Yirinda has been played on NTS in shows including Not Waving, featured first on 27 February 2024. Songs played include Njurunj (Emu) and Ba Gi Lam (Fighting).

Yirinda means 'Now' in Butchulla language.

Yirinda combine ancient Aboriginal language with sublime modern production. Fred Leone and Samuel Pankhurst’s music invokes thousands of generations of story and culture, while emerging as something entirely new.

Fred is one of three Butchulla songmen - a song and language custodian for the Butchulla people from the Fraser Coast region of Queensland, including K’gari (formerly known as Fraser Island). He sings the songs on this album in the endangered Butchulla language, now spoken…