{"product_id":"live-at-smith-s","title":"Live at Smith’s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis record is a collaboration that spans the 5000 kilometres between esteemed\u003cbr\u003eNorthern Territory musician Ray Dimakarri Dixon and the Blue Mountains based\u003cbr\u003eStanding Strong Band.\u003cbr\u003eRay is a proud Mudburra man singing in language, and a leader in Australia’s\u003cbr\u003eIndigenous music scene. His album Standing Strong (2020) was a runner up in the\u003cbr\u003eIndigenous Music Awards, and many of the songs from Ray’s album formed the\u003cbr\u003erepertoire for this record. His music is a celebration of Country, culture and a call for\u003cbr\u003etheir protection, sung in one of the world’s oldest living languages.\u003cbr\u003eIn 2019 a group of musicians from the Blue Mountains travelled to the Northern Territory\u003cbr\u003eto play music with Ray, and what evolved from this collaboration became the Standing\u003cbr\u003eStrong Band. This group is made up of musicians who have a long history of working\u003cbr\u003eand playing together, including three former members of bluegrass folk band Lime \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eSteel, and other members of the Blue Mountains’ vibrant music scene. As part of this\u003cbr\u003eproject Ray has generously shared his culture and language with the band in order to\u003cbr\u003einform and shape the music they make together.\u003cbr\u003eTheir first performance together was at the Freedom Day festival on Gurindji land,\u003cbr\u003ecelebrating the Wave Hill-walkoff and the returning of land to the Gurindji people in\u003cbr\u003e1975. This was the first of several trips in both directions, each time building on this\u003cbr\u003emusical connection and friendship.\u003cbr\u003eIn early 2025 Ray and the band did a tour of NSW and ACT, and this record was\u003cbr\u003erecorded during that tour at Smith’s Alternative Bookstore on 26th Jan 2025. This was a\u003cbr\u003eparticularly sweet performance, and one of the band’s favourites, now recorded, mixed\u003cbr\u003eand mastered for vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray Dimakarri Dixon and the Standing Strong Band","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67386578960688,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2351\/2368\/files\/IMG_1628_c1533586-296c-421c-a8bc-060202e0c573.png?v=1784610711","url":"https:\/\/suitcaserecords.com.au\/products\/live-at-smith-s","provider":"Suitcase Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}