Auriel Andrew

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Auriel Andrew OAM (1947 – 2 January 2017) was an Indigenous Australian country musician of the Arrernte people of Central Australia. Andrew was born in Darwin, and grew up in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, leaving for Adelaide, South Australia aged 21 to pursue her music career. Auriel came from the Arrernte people in Alice Springs. Her skin name was Mbitjana and her totem was the hairy caterpillar (Ayepe-arenye). The youngest of seven children, she started singing at the age of four, and began her professional career in the late 1960s working with Chad Morgan in the Adelaide and Port Lincoln areas, and appeared on live TV music broadcasts, including shows hosted by Roger Cardwell, Johnny Mack and Ernie Sigley, and then becoming a regular on Channel Nine's Heather McKean & Reg Lindsey Show. In 1973, she moved to Sydney, and toured with Jimmy Little, performing at popular clubs and pubs around New South Wales. She performed at the Sydney Opera House for the venue's grand opening, and sang "Amazing Grace" in Pitjantjitjara for Pope John Paul II during his Australian tour. At the 2008 Deadlys, Auriel was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander music. Auriel's well-known recordings include the country classic "Truck Drivin' Woman" and Bob Randell's "Brown Skin Baby". She performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Woodford Dreaming Festival, and regularly performed at various clubs around the Newcastle area. In 2011, sh

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Caama 25 Year Anniversary Compilation CD 1

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Buried Country. The Story Of Aboriginal Country Music

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Buried Country: The Story Of Aboriginal Country Music

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buried country 1.5: the story of aboriginal country music

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Buried Country 1.5

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Caama 25 Year Anniversary Compilation, Vol. 1

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Country a La Carte

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Buried Country 1.5 : The Story Of Aboriginal Country Music

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20 Australian Country Hits

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Just For You

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Ghost Gums

Chocolate Princess

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