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Jungaji

About

Jungaji is a Western Gugu Yalanji and Birri Gubba songman, visual artist, playwright, and activist who has been renowned in the Australian music industry for three decades. First appearing on the scene as a teenager with Aim 4 More in the 90s — Brisbane's pioneering First Nations R&B group — he has embarked on a profound new creative path fusing Soul and R&B with ancient Gugu Yalanji language and songlines. His debut solo album Betting on Blak, launched at Brisbane Powerhouse, earned a Queensland Music Award for Gummy Bamarra and announced a new chapter for one of Brisbane's most significant musical voices. One of only a small group of fluent Gugu Yalanji speakers remaining, Jungaji's music is both contemporary and ancient — soul and R&B as a vessel for cultural preservation. Beyond music, Jungaji is Chair of the Dhadjowa Foundation, supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families who have lost loved ones in custody. His advocacy, his art, and his cultural practice are not separate things. They are the same thing expressed differently. Jungaji performs with a full band, runs songwriting and vocal workshops, and continues recording. He is a Brisbane artist in the deepest sense — rooted in this country, shaped by this city, carrying the stories of his ancestors forward.

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The Songman Who Came Back Stronger
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R&B / SoulWorldFolk
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