The yidaki, a 16th-century double bass and a South American flute: finding Australia’s oldest playable musical instrument

The first musical instrument to arrive with European colonisers in Australia was a piano made in 1780 – but there are older ones still being played ...
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Digging the Didgeridoo!: Students at Bemidji State craft indigenous Australian instruments

BEMIDJI, Minn.-It was easy to find Janice Haworth's World Music class on Friday morning. The hum of more than 40 student-made didgeridoos-the centuries-old indigenous Australian wind instrument-filled ...
The Conversation

We’ve lost 98% of Indigenous music traditions – who cares?

Australian Indigenous performance traditions, among the oldest in the world, are also among the most endangered. According to a Statement on Indigenous Australian Music and Dance endorsed in 2011 by ...
The Boston Globe

Berklee’s new archive preserves Indigenous music from around the world

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Nov. 28-Dec. 4. Jimmy Lim, an assistant professor at Berklee College of Music, ...
BroadwayWorld

DEADLY HEARTS: A Celebration Of Australian Indigenous Music Announced at Adelaide Cabaret Festival

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