Dust and Dreams Warraitya tangkuinyanthiis a song written and produced by Adelaide band MOSS, in collaboration with Mr. Jack Buckskin, a linguist and teacher of Kaurna language at the Tauondi Aboriginal College.
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Story behind the song
Dust and Dreams Warraitya tangkuinyanthiis a song written and produced by Adelaide band MOSS, in collaboration with Mr. Jack Buckskin, a linguist and teacher of Kaurna language at the Tauondi Aboriginal College. The motivation to write Dust and Dreams came after Susan and Mark spent a month in the Australian outback last year, where they saw the devastation of many Aboriginal communities who were struggling to survive and felt compelled to become involved and help. Dust and Dreams is a song that mixes hard social comment with hope. Symbolic, yet practical and real, fostering a sense of unity between Aboriginal and non Aboriginal Australians. From the outset the song had to include and make visible Aboriginal culture, speak about truth and fuse ancestral sounds with contemporary rock.
DUST AND DREAMS (LYRICS)
INTRODUCTION (Kaurna)
“This is the language of the Adelaide Plains, now you will learn some”