Isaac Yamma

Isaac Yamma
Isaac Yama outside Ininti Store, Uluru, NT, Australia, in 1983
Isaac Yama outside Ininti Store, Uluru, NT, Australia, in 1983
Background information
Also known asIsaac Yama
Born1940
Kaltukatjara, Northern Territory, Australia
DiedJanuary 1990
GenresCountry
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
LabelsCAAMA Records

Isaac Yamma (1940 – January 1990), also spelt Yama, was a country singer from Central Australia. He is the father of Frank Yamma.

Early life

Isaac Yamma was a Pitjantjatjara man who was born by a waterhole near Docker River (Kaltukatjara) in 1940.[citation needed]

Career

Yamma started his musical career as a member of Areyonga Desert Tigers.[citation needed]

He later performed with his band the Pitjantjatjara Country Band, a band made up of his sons Hector, Frank, Peter, and Paul, and his cousin Russell Yamma. His song were mostly sung in Pitjantjatjara.[citation needed]

He was also a radio host on CAAMA Radio 8KIN FM.[citation needed]

Death

Yamma died in January 1990.[citation needed]

Discography

Albums

  • Isaac Yama and the Pitjantjatjara Country Band (1987) – CAAMA
  • Isaac Yama and the Pitjantjatjara Country Band No.2 (1987) – CAAMA

Compilations

  • Papal Concert, Alice Springs (1982) – Imparja
  • Desert Songs 1 (1982) – CAAMA
  • Desert Songs 2 (1983) – CAAMA
  • From the Bush (1990) – CAAMA
  • AIDS: How Could I Know (1989) – CAAMA
  • 25th Anniversary Compilation 2 (2006) – CAAMA

References

  • Walker, Clinton (2000). "Country Man". Buried Country: The Story of Aboriginal Country Music. Pluto Press. pp. 230–243. ISBN 1-86403-152-2.
  • Toohey, Paul (1996). "The Story of Isaac". God's Little Acre. Sydney: Duffy & Snellgrove. ISBN 1-875989-09-9.
  • Breen, Marcus (1989). Our Place Our Music. Aboriginal Studies Press. ISBN 0-85575-197-5.


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