The all-women’s rock band from Maningrida are bringing their ‘Kabba Kabbura Tour’ to Naarm/Melbourne.
Ripple Effect Band, an all-w0men’s rock band from Maningrida, are bringing their Kabba Kabbura tour to Naarm/Melbourne. Singing in five Aboriginal languages, Ndjébbana, Kune, Burarra, Kuninjku and Na-kara, their saltwater reggae-rock songs are about life in the top end of Australia. They’re touring in release of their newest single ‘Nakalamandjarra’ and will appear at Mamma Chens in Footscray on October 8 and the Northcote Social Club on October 9.
What you need to know
- Ripple Effect Band are bringing their Kabba Kabbura Tour to Naarm/Melbourne in October
- The band are touring in celebration of their release of their newest single ‘Nakalamandjarra’
- They’re performing at Mamma Chen’s in Footscray on October 8 and the Northcote Social Club on October 9
Check out Melbourne’s most comprehensive gig guide here.
Ripple Effect Band are a group of women from remote Arnhem Land community of Maningrida in the NT, singing in five Aboriginal languages and getting audiences up dancing to their saltwater reggae rock. Their songs are about life in the top end of Australia, hunting, Country, Cyclones and love.
With an EP, Wárrwarra independently released in 2018, they are getting ready to release a new album, with the first single Waláya featuring the amazing Jolene Lawrence, Arnhem Land’s premium female drummer. You can hear this song and others from the upcoming album on this tour.
Kappa Kappura describes the sound and the feeling of waves hitting the beach and Sydney needs to get ready to hit the dance floor and go on a journey as these inspiring women share the soul of Arnhem Land.
Ripple Effect Band’s Kabba Kabbura Tour
- September 23 t0 25 – Tanamon Valley, Gumbayngirr
- September 29 – 48 Watt Street, Muloobinba/Newcastle
- September 30 – The Great Club, Waryung/Sydney
- October 1 – Earp Distilling Co., Muloobinba/Newcastle
- October 2 – Pertersham Bowling Club, Waryung/Sydney
- October 7 – Bridge Hotel, Jaara/Castlemaine
- October 8 – Mamma Chens, Footscray, Naarm/Melbourne
- October 9 – Northcote Social Club, Naarm/Melbourne
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