August 10, 2011

NIMA 2011 Finalists Announced: The National Indigenous Music Awards

August 10, 2011/ RPM

Australia’s National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) have announced the finalists in the running for 2011′s accolades.

This year is the first time the event goes national after its first seven years had purely focused on the Northern Territory.

Nominations include:

Song of the Year:

Diamonds on the Water, Stiff Gins
September Song, Leah Flanagan
Beggars, The Medics
Calling Your Name, Frank Yamma
Gathu Mawala, Gurrumul Yunupingu
Mala Rrakala, Gurrumul Yunupingu

Album of the Year:

Nirvana Nights, Leah Flanagan
Malk, Saltwater Band
Rrakala, Gurrumul Yunupingu
Get em girls, Jessica Mauboy
Country Man, Frank Yamma

Act of the Year:

Jessica Mauboy
Gurrumul Yunupingu
Dan Sultan

A full list of finalists can be found here.

Watch the extraordinary Gurrumul Yunupingu, singing in the Yolngu language.

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