Dewayne Everettsmith is an Australian singer based in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
. He released his debut album ''Surrender'' in 2014. The album includes the song "Melaythina" which is the first commercially available song sung in
Palawa kani.
His song "It's Like Love" with Jasmine Beams was featured in a Tourism Australia advertising campaign. He has performed as part of
The Black Arm Band
Black Arm Band is an Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander music theatre organisation. History
The organisation was founded in late 2005 by Steven Richardson and has produced seven large-scale productions since its debut performance a ...
and alongside
Briggs and
Gurrumul
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (22 January 1971 – 25 July 2017), commonly known as Gurrumul and also referred to since his death as Dr G. Yunupingu, was an Aboriginal Australian musician of the Yolŋu peoples. A multi-instrumentalist, he played ...
on the update of
Archie Roach
Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara and Western Bundjalung people, Bundjalu ...
's ''Charcoal Lane''.
Discography
*''Surrender'' (2014) - Skinnyfish
References
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Indigenous Australian musicians
Musicians from Tasmania
Australian male singers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)