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Kankawa Nagarra
Kankawa Nagarra (born circa 1943), (also known as Olive Knight) is an Aboriginal Australian blues and gospel singer-songwriter and author. She sings in Walmajarri, Kimberley Creole and English. Her 2024 album Wirlmarni won the Australian Music Prize.
Nagarra was born circa 1943 in Kimberley (Western Australia) She is a Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri elder.
At the age of 8, Nagarra was taken from her parents and sent to a mission in the Wangkatjungka Community. She one of the Stolen Generations.
Nagarra discovered gospel, country, rock and blues music whilst working on homesteads via the radio.
Nagarra learned to play a cousin's guitar when she was in her 20s. She said, "At the time, there was a cultural thing, women weren't allowed to touch anything made of wood, we were forbidden to even go near the guitar, because it was a men's wooden instrument." Nagarra bought her first guitar at age 40.
In March 2011, Knight released Gospel Blues at the Edge of the Desert. She supported Hugh Jackman's Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway concert residency from October 2011 to January 2012 in New York City. About the performance, Knight said "Singing on a Broadway stage backed by an 18-piece orchestra, visiting New York's blues and jazz clubs … security guards, private chauffeurs ... it was a dream. You have to pinch yourself."
In 2013, Knight released Kan-Kawa Contemporary Gospel & Blues.
In 2014, Knight received $12,500 via the Western Australia Regional Arts Fund which provided Knight the opportunity to work with professional musicians at James Newhouse's studio. With the assistance of this funding, Knight was recorded her third album project Olive has produced the album, Heroes & Laments: Walmatjarri Stories which was released in April 2015.
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Kankawa Nagarra
Kankawa Nagarra (born circa 1943), (also known as Olive Knight) is an Aboriginal Australian blues and gospel singer-songwriter and author. She sings in Walmajarri, Kimberley Creole and English. Her 2024 album Wirlmarni won the Australian Music Prize.
Nagarra was born circa 1943 in Kimberley (Western Australia) She is a Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri elder.
At the age of 8, Nagarra was taken from her parents and sent to a mission in the Wangkatjungka Community. She one of the Stolen Generations.
Nagarra discovered gospel, country, rock and blues music whilst working on homesteads via the radio.
Nagarra learned to play a cousin's guitar when she was in her 20s. She said, "At the time, there was a cultural thing, women weren't allowed to touch anything made of wood, we were forbidden to even go near the guitar, because it was a men's wooden instrument." Nagarra bought her first guitar at age 40.
In March 2011, Knight released Gospel Blues at the Edge of the Desert. She supported Hugh Jackman's Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway concert residency from October 2011 to January 2012 in New York City. About the performance, Knight said "Singing on a Broadway stage backed by an 18-piece orchestra, visiting New York's blues and jazz clubs … security guards, private chauffeurs ... it was a dream. You have to pinch yourself."
In 2013, Knight released Kan-Kawa Contemporary Gospel & Blues.
In 2014, Knight received $12,500 via the Western Australia Regional Arts Fund which provided Knight the opportunity to work with professional musicians at James Newhouse's studio. With the assistance of this funding, Knight was recorded her third album project Olive has produced the album, Heroes & Laments: Walmatjarri Stories which was released in April 2015.