It’s NAIDOC Week 2023, and Apple Music has partnered with several acclaimed First Nations artists to curate and share new playlists to mark the occasion.
Each artist took creative control to make their special playlist, one that speaks to this year’s NAIDOC Week theme of “For Our Elders.” Their playlist joins Apple Music’s First Nations collection of playlists dedicated to showcasing vital First Nations stories and artists, including FIRST, MOTHER, BLAKLIST, and ALWAYS.
Following Tia Gostelow, Becca Hatch, Emma Donovan and Troy Cassar-Daley is Northern Territory rockers King Stingray, who handpicked a massive 36 tracks to celebrate other First Nations artists.
After enjoying a landmark year in 2022, King Stingray continued their fine form last month with the release of new single “Lookin’ Out”, their first new material since their acclaimed self-titled debut album.
The song found the band looking out at the beauty of nature, capturing the universal feeling of being awestruck at the magnificence of Mother Earth.
You can check out King Stingray’s full NAIDOC Week playlist below, which features songs by Baker Boy, Warmup Band, Thelma Plum, as well as some of their own songs.
King Stingray: NAIDOC Week Playlist
- “Sea Rights / Damurrungu Gapu Watangumi” – Garrangali
- “Ride” – Baker Boy ft. Yirrmal
- “Gapirri (Stingray)” – Yothu Yindi
- “From the Bush” – Warumpi Band
- “Fish Hawk” – Mambali
- “Gumik” (Salas/Body Mix) – East Journey
- “Beggars” – The Medics
- “Cruisin'” – Emily Wurramara
- “Compass” – Saltwater Band
- “Galiku” – Gurrumul
- “Get Me Out” – King Stingray
- “Hey Wanhaka” – King Stingray
- “Milkumana” – King Stingray
- “Skin Name” – Black Rock Band
- “Save Your Love” – Poison Whiskey
- “Dancing in the Moonlight” – Coloured Stone
- “Better in Blak” – Thelma Plum
- “Malirri” – Barra – West Wind
- “Matjala” – Yothu Yindi
- “Our Land” – Yothu Yindi
- “Mari Wurrapa” – Dhapanbal Yunupingu
- “Burala” – Gawurra
- “Racial Discrimination” – Mop & the Dropouts
- “Dynamite” – Ilkari Maru
- “Woma Wanti” – Areyonga Desert Tigers
- “Promised Land” (Papunya Sessions, 1982) – Warumpi Band
- “Everything Is Great” – Alice Skye
- “Camp Dog” – King Stingray
- “Gatjumak” – Andrew Gurruwiwi Band
- “Kuranda Reggae” – Zennith
- “Dhaliwuy Bay” – Yirrmal
- “Backseat of My Mind” – Thelma Plum
- “The Brown Snake” – Thelma Plum
- “Just Like You” – South Summit
- “King of Disappointment” – Jem Cassar-Daley
- “Ready for the Sky” – Budjerah
