Sunshine Reggae Band comes from Haasts Bluff approximately 250km west of Alice Springs. The Band formed in 2002 and has played regularly at surrounding communities concerts. Sunshine Reggae Band recorded their debut album ‘Watjilarrinyi (Home sick) with CAAMA in 2004, and after a few years break, have reformed in 2008 bigger and better than ever.
Highlights of the year include participating in the Roots Nation CAAMA Music reggae workshop with Jamaican reggae legends Luciano, Mikey General and Jack Scorpio in May. Sunshine Reggae took the stage after the reggae masters, and were spontaneously joined on stage by them for their last songs.
Other recent performances by Sunshine Reggae:
• CAAMA NAIDOC week radio broadcast recorded in CAAMA studios and broadcast on CAAMA Radio
• Music for Life, a free daytime concert in central Alice Springs
• Batchelor College Graduation ceremony in Alice Springs
• Bush Bands Bash as part of the Alice Desert Festival
Sunshine Reggae play their desert reggae-driven songs in both Luritja and English, whose themes are often about their homeland and country, Dreamtime, staying healthy and keeping off the grog.
The fellas like to play music because its fun, but also to send a message out to their people.
BAND MEMBERS
Keiran Multa - Drums
George Butcher - Bass
Jeffrey Zimran - Lead Guitar
Terry Marshall - Rhythm Guitar
Joseph Zimran - Keyboard
Terry Marshall / Jeffrey Zimran/ Herbert Multa - Main Voxs
ALBUMS RELEASED
Watjilarrinyi Homesick - 2004
[...] SUNSHINE REGGAE BAND are in demand in 2010, also scheduled to play at Wide Open Spaces Festival near Alice Springs in April 30 – May 2. Sunshine Reggae Band hail from Ikunji, Haasts Bluff in the West Macdonald Ranges of the Central Desert. They sing in both Luritja and English, of the old ways, their home land and the lives they lead. Accomplished musicians, they carve out solid desert reggae grooves and pump out pulsing middle-of-the-dirt-road music. Dreaming Schedule: SAT Little Blak Duck 11:30pm; SUN alterNATIVE Lounge 11:05am; MON Dingo Shed 11:35pm. [...]
[...] are on the bill at Dreaming Festival in Woodford, June 11-14, 2010. Visit Sunshine Reggae on the CAAMA Music website or their MySpace. Thans to Nathan Brown for the [...]