Troy Cassar-Daley and A.B. Original win big at the National Indigenous Music Awards

The 2017 National Indigenous Music Awards were handed out in Darwin on Saturday night, with a long list of winners being recognised for their contributions to Indigenous Australian music over the last year, including helping to further Indigenous music in mainstream Australian culture.

The night’s big winners included Troy Cassar-Daley, who won the award for Artist Of The Year, while A.B. Original won the award for Song Of The Year, with their track ‘January 26’, which featured Dan Sultan.

A.B. Orignal won two of the four awards they were nominated for, with the group also taking out the award for Film Clip Of The Year. Likewise, Cassar-Daley also won two of the three awards he was nominated for, taking home the award for Album Of The Year as well.

The New Talent Of The Year award was given to Electric Fields, while the Community Music Clip Of The Year award went to ‘Save the Water (Ngaba)’, by the Halls Creek Indigenous Hip Hop Project.

The Traditional Music Awards were handed out to the Numbulwar community’s Numburindi Festival 2016, the Numbulwar’s Mardayin Skin Ceremony 2016 and the Wangga Complete CD set.

The festivities of the event also ended on a somber tone, with a tribute to the recent passing of Dr. G Yunupingu. The tribute included speeches and musical tributes recognising his life, as not only an amazing musical artist, but also as the National Indigenous Award’s most awarded artist over their nine-year history.

Check out Troy Cassar-Daley’s ‘Things I Carry Around’, from his award-winning album of the same name.

2017 National Indigenous Music Awards winners

Artist Of The Year

Troy Cassar-Daley

Song Of The Year

A.B. Original feat. Dan Sultan – ‘January 26’

Album Of The Year

Things I Carry Around – Troy Cassar-Daley

New Talent Of The Year

Electric Fields

Film Clip Of The Year

A.B. Original feat. Dan Sultan – ‘January 26’

Community Music Clip Of The Year

‘Save the Water (Ngaba)’ – Halls Creek Indigenous Hip Hop Project

Traditional Awards

Wangga – Complete CD Set

Galiliwa Nunggarrgalu, John Lalbich for Mardayin Skin Ceremony 2016 Numbulwar

John Murrungun, Samson Ngalmi, Samuel Ngalmi for Mardayin Skin Ceremony 2016 Numbulwar

Jeff Nunggarrgalu, Graham Nunggarrgalu for Numburindi Festival 2016 Numbulwar

Giningayi Ngalmi, Richard Ngalmi for Numburindi Festival 2016 Numbulwar

Kerwin Murrungun, David Murrungun, Dean Austin Bara, Bradley Bara for Numburindi Festival 2016
Numbulwar

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.