The finalists for this year's National Indigenous Music Awards, with Yothu Yindi, Gurrumul Yunupingu and Jessica Mauboy in the running for the Artist Of The Year category.
Thelma Plum's Around Here is up for Song Of The Year, as is Flume's remix of Gurrumul and Yolanda Be Cool's A Baru In New York. Roach is also up for Album Of The Year, as is Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen, Benny Edwards and Kutcha Edwards.
The award ceremony will be held Saturday 10 August at The Amphitheatre, George's Green, in Darwin. Tickets are available here.
The full list of finalists include:
National Artist Of The Year
Yothu Yindi (NT)
Gurrumul Yunupingu (NT)
Jessica Mauboy (NT)
National Song Of The Year
Around Here – Thelma Plum (QLD)
Enough Is Enough – Benny Walker (VIC)
A Baru In New York – Gurrumul Yunupingu & Yolanda Be Cool [Flume Remix] (NT)
Song To Sing – Archie Roach (VIC)
Bayini (Live) – Gurrumul Yunupingu & Delta Goodrem (NT)
Waliwaliyangu li-Anthawirriyarra a-Kurija (Saltwater People Song) – Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen (NT)
National Album Of The Year
Ngambala Wiji Li-Wunungu - Together We Are Strong – Shellie Morris & The Borroloola Songwomen (NT)
Sinners And Saints – Benny Walker (VIC)
Blak & Blu – Kutcha Edwards (VIC)
Into The Bloodstream – Archie Roach (VIC)
National New Talent Of The Year
Thelma Plum (QLD)
Dubmarine (QLD)
DT3 (NT)
Benny Walker (VIC)
Bryte (WA)
National Cover Art Of The Year
DT3 ep – DT3 (NT)
Into The Bloodstream – Archie Roach (VIC)
Healing Stone - The Best of Yothu Yindi – Yothu Yindi (NT)
Catherine Satour – Catherine Satour (NT)
National Film Clip Of The Year
Song To Sing – Archie Roach (VIC)
Beat In Control – Dubmarine, directed and produced by Richard Bell (QLD)
Tomorrow's Heroes – Gowrie Boys + Jamie Lee Wilson. Directed by Ben Edwards, produced by Christian Gordon (QLD)
G.R. Burarrawanga Memorial Award (NT Artists only)
Catherine Satour
Shellie Morris
NT Community Clip Of The Year
Rockhole produced by IHHP for Wurli – Wurlinjang Health Service
Hey Sugar – Kintore Community and Red Dust Role Models/Realtone Music
LNT Since the Dreaming – Desert Pea Media and Barkly Shire Council
