Hip hop legends THUNDAMENTALS have PICKED US to partner with for this year’s #gotloveinitiative!!!! YAY US!

They just released a heaps deadly t-shirt with ALL the profits going directly to Koori Radio 93.7FM ✊🏿📻♥️!!! The #gotloveinitiative is Thundamentals using their elevated public profile to help others and serve the community. GOOD ON YA and THANKS fellas 🙏🏿!! The shirts are super FRESH! It’s also just in just in time for #ausmusictshirtday!! Hit this link to pr-eorder yours RN!

To go with the YBD album launch a music video was shot for the song that ended up becoming the title for the album - Don't Kill the Vibe.
It was filmed and edited by the super deadly Pauline Clague from the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS. Check it out! 
PS:No vibes were killed or harmed during the making of this 
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Spotify and Audiocraft in partnership with Koori Radio invite aspiring podcasters who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander to apply for the Sound Up Bootcamp, a four-day residential podcasting workshop to be held in Sydney on November 26-29.

You don’t need to have any prior podcasting experience, just a voice (with something to say), a passion for the medium, and an eagerness to bring your idea to life. Ten people will be selected to attend, with expenses covered including travel and accomodation for those living outside of Sydney. 

You'll learn about the art of podcasting, receive mentoring and practical experience, and meet with podcasting and radio greats. At the end of the week, three of the attendees will be awarded a cash grant and equipment to produce their podcasts.

The bootcamp will be facilitated by Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander radio producer Emily Nicol (a Koori Radio alumnus) with workshops presented by Brooke Boney, Allan Clarke, Rudi Bremer and more. 

Entries close on October 29, 2018 at midnight.

You can apply directly from Kooriradio.com or if you have any questions please email: program@audiocraft.com.au or call 0413 436 167.

After a successful album launch at Carriageworks last month, the 2018 Young Black and Deadly album is now available to stream or download in full for FREE via our YBD Bandcamp page. 
BIG congrats to all of this year's Young Black and Deadly program graduates. From all of us at Gadigal Information Service and Koori Radio we wish you a BIG and BRIGHT future in the music industry! You can stream the album below...
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WARNING: There's definitely a few earworms in the mix, so if you do dislike having deadly songs stuck in your head for days on end, maybe avoid listening to this album. ​

It's getting close to that time of year again! Applications for the 2019 Yabun Marketplace opened up last week and spots are filling up quick. Click here to head over to the Yabun website for more info and to fill out your application.
 
*Artist/Musician and Dance Group Applications have now closed.

On Saturday 22 September come celebrate the launch of the 2018 Young Black and Deadly album - Don’t Kill the Vibe - at Carriageworks.


The evening will feature ground breaking performances by young, talented, Indigenous musicians who recently completed a series of intensive music development, performance and recording workshops, as part of Gadigal Information Service and Koori Radio’s Indigenous youth music mentorship program.


This is an all ages, free event that kicks off at 7.00PM and goes until 10.00PM at The Tracks venue in Carriageworks. Spots are limited so click here to RSVP for your free tickets. 


Proudly sponsored by Create NSW and TATU (Talking About Tobacco Use)

We’ve been getting a few phone calls and emails asking about when applications for Yabun musicians and dance groups will open. We have great news…


Applications for dance groups and artists are now officially OPEN!
Dance groups can apply here.
Musicians can apply here.


Applications will close at Sunday 30th September.
Feel free to spread the word!

We’re excited to announce that our very own Lola Forester, the producer/broadcaster of Blackchat our flagship news, arts and culture program is a finalist for the award of Excellence in News & Current Affairs Programming at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Conference on the Gold Coast on November 10th. 

Lola's program seeks to inform our Sydney audience (on Gadigal country) as well as its national audience (over the NIRS network) on a range of current issues important to First Nations people as well as non-First Nations people who wish to be informed about Indigenous news and culture that is lacking in mainstream media. A key feature of the program is that it celebrates the excellence of First Nations people across Australia.

Lola is a one person, full power, production house. She organises all her own interviews, sources her daily news stories, writes the scripts for her segments and selects all the music for her programs.

Blackchat broadcasts for 3 hours a day, Monday - Friday. It is uncompromising in its coverage of significant issues affecting First Nations People, whilst at the same time celebrating the successes of members of the community. Her program puts a spotlight on news and gives coverage that has depth and is not just a 10 second sound bite. On any given day you can hear in-depth interviews with politicians, activists, artists, authors, musicians, scientists, story tellers, healers, children, athletes, chefs, academics, lawyers, doctors, sailors, dignitaries, etc…

The list is literally as endless as it is refreshing and admirable in its breadth and scope.
We wish Lola heaps of luck!