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Encyclopedia > Gondwanaland (band)

Gondwanaland, originally billed as Gondwanaland Project, are an Australian musical ensemble which combines traditional Australian instruments such as didjeridu and bullroarer with western instruments such as synthesiser and guitar. The didgeridoo (or didjeridu) is a unique wind instrument of the Australian Aborigines of northern Australia. ... Bulroarer may refer to the following: Bullroarer, a song on Midnight Oils Diesel and Dust CD. Bullroarer is the nickname of an ancestor of the Took clan of hobbits who was very tall (for a hobbit) and could ride a horse in J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings. ...


Among the first musicians to unite western and traditional music into the nascent genre of world music, the group was formed in 1981 by Charlie McMahon and Peter Carolan. The band continued to record until 1992, releasing five albums. A compilation, Over Gondwanaland, was released in 2005. World music is, most generally, all the music in the world (Bohlman 2002, Nidel 2004, p. ...


Discography

  • Terra Incognita (1983 - as Gondwanaland Project)
  • Let the Dog Out (1986)
  • Gondwanaland (1988)
  • Wildlife (1990)
  • Wide Skies (1992)
  • Over Gondwanaland (2005 compilation)

External links

  • Charlie McMahon's website

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Gondwana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (934 words)
For the region of India, see Gondwana (India).
For the Australian musical group, see Gondwanaland (band).
The southern supercontinent Gondwana (originally Gondwanaland) included most of the landmasses in today's southern hemisphere, including Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, and New Zealand, as well as Arabia and India, which are in the Northern Hemisphere.
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