Maverick songman Neil Murray was a founding member of the pioneering Warumpi Band which over three albums ( Big Name No Blankets, Go Bush and Too much Humbug) and twenty years of performing thrust contemporary indigenous music into mainstream Australia. He has since become one of Australia’s finest singer/songwriters, enjoying a solo career since 1989. He has released a remarkable string of solo albums - the latest being “Blood & Longing” and "Tjungu" ( all in one, joined together) with Sammy Butcher. Murray's song writing is diverse and artists such as Mary Black, Jimmy Little, Missy Higgins and Powderfinger have covered his work. Collectively, his output has done much to deepen Australia’s contemporary music heritage. In 1995, he was awarded the APRA song of the year for "My Island Home" originally written for the Warumpi Band and re-recorded by Christine Anu. My Island Home featured in the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth games. In 2007, Jailanguru Pakarnu- (Out From Jail) the Warumpi Band’s 1983 single co-written with guitarist Sammy Butcher in the Luritja language- was honoured by the National Film And Sound Archives- “Sounds Of Australia” as a significant heritage (credited as the first commercially released pop rock single in an indigenous language.) In 2016 “My Island Home” was also inducted. Neil Murray was awarded the 2017 Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist of the Year. In 2020 he released the single " Keep Rolling On".