The Mullum Music Festival boasts an extraordinary and diverse artist line up. Join us this year to enhance your musical mind and experience a festival like no other!
SKUNKHOUR
Back in the 90’s Skunkhour swam against the grunge tide, breaking through as stellar exponents of funk and hip hop. They didn’t just capture the imagination of the groove minded, they transcended boundaries to take rock and indie lovers hostage as well with their mongrel funk. One of Australia’s most dynamic and unique live acts returns to get Mullum moving.
YIRRMAL
There are some musicians so profound that they can still a room in a heartbeat. Yirrmal Marika is one such artist. His voice is ethereal and earth bound at the same time, with spirit that stirs something so deep that for days afterwards, the goosebumps return every time you recall his concert.
A Yolngu man from Yirrkala in NE Arnhem Land, he hails from a rich musical lineage. Yirrmal is the son of Witiyana Marika, a singer and dancer with Yothu Yindi and is related to Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. His unique sound blends the ancient with the new, never failing to engage the hearts of all those lucky enough to hear him.
AJAK KWAI (SOUTH SUDAN)
Ajak Kwai’s music is inspiring and soulful, infused with funky afro-beats representing the depth and richness of her South Sudanese roots.
Singing in Arabic, Sudanese or English, Ajak conjures a vivid picture of her Dinka heritage. A compelling storyteller, her music tells the extraordinary tales of being exiled from her Upper Nile home, to gospel singing in Cairo, to starting afresh in Melbourne in 2007.
JULIA JACKLIN
She’s wry and funny and quick to catch a joke. In fact, Julia Jacklin thought she’d be a social worker. And in a way she is, her songwriting is coloured by a blunt honesty and prickly insight, somewhat disarming for people who’ve never talked about their feelings. Jacklin’s all feeling, with a voice that has the Guardian raving – ‘Every now and then you hear a new voice and little else seems to matter. Julia Jacklin’s is one such voice’.
TEK TEK ENSEMBLE
TEK TEK Ensemble perform virtuosic and original music inspired by tropical jungles, late night Balkan weddings, 1960s chic, and shamanistic desert rituals.
A multi-genre mini orchestra, each member performs on at least two instruments, skillfully exploited for an impressive array of musical genres and expression.
ÁINE TYRRELL (IRELAND)
The gypsy heart of this Irish born singer shines through with music that cradles the spirit of her native homeland, and tips the cap to a notable family history of Irish music tradition. Ache, honesty, elated melodies and garnishing rhythms which a thousand years of ancestry have slammed foot to floorboards to for both celebration and protest.
FOURPLAY STRING QUARTET
This indie rock band just happens to be a string quartet. What started in a UNSW Band Competition has seen them go on to wow audiences at New York’s iconic Carnegie Hall and London’s Barbican Centre. Intriguing, intellectual, unconventional and always gloriously eccentric, these string players are true musical innovators.
For more info & bookings head to www.mullummusicfestival.com
