Ash Dargan
Ash Dargan is a Larrakia recording artist, storyteller and adventurer from Darwin NT. He is one of Australia’s premier performers and recording artists on the Yidaki. His distinct blend of Australian Indigenous instrumental world music has achieved world renown in both recorded works and live performances since 1996.
Ash’s career started in the USA in 1995 via a collaboration with world music producer Jim Wilson with a PolyGram release that reached the top 10 in the US world music charts. He then returned to Australia to record a body of works on the Indigenous Australia label and Sony records. He became a cultural ambassador for the Northern Territory during the 2000’s with his multi media storytelling show Territory. Ash was nominated ‘best new release’ at the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) in 2000 and another in 2008 at the Native American Music Awards (NAMA) in the USA.
His lyrical craft of storytelling and live musical performance has been described as capturing the rhythmic soul of the Australian landscape whilst reflecting a deep connection and reverence for culture, country and spirit.
