Stiff Gins
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The Stiff Gins are an Indigenous Australian band from Sydney. They call their music "acoustic with harmonies" and are regularly compared to Tiddas.[1] The band was formed by Emma Donovan, Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs in 1999,[2] after meeting at the Eora Centre while studying music.[3] The band's name uses the word gin (a derogatory word for an Aboriginal woman which was also a Dharug word for woman/wife) with the word stiff to become strong black woman,[4] a name which caused debate about use of the word gin.[5] Kaleena Briggs is a Wiradjuri/Yorta Yorta woman and Nardi Simpson Yuwaalaraay woman.
The band won Deadlys in 2000 for Most Promising New Talent and in 2001 for their single "Morning Star".[6]
In 2012 Stiff Gins performed at TEDx Sydney, simulcast by ABC Radio.[7]
In 2016 Stiff Gins, with Lucy Simpson, Felix Cross and Syd Green, created Spirit of Things, new works exploring the dispossession and spiritual repatriation of Indigenous cultural objects held in museum collections.[8][9]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details |
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| Origins |
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| Kingia Australis |
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| Wind & Water |
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| Crossroads |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Soh Fa |
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Awards
Deadly Awards
The Deadly Awards, commonly known simply as "The Deadlys", was an annual celebration of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement in music, sport, entertainment and community. The awards ran from 1995 until funding cuts lead to their cancellation in 2014.[11]
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| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| Deadly Awards 2000 | Stiff Gins | Most Promising New Talent | Won |
| Deadly Awards 2001 | "Morning Star" by Stiff Gins | Best Single Release | Won |
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References
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- ↑ TE Archive Drink up the Heady soul of Stiff Gins
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- ↑ Michael Ewans, Rosalind Halton, John A. Phillips Music Research: New Directions for a New Century 2004 Page 159 "... 2000, the group won a Deadly Awards for Most Promising New Talent, and in 2001, they won the Single Release of the Year award for their song "Morning Star."
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Further reading
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