ArtistInfo

Yothu Yindi

Band, 1985-2013
World, Folk and Rock

Yothu Yindi (Yolngu for "child and mother") were an Australian musical group with Aboriginal and balanda (non-Aboriginal) members, formed in 1986 as a merger of two bands formed in 1985 - a White rock group called the Swamp Jockeys and an unnamed Aboriginal folk group. The Aboriginal members came from Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula in Northern Territory's Arnhem Land. Founding members included Stuart Kellaway on bass guitar, Cal Williams on lead guitar, Andrew Belletty (Drums), Witiyana Marika on manikay (traditional vocals), bilma (ironwood clapsticks) and dance, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki (didgeridoo), Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keyboards, guitar and percussion, and leader Mandawuy Yunupingu on vocals and guitar.

Members

	Stuart Kellaway b AU
	Mandawuy Yunupingu voc, g 1956-2013 AU
	Cal Williams g AU
	Gurrumul Yunupingu key, g 1971-2017 AU
	Mikayngu Mununggurr dgdo
	Gapanbulu Yunupingu
	Ben Hakalitz perc, bvoc, dr, b