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Emma Donovan
Since 1981
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Emma Donovan (born 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian singer and songwriter. She is a member of the musical Donovan family. She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, the Donovans. In 2000, she became a founding member of Stiff Gins, leaving the band three years later to release the solo album Changes, in 2004. She performs with the Black Arm Band and released a solo EP, Ngaaraanga, in 2009.
Donovan has been nominated for multiple Deadly Awards, including Female Artist of the Year, and performed at the opening of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. She won Best Female Artist at the 2009 BUMP Awards. Donovan appeared in the ABC series Dynasties in 2004 and was the subject of the 2005 SBS TV documentary Emma Donovan: Gumbainggir Lady.
Donovan has performed with Indigenous Australian musicians such as Frank Yamma, her cousin Casey Donovan, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, Christine Anu, Tiddas, Yothu Yindi, and Jimmy Little. She has also performed with Paul Kelly, Ursula Yovich, and Shellie Morris.
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Discography
Albums
- 2004 Changes
- 2014 Dawn
- 2020 Crossover
- 2021 Under These Streets
- 2022 Follow the Sun
- 2024 Til My Song Is Done
- 2026 Take Me to the River
EPs
- 2010 Ngarraanga
Singles
- 2014 Daddy
- 2015 Blackfella Whitefella / Down City Streets
- 2022 Muurrbay Tree
- 2023 Take No More
- 2023 Blak Nation
- 2025 THICK SKIN
- 2025 Take Me to the River
- 2025 Do I Need You
- 2026 Grandma's Hands