanied by other performers from Dodnun community (northern Kimberleys), recorded by Linda Barwick at Bijili, near Dodnun, in 1998. The booklet includes texts and the composer's explanations of each song on the recording. The recording is produced and distributed by Rouseabout records, and can be ordered via their website. |
| 2001 |  | Rak Badjalarr: Wangga Songs by Bobby Lane. Northern
Australia. Recordings by Allan Marett and Linda Barwick; Booklet (40pp)
by Allan Marett, Linda Barwick and Lysbeth Ford. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies
Press. ISBN 085575-364-1. AIATSIS CD 93-17006-00015C. The fruit of more than 16 years' research in the NT community of Belyuen, Rak Badjalarr presents the repertory of Bobby Lambudju Lane (1941-1993), one of several important Belyuen singers of the public didjeridu-accompanied wangga dance-song genre. The CD includes historical recordings of Lambudju's songs by Alice Moyle and LaMont West, as well as recordings by Marett in 1986, 1988 and Marett and Barwick in 1991. The extensive booklet compiled by Marett and Barwick in collaboration with linguist Lysbeth Ford gives background on the singer, the community and the songs, including translations of the song texts from their original Batjamalh language. Marett's book Songs, Dreamings and Ghosts: The Wangga of North Australia (Wesleyan University Press, 2005) contains more extensive background and analysis of Lane's repertory. This recording is distributed by Skinnyfish Music, and can be ordered online from their website, or from the publishers, the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. |
| 2000 |  | Yawulyu
Mungamunga: Dreaming Songs of Warumungu Women, Tennant Creek, Central Australia.Recordings
by Linda Barwick, commentary compiled by Linda Barwick with the assistance
of the performers, Papulu Apparr-kari Aboriginal Language and Culture Centre
and Jane Simpson. Sydney: Festival Records D139686.
The songs can be used for love magic and healing, and belong to women of the Warumungu language group. This is the first commercially-available recording entirely devoted to Central Australian-style women's music (yawulyu). The songs, performed outdoors by a small group of women performing a cappella, tell of the mungamunga, Dreaming women who roam around Tennant Creek. A 16-page booklet explains the background, including how the songs were created and recorded, with texts and explanations for each of the 23 songs included on the recording. The CD is now out of production but copies may be obtainable from Nyinkka nyunyu Cultural Centre, Tennant Creek. |
| 1993 |  | Bunggridj-bunngridj: Wangga Songs by Alan Maralung.
Northern Australia. Recordings and Photos: Allan Marett; Commentary
(44 pages): Allan Marett and Linda Barwick. Berlin and Washington: International
Institute for Traditional Music, Smithsonian/Folkways CD SF 40430. One of Folkways' top-selling recordings of Australian music, this CD presents recordings made by Allan Marett in 1986 and 1988 with the Dalabon songman Alan Maralung, accompanied by didjeridu players Jack Chadum and Peter Manaberu. Liner notes give background on the singer, the wangga song style, and the musical organisation of each song. The CD can be ordered from various online sources, including artistdirect.com, and via the Smithsonian's Global Sound website. |