CAAMA Music
The Heart of Australian Aboriginal Music
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association invites all members to attend the Annual General Meeting on 27 November 2024 from 5pm at 101 Todd Street, Alice Springs. Please find a copy of the meeting notice and agenda here: Notice & Agenda of CAAMA AGM
Caama recently worked in partnership with Batchelor Institute to host the Batchelor Media students for a 2-week practical training block in multi camera use and live streaming. During this time CAAMA staff worked with Batchelor Institute staff to support training in studio lighting setup and operation, sound mixing and operating multiple cameras at once to...
Despite being over 30 years old, The Ulpanyali Band self-titled album continues to be a favourite for many people and due to popular demand, CAAMA has re-released the album in August 2022. We are very excited to reignite the Ulpanyali flame and it has been great catching up with lead singer Brian Clyne and finding...
CAAMA Music is excited to re-release 4 classic CAAMA Music albums this year. Digitally re-mastered the albums are available across online streaming services and available for radio airplay! Many of the tracks on these albums have not been heard in over a decade on radio and were only released on cassette. Read more about the...
The new album, Colours, from Jessica Wishart is out now on streaming platforms. Colours was recorded by country music legend, Kevin Bennett. The first single was released independently in 2020 before signing with CAAMA Music to release the second single, That’s What Love Is, and now the album. Jessica Wishart is a proud Bidjara woman,...
Launching this Sunday, the 26th of September at the Alice Springs Desert Festival is the debut album from Eastern Arrernte Band – Reggae Dancer. This album features the hit single Prison Cell released earlier this month, a powerful song which raises awareness of the high incarceration rates of Australian Aboriginal men in the Northern Territory....
Today we celebrate the single release from Eastern Arrernte Band, Prison Cell, with video on the CAAMA Music Label. Prison Cell, written by lead singer Wesley Oliver highlights the reality of life in prison for many Aboriginal Australian men while making commentary about the over-representation of Aboriginal men in the prison system. Eastern Arrernte Band...
Today we celebrate the new single from Jessica Wishart, That’s What Love Is, with video. That’s What Love Is, is the second single off the upcoming album Colours to be released through the CAAMA Music label. The song was a co-write between Nancy Bates and some inspirational women at the Adelaide Women’s Prison. This is...
CAAMA are celebrating 40 years with the release of a limited edition of a 4CD pack featuring carefully remastered tracks from CAAMA artists over the 40 year history. These 4 CD’s represent the four decades of CAAMA recordings, each carefully remastered in this limited edition print run of only 200 copies. These 40 songs scratch the surface of CAAMA’s history. CAAMA continues to support Aboriginal artists with recording and publishing in Central Australia, from hip-hop to desert reggae. Get your copy of this limited edition pressing here. CAAMA thanks everyone past and present who has worked on these albums, whether......
Today we celebrate the release of Karnage N Darknis’ single My People with video. My People is the second single from Karnage N Darknis’ upcoming album released soon via CAAMA Music. Karnage N Darknis are a hip-hop duo from Alice Springs who have been writing and performing since 2008. Karnage (Tristrum Watkins) is a Western...
