From the Bush


From the Bush is a compilation album of Australian Indigenous bands released in Australia by Central [Australian Aboriginal Media Association|CAAMA] in 1990. It was nominated for a 1991 ARIA Award for Best Indigenous Release.
Rough Guides calls it "a fine introduction to the contemporary music of Central Australia's desert regions and sparse townships." Penelope Layland writing in the Canberra Times gave it a mostly negative review, saying most of the album was "fairly standard music" and "run-of-the-mill musical forms" but noting the better songs "those which incorporate at least some elements of traditional Aboriginal music or traditional instrumentation".

Track listing

  1. Don't worry just be happy – Blekbala Mujik
  2. Tjana anu wilurara – Chrysophrase
  3. Hermannsburg Mountain – Irwin Inkamala & the Country lads
  4. Mardaka nyanu – North Tanami Band
  5. She's my sister – Daryl Smith
  6. Seasons coming – Areyonga Desert Tigers
  7. Tjitji tjuta wankanyi – Titjikala Desert Oaks Band
  8. To leave this young black girl – Wairuk Band
  9. We’re the Wedgetail Eagles – Wedgetail Eagle Band
  10. Pitjantjatjara Boy Like Me – Isaac Yamma
  11. Pitulu – Punch Thompson
  12. Mount Doreen – Western Desert Band
  13. Blackmans crying – Frank Yamma
  14. Alice don't grow so fast – Amunda
  15. Dreamtime blues – Bill Wellington
  16. I'm telling you – Irwin Inkamala & the Country Lads
  17. Black Boy – Wedgetail Eagle Band
  18. Lajamanu – North Tanami Band
  19. Nitmiluk – Blekbala Mujik