Emily Wurramara
A new chapter dawns for award winning songwriter and musician Emily Wurramara.
To ring in 2025, following back-to-back wins at the ARIA Awards (Best Adult Contemporary Album - NARA) and the J Awards (rage & triple j Film Clip of the Year - 'Lordy Lordy') - the former of which officially adds her to the history books as the first Indigenous woman to ever win in this category since the awards inception in 1987 - internationally lauded lutruwita/Tasmania-based artist, activist, author and proud Warnindhilyagwa woman hailing from Groote Eylandt & Milyakburra / Bickerton Island, Emily Wurramara will be performing a round of encore album tour dates in February and March 2025 across so-called VIC, WA, SA, NSW and ACT in support of her multi-award-winning album NARA (out now via ABC Music).
The new dates celebrate a successful initial album tour which included multiple sold out shows, featuring headline gigs across Dharawal Country (Wollongong), Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) and Naarm/Melbourne - the acclaimed artists' first headline there in 9 years - as well as festival appearances at Treaty Day Out, WOMADelaide, Perth Festival and Riverboats.
Since audiences were first introduced to Wurramara via the Black Smoke EP (2016), Wurramara's natural talents as a storyteller have been on show, beautifully delivered through music that is engaging and has built a history of being deeply resonant with audiences around Australia. Amassing over sixteen million streams on Spotify alone, as well as widespread Australia industry acclaim.
An artist whose musical output represented a new era coming to life for Indigenous Australian musicians, Wurramara's impact was immediately felt. A Warnindhilyagwa woman from Groote Eylandt, Emily Wurramara has spent most of her life growing up between Meanjin (Brisbane) and the Northern Territory.
Writing and singing in both English and Anindilyakwa language, Wurramara's music has added to a recent wave of contemporary Australian blues and roots music that has seamlessly brought the language of her people to new communities ina way that empowers and celebrates her culture.
PERFORMING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15
