Tableland Drifters has been played on NTS in shows including Enter The Portal - Opals of Oz, featured first on 7 October 2020. Songs played include Dream Baby.

The Tableland Drifters have been bringing their country rock music to the Territory and the remote communities of the Barkly Tableland for twenty years. Their exceptional professionalism on the job has earned them a reputation as solid performers with a strong message. This band was formed in 1985 with the original band members as Lex Holt, Joe Davey and Michael Billy Joe, Robert Neade, Andrew Bob, Max Holt, Francis Ward, Phillip Anderson who were all from Brunette Downs. As stockmen working on Brunette Downs they spent their spare time singing cover music and then decided to write your own songs to express the history of their region and people. The first song was “On the Road” followed by Lonely Road; songs about the road that leads them back to Brunette Downs. They want to let people know that this is a place they love and is part of their homelands on which they were born and raised. Their language group, Wambaya extends from Brunette Down to Borroloola and the Wambaya country is represented by the Eagle dreaming. Their name was taken from the Barkly Tableland and their desire to travel with their music. All of the members were involved in writing songs with Joe Davey as the lead singer/songwriter assisted by Francis Ward. The Tableland Drifters lead the way for other bands in the territory to start recording their music. As a road band they travelled the Stuart Highway from Elliott to Ali Curung. The Tableland Drifters have recorded an Aids album and On the Road with CAAMA, and Broken Dreams with Kakadu Studio. All albums feature original music, mixed with energy, skill, style and commitment. Their appearances include their opening in Darwin 1988 of the Sing Loud Play Strong Aboriginal Festival. Also as regulars across the Territory at events such as at the Burunga Festival, Beat the Grog concert in Alice Springs, Supporting band for Charlie Pride 1991 and concerts featuring Paul Kelly, Joe Giaer and Coloured Stone. In 2005 the band released a DVD Road Back Home. The Tableland Drifters are one of the premier bands of the Barkly Region who are regularly featured at local gigs. Their status confirmed as winner over 10 bands from across the Territory in the Borroloola Battle of the Bands in 2005. In 2006 the band embarked on a territory wide showcase with the Sandridge Band to Timber Creek, Jilkmingan, Kybrook Farm Borroloola, Tennant Creek and Darwin. Founding members Joe Davey and Lex Holt were instrumental in the formation of the Winanjjikari Music Centre in Tennant Creek. The band have now been trained by new band member Dr Flouride and the talented Chris Savill in the Studio at Winanjjikari and are currently recording their new album to be released at the Darwin Festival in August 2007. They intend to travel interstate and push their music out to other states.