Global Village on PBS 106.7 FM, Melbourne, Australia

25 January 2026

Playlist 1774 for Global Village (PBS-FM, Melbourne, Australia) for Sunday January 25, 2026. Today is the middle of the long weekend around what is called Australia Day: January 26th. But it's a conflicted date also called Invasion Day and Survival Day. We recognise that for many people - both First Nations, and others of settler and immigrant background - it is not a day to celebrate, but a day of reflection on where and how we have come to today - and the injustices that still exist. So we explore such ideas through music today, as we normally do each year, and again mainly through diverse Aboriginal and Indigenous voices. There are some familiar songs and tunes, and hopefully some new ones, to encourage your reflection too. Presented by Roger Holdsworth.

(A): Australian artists - all or partly.


ARTIST | Track | ALBUM | (Label, Details)

GORDON KOANG | Australia | COMMUNITY | (Music in Exile MIE 020, 2022) (A)
[ https://musicinexile.com.au ; https://www.facebook.com/gordonkoangofficial/ ]
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SHELLIE MORRIS & THE BORROLOOLA SONGWOMEN | Ngarrga Gurija - My Song | NGAMBALA WIJI LU-WUNUNGU: TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG: THE SONG PEOPLES SESSIONS | (Barkly Regional Arts/ABC/Universal 373 7072, 2013) (A)
[ www.abcmusic.com.au ; www.barklyarts.com.au ; https://www.facebook.com/ShellieMorrisOfficial/ ; https://www.shelliemorris.com/ ]

ALAN DARGIN WITH MICHAEL ATHERTON | Anthem | BLOODWOOD: THE ART OF THE DIDJERIDU | (Atherton/Dargin/Small World Music/Compass Records/Planet 7 4521 2, 1992-2009) (A)
[ www.compassrecords.com ; www.theplanetcompany.com ; https://michaelatherton.net/ ]
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TIDDAS | Anthem | TIDDAS | (Id/Mercury Records/Polygram 5327992, 1996) (A)
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiddas_(band) ]

STIFF GINS | Roots | CROSSROADS | (self, 2025) (A)
[ www.stiffgins.com ; https://www.facebook.com/stiffgins/ ]

KAURI | History Books | FULL CIRCLE | (self, 2024) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071756808908 ; https://linktr.ee/KauriOfficial ]
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YILILA | Old Boat (Traditional) | MANILA MANILA | (self, 2005) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/ngulmiya/ ; https://ngulmiya.bandcamp.com/ ]

YILILA | The Boat is Coming | MANILA MANILA | (self, 2005) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/ngulmiya/ ; https://ngulmiya.bandcamp.com/ ]

NGULMIYA with PAU FIGUERES | Manila (Catalunya Version) | CATALUNYA | (Bapa Gajah, 2025) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/ngulmiya/ ; https://paufigueres.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/paufigueresmusic/ ]
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ARCHIE ROACH with PAUL GRABOWSKY | Took the Children Away | TELL ME WHY | (self/Bloodlines/Mushroom BLOOD62X, 2019) (A)
[ www.archieroach.com.au ; https://www.paulgrabowsky.com.au/ ]

KUTCHA EDWARDS | Homeless | CIRCLING TIME | (Wantok Musik, 2021) (A)
[ https://www.wantokmusik.org; https://www.kutcha-edwards.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/kutcha.edwards ]
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YELLOW BLUE BUS | Easternish | YELLOW BLUE BUS 3 | (self, 2019) (A)
[ www.yellowbluebus.com.au ]

TARAB ENSEMBLE | Mawteni/My Homeland | CLASSICAL ARABIC MUSIC WITH A TWIST | (self, unreleased 2024) (A)
[ https://www.tarabensemble.net/ ; https://www.facebook.com/thisistarab ]

BRUCE WATSON with NEIL ROBERTSON, WENDY EALEY, MOIRA TYERS | The War Without a Name | UNSUNG HEROES OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY | (self, nd) (A)
[also from BRUCE WATSON: A MOVING FEAST (self, nd)]
[ www.unsungheroesofaustralianhistory.com ; https://www.brucewatsonmusic.com/ ; https://www.facebook.com/brucewatsonmusic ]
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PAUL KELLY & KELTON PELL | This Land is Mine | VA: ONE NIGHT THE MOON: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK | (Gawdaggie Recordings 7243 5359872 3, 2001) (A)
[ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290794/ ; www.paulkelly.com.au ]

KELTON PELL | Unfinished Business | VA: ONE NIGHT THE MOON: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK | (Gawdaggie Recordings 7243 5359872 3, 2001) (A)
[ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290794/ ; www.paulkelly.com.au ]

KEV CARMODY | Spirit of the Ancients | VA: ONE NIGHT THE MOON: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK | (Gawdaggie Recordings 7243 5359872 3, 2001) (A)
[ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290794/ ; www.paulkelly.com.au ; www.kevcarmody.com.au ]

MILLS SISTERS | Mabo | VA: OUR HOME OUR LAND ... SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT | (CAAMA 253, 1995) (A)
[ https://www.caamamusic.com.au/ ; www.caama.com.au ]

OKAPI GUITARS | From Little Things ... | LIVE @ CUTSNAKE | (self UMHUTUO14, 2008) (A)
[ https://tradandnow.com/product/okapi-guitars-live-cutsnake/ ]
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JASON DURRURRNGA | Ngarritj | VA: DUNGANDA STREET SOUNDS: NEW TRACKS FOM RAMINGINING | (self, 2008) (A)
[ https://www.eastarnhem.nt.gov.au/ramingining-detailed; https://www.worldcat.org/title/dunganda-street-sounds-new-tracks-from-ramingining/oclc/700919744]

JOHN HARTLEY | Yalanji Tha's My Home | VA: BAMA MURUKU BADIN BADIRI/ BAMA (PEOPLE) COME TOGETHER | (Douglas Shire Council/ Uptown Daintree Studio, 2023) (A)
[ https://www.kurriyala.org.au/about/ ; https://nit.com.au/17-09-2023/7684/first-nations-mossman-music-compilation ; https://bamamuruku.bandcamp.com/album/bama-muruku-badin-badiri ]

SALTWATER BAND | Djilawurr | VA: THE ROUGH GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL MUSIC | (World Music Network/Rough Guides RGNET1207PR, 2008) (A)
[a version also on MALK (Skinnyfish Music SFSW100904, 2009)]
[ www.worldmusic.net ; https://saltwaterband.bandcamp.com/ ; https://www.skinnyfishmusic.com.au/saltwater-band ]

SHELLIE MORRIS & THE BORROLOOLA SONGWOMEN | Jambala Lhurramanji Kulu Jambala Yinbayi - We Dance and We Sing | NGAMBALA WIJI LU-WUNUNGU: TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG: THE SONG PEOPLES SESSIONS | (Barkly Regional Arts/ABC/Universal 373 7072, 2013) (A)
[ www.abcmusic.com.au ; www.barklyarts.com.au ; https://www.facebook.com/ShellieMorrisOfficial/ ; https://www.shelliemorris.com/ ]
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THEONA COUNCILLOR | Ngaalija Yangoogoo Yaanaa (Come Let's Walk Together) | VA: FIRST SOUNDS VOL 5 | (CBAA/First Nations Media Australia, 2021) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/Theonacouncillormusic/; https://firstnationsmedia.org.au/newsletters-media-release/indigitube-pulse-first-sounds-vol5-released-today-fully-fresh]

YILILA | Jagalamani (Traditional) | MANILA MANILA | (self, 2005) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/ngulmiya/ ; https://ngulmiya.bandcamp.com/ ]

GARRY KAFOA | Reconciliation | VA: FIRST SOUNDS VOL 8 | (CBAA/indigiTUBE/First Nations Media Australia, 2022) (A)
[https://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/programs/breakfast/tweed-musician-garry-kafoa-new-song-reconciliation-week/13361696 ; https://www.cbaa.org.au/article/first-sounds-volume-8-out-now ; https://www.facebook.com/garry.kafoa ; https://www.indigitube.com.au/channel/5f87e80ca8f96c412e112914 ]

YILILA | Ayanjanarri (Traditional) | MANILA MANILA | (self, 2005) (A)
[ https://www.facebook.com/ngulmiya/ ; https://ngulmiya.bandcamp.com/ ]

CROWN AND COUNTRY | Jardiwarnpa (Reconciliation/Atonement) | CROWN AND COUNTRY | (ABC Music/Akuphone, 2025) (A)
[ https://www.pbsfm.org.au/news/crown-and-country-crown-and-country ; https://www.facebook.com/crown.and.country.lajamanu/ ; https://air.org.au/news/features/wanta-jampijinpa-pawu-crown-and-country ]












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