Live and Deadly – 20 Years of the Gadigal Information Service

Overview

Ever wander to the left of FBi on the FM dial? You’ve probably run into Koori Radio. Older than FBi, and a fellow Redfern resident, Koori Radio (Koori means, roughly, “ourselves”) has been running under the broader banner of the Gadigal Information Service for a good twenty years. It could take equally long for you to get your head around the history of this radio outfit. Or you could just let the Carriageworks, another of its Redfern neighbours, lay it all out for you during the coming month’s Live and Deadly – 20 Years of the Gadigal Information Service.

Live and Deadly is part exhibition, part music program and part media industry forum. The exhibition will run a month at the Carriageworks, covering Redfern’s indigenous history through the prism of the Service, from Paul Keating’s Redfern speech to Kevin Rudd’s formal apology to the Stolen Generations. The Live end of the experience covers a pair of industry forums — the Foundations of Koori Radio and the Digital Future: Kooris in Space — and Klub Koori hosting a pair of live performances. The Black President, a Princess & The Rhythm Divine is a night of DJs and special guests broadcast live as you go from the Cornerstone Bar, while Black Vinyl has stars Radical Son, Microwave Jenny, Emma Donovan and Dan Sultan cover indigenous music hits from the twenty years the station has been on air.

All events are free, but the forums and music nights require free bookings via the Carriageworks’ eventbrite page. Image: Trevor Dodds – Koori Radio 93.7FM Presenter. Courtesy of Gadigal Information Service Archive.