Musicĭonovan's musical singing career started at a young age. Her mother, Agnes Donovan, is a Gumbaynggirr/ Danggali woman from the Nambucca Valley on the north coast of New South Wales, where Emma was raised. Her father, Neville Councillor, is from Geraldton in Western Australia, and is of Naaguja and Yamatji heritage. 2.4 2013–present: Emma Donovan & The PutBacksĮarly life and education Heritageĭonovan was born in 1981 in Liverpool, a suburb of Sydney.2.3 2007–2012: The Black Arm Band & Ngarraanga.She has also performed with Paul Kelly, Ursula Yovich, and Shellie Morris. ĭonovan has sung with and performed with Indigenous Australian musicians such as Frank Yamma, her cousin Casey Donovan, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, Kerriane Cox, Christine Anu, Tiddas, Yothu Yindi, and Jimmy Little.
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Donovan appeared in the ABC series Dynasties in 2004, and was the subject of the 2005 SBS TV documentary Emma Donovan: Gumbainggir Lady. She won Best Female Artist at the 2009 BUMP Awards. She has been nominated for multiple Deadly Awards including Female Artist of the Year, and performed at the opening of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay. She performs with The Black Arm Band and released a solo EP, Ngaaraanga, in 2009.
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In 2000, she became a founding member of Stiff Gins, leaving the band three years later to release the solo album Changes in 2004. She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, The Donovans. She is a member of the renowned musical Donovan family. Emma Donovan (born 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian singer and songwriter.