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ABC News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Drifting Clouds will play at the NIMAs in 2025
This week's Feature Artist doubles up as our 2025 NIMAs Competition winner. Taking out the Unearthed competition winning spot to play at the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs), put your hands together for… Drifting Clouds Meet the artist who only has one song out, but hundreds of thousands of views online, tens of thousands of monthly listeners on streaming services, multiple triple j staff five star reviews on the Unearthed website and a follow from the Troye Sivan (!!!) Project of Yolngu musician Terry Guyula, this force of nature first caught our attention through his debut upload just a few weeks ago. Singing in his first language, Liyawulma'mirr-Djambarrpuyngu his song 'Bawuypawuy' is not only closely aligned to who he is as an artist but ultimately, who he is as a person. Blowing us away with its uniqueness, character and charm, it rained in multiple glowing reviews on the triple j Unearthed website amongst plenty of stars also. It's a project rooted in intentionalism. Creating music for his background and story 'who I am, where I come from,' Drifting Clouds exists to 'make people feel love, power, spiritual' and above all… 'happy'. With plenty of live experience under his belt, Drifting Clouds is more than ready to enchant the NIMAs audience with his magic. It's the event that brought Thelma Plum to tears in 2023; 11 years after winning the triple j Unearthed competition to play at the event, she won the award for Album Of The Year . Who knows, maybe Drifting Clouds could be at the start of writing a similar story? We can't wait to watch history in the making! For more info about the NIMAS head here.
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Calling all First Nations Acts on Unearthed, we wanna add you to the NIMA's Line-Up
The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) are back this year on August 9th at Darwin's Amphitheatre and we're back once again to search for a First Nations act to include in the soon to be announced lineup! It's one of the most prestigious nights in Australian music that celebrates First Nations music, culture and creatives and this year marks 21 years of recognising mob excellence. Amongst the many awards that are on offer over the course of the night you'll be seeing performances from some of the biggest names in First Nations Music with the full lineup soon to be announced. If 2024's lineup is anything to go off (Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan, 3%, Miss Kaninna, Birdz, Emily Wurramara and heaps more) then you already know how big of an opportunity this is and this years winner will be rubbing shoulders with some of the best of the best. Last years winner Jamahl Yami tore the stage up with his breakout single Blood Majik and perhaps this year is YOUR year to get flown to Darwin for the night of nights. Oh yeah, did I mentioned you'll get flights and accom? Good stufffff. The most important criteria of course is that you must be a First Nations artist. If that's you, then read the terms and conditions and get applying. This comp is open to every act on Unearthed across the country. You've got nothing to lose, everything to gain. KEY DETAILS: Comp open period: Monday 26 May - Sunday 22 June 2025 How to enter: Upload your music to the triple j Unearthed website before the deadline and make sure you've ticked 'yes' to the Indigenous tab on your profile Prize: Performance slot at the NIMA's event + additional performance fees and travel + accommodation reimbursement Eligibility: Any act on the triple j Unearthed website who is Indigenous Check out the NIMA website for more deets here - Tickets go on sale June 3rd.
