Smiths at Belco: Neil Murray

Overview

Presented by Belco Arts and Smiths Alternative

Maverick songman Neil Murray originally sprang from Victoria's western district, but in the late 1970's with guitar in hand he set course for the Northern Territory.

He emerged at Papunya in 1980 as a founding member of the pioneering Warumpi Band, which over three albums (Big Name No Blankets, Go Bush and Too much Humbug) and twenty years of performing, thrust contemporary indigenous music into mainstream Australia, yielding such classic songs as My Island Home, Blackfella Whitefella, Fitzroy Crossing, Jailanguru Pakarnu, Stompin Ground, From The Bush and Waru.

He has since become one of Australia's finest singer/songwriters, enjoying a solo career since 1989. He has released a remarkable string of albums – the latest being The Telling, which marks a recording career of four decades.