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You can feel yourself bouncing along a red dirt highway from Alice Springs to the homelands with their uplifting songs of love and life in the desert. Lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Shaun Penangke is a local Arrernte man from Ayampe country located 70 kms north of Mpantwua (Alice Springs) He’s backed-up by talented musicians and haunting support vocals in songs that range in style from rootsy, laid-back rock to reggae and hip hop. The message is about celebrating and gaining strength in a contemporary world from an unbreakable connection to country and family. “I’m picturing grandfather, I’m picturing soakages, I’m picturing family and hunting grounds and sacred sites,” says Angeles. “We are also singing about social issues and other things that have hurt our people in the past and now. They’re hard lyrics but true. “We’re saying: be proud of culture, be proud to be Aboriginal, be proud of your grandfather’s and grandmother’s country. Be strong.” Minority Sun includes Galen