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‘Loud and proud, wrong and strong’: the ‘Yolŋu surf rock’ of Yothu Yindi’s next generation – The Guardian

Dr M Yunupiŋu’s nephew and Stuart Kellaway’s son both joined the legendary group – but they’ve now got their own music to share: new band King Stingray

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The music of Yothu Yindi, says King Stingray guitarist Roy Kellaway, is in his blood. He and the brand new bands singer, Yirrnga Yunupiu, grew up together as wawas (brothers) in the north-east Arnhem Land town of Yirrkala, population circa 800, on Yothu Yindis homelands Yolu country.
Roy is the son of Yothu Yindis bass player, Stuart Kellaway, and Yirrnga is the nephew of its frontman, Dr M Yunupiu. Both were born in 1996 and toddled around side-of-stage at gigs. A few years later they were kic…

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