Alongside singer and songwriter Neil Murray, guitarist Sammy Butcher made a few appearances, although lead guitar duties were handled by his son Jason. After experiencing a mini-stroke at his Northern ...

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Baykkali Ganambarr, left, as Sammy Butcher, Taj Pigram, centre, as George Burarrwanga, and Jackson Peele as Neil Murray rehearse Big Name, No Blankets at the Malthouse ahead of their prisons tour.

When the stage lights went down for the final moment of Big Name, No Blanket last weekend it signalled not just the end of the performance, but the end of the road for the production which had been ...

With this accolade, his companions will include pioneering musicians such as Archie Roach, Gurrumul, Kev Carmody and Jimmy Little – but unfortunately, Butcher will be entering the hall of fame in ...

An epic rock ‘n’ roll theatre show, Big Name, No Blankets celebrates the phenomenal journey and impact of Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher, one of the founding members of Australian music icons Warumpi Band.

One of the Territory’s first and best rock bands will be honoured at this year’s Barunga Festival. Check out who. Sammy Tjapanangka Butcher and the Warumpi Band he helped form will be honoured when ...

GEORGE Burarrawanga, the Australian Aboriginal lead singer of the seminal Warumpi Band, died in his family home, surrounded by his Gumatj clan on June 10. He was 50. Burarrawanga was the first to sing ...

Bad//Dreems notably covered ‘Blackfella/Whitefella’ during an appearance on triple j’s Like a Version segment in 2019, joined by Midnight Oil frontman Peter ...

From a humpy in remote Papunya to stages across Australia, the theatrical celebration of Warumpi Band's trailblazing legacy has taken its final bow after an extraordinary run. While the North ...