Birrkuta – Wild Honey

Birrkuta – Wild Honey is the fourth studio album by Aboriginal rockers, Yothu Yindi, which was released in November 1996 via the group's Yothu Yindi Music record label and Mushroom Records.[1][2] It was co-produced by Lamar Lowder and Andrew Farriss.[2] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, compared it to their previous album, "[it] continued Freedom's move towards a broader musical horizon while retaining a strong commercial appeal."[1]

Birrkuta – Wild Honey
Studio album by
Yothu Yindi
Released26 November 1996 (1996-11-26)
Recorded1995
GenreAboriginal rock
Length53:10
LabelYothu Yindi/Mushroom
Producer
Yothu Yindi chronology
Freedom
(1996)		 Birrkuta – Wild Honey
(1996)		 One Blood
(1998)

Track listing
  1. "Tears for Law" (Garrathiya Run) (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Daniel Watson)
  2. "Yolngu Woman" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)
  3. "Ngarrpiya" (Octopus) (Traditional song, arranged by Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  4. "Superhighway" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Andrew Farriss)
  5. "Bapane" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  6. "Djatpa" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  7. "Timor" (Ben Hakalitz, Makuma Yunupingu, Mandawuy Yunupingu)
  8. "Matter of Choice" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Farriss)
  9. "Stop That" (Stuart Kellaway)
  10. "Lorrpu" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  11. "Spirit of Peace" (Buruka Tau-Matagu, Hakalitz, William Takaku)
  12. "Yirrmala" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Kellaway, Gurrumul Yunupingu)
  13. "Honey (Birrkuta)" (Mandawuy Yunupingu, Tau-Matagu, Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
  14. "Cora" (Traditional song, arranged by Galarrwuy Yunupingu)
  15. "Mice and Men" (Mandawuy Yunupingu)

Personnel
  • Mandawuy Yunupingu: lead vocals, vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, clapsticks
  • Gurrumul Yunupingu: electric guitar, lead vocals, vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, clapsticks, acoustic guitar, didgeridoo, clavinet
  • Makuma Yunupingu: lead vocals, vocals, backing vocals, didgeridoo, clapsticks
  • Stuart Kellaway: guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
  • Milkayngu Mununggurr: didgeridoo
  • Ben Hakalitz: drums, kundu, backing vocals, bass guitar, flutes
  • Buruka Tau-Matagu: organ, electric piano, vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12 string guitar, flutes
  • Jodie Cockatoo Creed: vocals, backing vocals
  • Airi Ingram: percussion
  • Lamar Lowder: percussion
  • Yomunu Yunupingu: didgeridoo
  • Andrew Farriss: keyboards, guitar
  • Galarrwuy Yunupingu: lead vocals, vocals, clapsticks

References
  1. McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Yothu Yindi'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  2. Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Yothu Yindi". hem.passagen.se. Australian Rock Database. (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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