Ripple Effect Band and Amos Roach @ Murran First Nations Hub

Ripple Effect Band, the only all female band from Maningrida (West Arnhem Land), have garnered widespread acclaim for their work forging new ground and sound. After kick-starting their career together with tours to Arnhem Land Bak’bididi and Gattjirrk Festivals in 2017, they soon travelled to Eora/Sydney to record their debut EP, Wárrwarra, alongside producers Paul Mac, Clint Bracknell and long-term collaborator, Jodie Kell. Independently released in 2018, the 4-track project included the first song to be recorded in the highly endangered Na-Kara language “Hunting Song”, alongside the moving “Diyama (Mermaid Song)”. Since, the band has embarked on national tours to festivals such as Barunga, Garma, Nannup, Mona Foma, Darwin Festival, East Arnhem Live — supporting Regurgitator and WOMADelaide, while selling out their own headline shows in Eora/Sydney, Garamilla/Darwin and Naarm/Melbourne.

Come 2023, the band released their first singles since their 2018 debut EP, titled “Walaya” and “Loving and Caring”. They have graced the cover of Spotify’s Local Noise playlist, been featured with ABC, Rolling Stone Australia, AMRAP, Music Feeds and triple j Unearthed and seen multiple community radio additions for their songs. During a busy year, the band also spent time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music mentoring the Kintore Kungka Band, an emerging all-women’s rock band from west of Alice Springs. They were finalists for the 2023 Australian Women in Music Awards’ Diversity in Music Award, and most recently, drummer Jolene Lawrence has also been honoured as a finalist for the APRA Professional Development Awards.