Isaac Yamma

Isaac Yamma (1940 – January 1990) was a country singer from central Australia. He was one of the earliest musicians in Australia to become well known singing Western-style songs in an indigenous language. Isaac was a Pitjantjatjara man who was born by a waterhole near Docker River. He started his musical career as a member of a band called Areyonga Desert Tigers. He later formed his own band, the Pitjantjatjara Country Band. It was made up of his sons Hector, Frank, Peter and Paul and his cousin Russell Yamma. His song were mostly sung in Pitjantjatjara.

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) - CAAMA
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

Category:1940 births
Category:1990 deaths
Category:Australian guitarists
Category:Australian singer-songwriters
Category:Indigenous Australian musicians
Category:Musicians from the Northern Territory
Category:Pitjantjatjara
Category:Australian country musicians