Dewayne Everettsmith
Though proudly seeing himself as both Aboriginal and Australian, Dewayne Everettsmlth's roots and musical heritage are very strongly connected to Aboriginal communities of Tasmania and southeast Victoria. His grandfather was born and raised in the Aboriginal community on remote Cape Barren Island in Bass Strait, birthplace of a unique form of folk music (a blend of many styles known simply as Cape Barren music). His grandmother was from the Gunai/Kurnai people of southeast Victoria. Adopted as a child, he was raised within a family descended from Fanny Cochrane-Smith, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman whose voice is heard on the oldest known recording in Australia, singing in her traditional dialect. His voice has taken him all over Australia, to the United States and Samoa. Dewayne made his Black Arm Band debut in 2009 with dirtsong.
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