Neil Murray (mai kiɗa na Australiya)

**Neil James Murray** (an haife shi a shekara ta 1956) mawaƙi ne na Australiya, mawaƙi-mai rubuce-rubuce-mai ba da kirtani kuma marubuci. Ya kasance memba na kafa ƙungiyar Warumpi Band (1980-1988, 1995-2000) wanda shine babbar ƙungiyar Aboriginal rock ta farko tare da yawancin 'Yan asalin ƙasar. An san Murray a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan marubuta na Australia a APRA Awards na 1995 ta hanyar lashe Song of the Year don "My Island Home".

4Murray ya yi aiki ne kawai tun daga shekara ta 1989 kuma ya fitar da kundi takwas a shekarar 2014. Murray ya yi aiki a kai a kai a ko'ina cikin Ostiraliya, ko dai tare da ƙungiyar goyon baya, The Rainmakers, ko solo. Ya gudanar da jerin wasanni tare da Shane Howard (tsohon Goanna), a matsayin mawaƙa 2 daga 2006 zuwa 2007. Irin wannan saiti na gigs, Daya daga cikin waɗancan Tunes, ya faru tare da Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil) daga tsakiyar 2013 zuwa farkon 2014.

## Tarihin rayuwa
Neil James Murray,  an haife shi a 1956 a Ararat kuma ya girma a wani gona kusa da Lake Bolac a yammacin Victoria.  An kori kakan kakan mahaifinsa daga gidansa a Scotland ta hanyar Highland Clearances kuma ya isa Ostiraliya a 1848. Kakansa ya nuna masa "blackfella stones" (ragowar kayan tarihi na asali ciki har da grindstones da kawunan gatari)   na kabilar Tjapwurrung ta yankin. Daga baya ya yi mamakin makomar masu mallakar ƙasar na gargajiya. Gidan gonar iyalinsa ya kiwon tumaki da amfanin gona har zuwa tsakiyar shekarun 1970. A matsayinta na dalibi na sakandare, Murray ta yi karatun fasaha a Ballarat da Melbourne. A shekara ta 1978 ya fara tafiya ta Ostiraliya, kuma a shekara ta 1980 ya koma Papunya (kimanin kilomita 240 arewa maso yammacin Alice Springs) inda ya yi aiki a matsayin malami, direban mota da ma'aikacin tashar, a can da kuma Kintore (kimani kilomita 530 yammacin Alice Spring). A watan Yunin 2011, Murray ya bayyana tafiyarsa ta farko:&nbsp;&nbsp;

Murray, a kan rhythm guitar da goyon bayan murya, ya zama memba na kafa na Warumpi Band tare da mambobin Aboriginal, Sammy Jabanangka Butcher a kan guitar da bass guitar; ɗan'uwansa, Gordon Jabanangka butcher a kan drum; da George Rurrambu (an haife shi Kumanjayi Rurrampu II Burrwanga aka George Djilaynga) a kan jagora murya da didgeridoo. The Warumpi Band sun kasance masu gabatarwa na kiɗa na Aboriginal rock. Tare da Murray a matsayin memba, sun fito da kundi biyu: Big Name, No Blankets (Afrilu 1985) da Go Bush!  (Afrilu 1987).  Sun zagaya ko'ina, gami da Blackfella / Whitefella Tour ta hanyar Australia tare da Midnight Oil a 1986.   An sanya wa yawon shakatawa suna ne don Warumpi Band ta 1985, "Blackfella / Whitefella", wanda Murray da jagoran mawaƙa, George Rrurrambu suka rubuta. Wani guda, wanda Murray ya rubuta don ƙungiyar ta yi, shine "My Island Home" (1987).  A ƙarshen shekara ta 1988, Murray ya bar kungiyar kuma ya koma Sydney.

Ba da daɗewa ba, Murray ya ƙaddamar da aikinsa na solo. Ya zuwa 2023, ya fitar da kundin studio guda takwas, littattafai uku, da CD guda ɗaya na waƙoƙin da aka yi magana. An fitar da kundi na farko, Calm and Crystal Clear, a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1989 a kan lakabin Festival Records 'Infinity .  Murray ya bayyana sautin sa a matsayin "dutse na waje tare da slab na transcontinental drivin' da aka jefa a ciki". Mark Moffatt (Mondo Rock, Eurogliders, Jenny Morris) ne ya samar da shi,  kuma Murray ya yi amfani da mawaƙa na zaman, gami da Peter Gifford na Midnight Oil a kan bass guitar da Andy Travers daga Happening Thang a kan drum. A watan Fabrairun shekara mai zuwa, The Canberra Times' Mike Jackson ya ji cewa Murray "ya kasance cikin sautin yanzu na sabon kiɗa na ƙasar da ke mamaye ƙasar, ta hanyar girmamawa daga irin su The Flying Emus da ... Joe Sun. Koyaya, waƙoƙinsa suna da ƙayyadaddun ra'ayoyin mutane a gare su".

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