We’ve lost 98% of Indigenous music traditions

Articles and resources - May 15, 2014

Australian Indigenous performance traditions, among the oldest in the world, are also among the most endangered. According to a Statement on Indigenous Australian Music and Dance endorsed in 2011 by the International Council for Traditional Music, around 98% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music traditions have already been lost.

ABC Brisbane Radio Interview

Podcasts - May 15, 2014

You often hear about the loss of indigenous language in Australia, some language experts still maintain that more languages have been lost here than anywhere else on the planet.

The same seems to be true for Indigenous music traditions.