Frank Yamma Coolibah

Frank Yamma is one of Australia's most talented contemporary performers. He is also a traditional Pitjantjatjara man from Australia's central desert and speaks five languages. An extraordinary songwriter and an exceptional guitarist, Frank Yamma also has an incredible voice, rich, deep and resonant.

I've put this video together because I think its a song that needs to be heard a lot more widely. I often cover it in my live sets.

Frank if you're watchin' - I hope I've got it right mate!

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Music

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• Frank
• Yamma
• Coolibah
• Johnnie
• Mac

[JohnnieMac111]

Sorry folks about the negative comments that have slipped through. I had assumed that all comments would come via me 4 approval as they do on my own music sites. Unfortunately there is more than 1 in every crowd as it turns out. i will have a word with youtube about blocking comments that contribute nothing of value to the site or the relationship between indigenous & other cultures in this country. I apologise for those offended &will sort it out asap. ps saw Frank at the Excelsior, brilliant!

[duskymorwong]

@Gindelbi

And how many languages do you speak?

And how many recordings have you done?

And how many instruments can you play?

And how many concerts have you given?

And how many lives have you changed with your performances?

And how privileged is your background and have you achieved anything in your life whatsoever given that background?

I hope that attacking the defenceless is not your only skill.

If so - please accept my sincere sympathy - I hope that one day you progress to a higher plane.

[raspectrecords]

I heard this song on community radio in Ngaanyatjarra Lands the other day it blew me away... big respect... But can someone delete the racist comments from this site? It makes me sick. People who hide behind user names to provoke and spread prejudice are weak as piss.

[ScoopSaric]

Beautifully portrayed, message which needs an audience!! Love it!

[OWENMARTINGRIFFIN]

BIUTIFUL !

[victimofterror2]

absolutely beautiful, respect....

[duskymorwong]

@yurimika1 I think you may have got it wrong - I think perhaps Gindelbi (to whom I directed my original comment) is the redneck. If so, feel free to let him know your feelings! I have the utmost respect for Frank Yamma and rank him alongside Dylan.

[yurimika1]

@duskymorwong YOU DUMB F@#KING REDNECK.GO GET A LIFE.

[jesstah]

@Gindelbi 'feel the trolls more?'......whats that suppose to mean???....gotta love how the most offensive of racist pieces of shit are usualy often the dumbest as well??...must go hand in hand then i guess...no point really talking to people like you....your a racist pig so what you think of me is insignificant...you dont deserve to be living in a country like this....your a dog....and you will get kicked one day....of that i am certain...and with that knowledge, i smile...

[Gindelbi]

@jesstah

I simply love people like you.

Feel the Trolls more!

Dickhead.

[Gindelbi]

@duskymorwong

Hey.

It's illiterate to start a sentence with 'and'.

Just sayin', bro.

HAHAHAHA!

Moron!