Frank Yamma - Tjukurpa: The Story, Vinyl LP
Frank Yamma - Tjukurpa: The Story, Vinyl LP
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Tjukurpa is the foundation of Anangu life and society. Tjukurpa has many complex but complementary meanings and refers to the creation period when ancestral beings created the world as we now know it. Tjukurpa also refers to the present and future.
Frank Yamma as an artist, does life in the raw, in the most beautiful of ways. Frank doesn’t sweeten things up for you, even though he is quite the romantic in his own way - Frank sings of the beauty of the desert country, the nuance of a romantic relationship, the anguish, small observations. When I’m on stage with Frank there is always one moment where Phil Wales and I are left all aghast. You hone in on the cut of his voice, a turn of phrase, a guitar motif. I marvel at the music, the sound, the mood Frank has created with his songs…At his ability to get right to the heart of grassroots Pitjantjatjara and urban Adelaide life.
With Frank, there are moments where I breathe out slowly and think ‘this is as good as it gets’. All the stories, roads, and adventures through so many communities, so many countries…
Congratulations Tjilpi, on this wonderful compilation. Your songs are some of this country’s finest and should be heard and held forever on vinyl. Palya - David Bridie
