Elijah Gunydjurruwuy | Saltwater Band F# yirdaki

By popular demand, here’s more of Elijah Gunydjurruwuy, the 15 year old yirdaki prodigy from Gapuwiyak (Lake Evella) in eastern Arnhem Land. This yirdaki is one used by the Saltwater Band during their Telstra Art Award gig in Darwin 2007. It was the last performance by Nigel Barrakawuy with the group, who will now form a new band with Makuma Yunupingu. This is an incredible light-weight dynamite of a yirdaki at only 1.6 kg. It packs plenty of punch and has more growl than a pack of hungry wolves. The compression and back pressure are spot-on, allowing for effortless rapid traditional Yolngu rhythms.