Yulugi

"Providing an instantly engaging opening set was Yulugi, with Gumaroy Newman’s arresting voice and yidaki leading us deep into his ancestral culture, in dialogue with Keyna Wilkins’ piano and luminous flutes." ​SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

"This is virtuoso playing, worthy of any Australian collection" FINE MUSIC FM

"The end result wasn’t just cross-cultural, but also cross-artform....an immersive, new contemporary Australian art music." ​CULTURAL OMNIVORE

Yulugi is a collaboration between leading yidaki (didgeridoo) player and Indigenous song man, Gumaroy Newman, descending from the Gamilaroi and Wakka Wakka nations of Northern NSW, and <a href="spotify:artist:1mfx9twUwajDA7MdiCoWTj" data-name="Keyna Wilkins">Keyna Wilkins</a>, a pioneering British-Australian composer/musician. Yulugi is a dialogue across cultures, inspired by the Australian landscape and animals. The word &#39;Yulugi&#39; means play, dance or have fun in Gamilaroi.

Though formed early 2019, Yulugi have had and have numerous successful shows around Australia including at Woodford Folk Festival 2019 and opening the Australian Flute Festival at Sydney Conservatorium Verbruggen Hall in July 2019, Earfest 2020, SIMA Summer Festival and SIMA Harmony Day Festival 2021. https://www.yulugi.com/