Mojo Juju
Australian artist Mojo Juju has announced she’s changing her name, and will henceforth be known as “Mo’Ju”. The decision was made out of respect to the West African Yoruba people, for whom “Juju” denotes a traditional spiritual belief system. The freshly-minted Mo’Ju, whose real name is Mojo Ruiz de Luzuriaga, explained the thought process surrounding […]
Ziggy Ramo, Baker Boy, Tones & I and Mojo Juju have lots to be happy about, as they are all nominees for this year’s APRA Professional Development Awards. These awards, handed out every two years, aim to give up-and-coming musicians a head start by awarding winners $15,000 AUD to help boost their career. There are […]
Baker Boy and Mojo Juju have cleaned up at the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards, taking out some of the most prestigious gongs at last night’s ceremony in Darwin. Trilingual hip-hop artist Baker Boy took out the ‘Artist Of The Year’ category, while Wiradjuri R’n’B, hip-hop and soul artist Mojo Juju won both the ‘Album Of The Year’ […]
After sharing the first round of live acts who will be heading to Brisbane to showcase at this year’s BIGSOUND, the country’s largest music industry gathering have today added more names to the conference lineup. They’ve today added four speakers into the mix in Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, music writer and figure Vivien Goldman, Frontier […]
The Queenscliff Music Festival has gotten a stack bigger, with the event unveiling their second line-up announcement for 2019! Joining the likes of Hiatus Kaiyote, The Cat Empire, and Ash Grunwald, Queenscliff Music Festival welcomes artists including Mojo Juju, Remi, Ross Wilson and Joe Pug. The festival is being held out on the gorgeous Bellarine […]
Jessica Mauboy, Dan Sultan, Electric Fields and more will take to Darwin Amphitheatre this August 10 to perform as part of this year’s National Indigenous Music Awards. The nation’s definitive celebration of Australian Indigenous music, this year’s NIMAs also include Gumbaynggirr rapper Tasman Keith, Indigenous choir collective Spinifex Gum, Yorta Yorta soprano Deborah Cheetham, Larrakia nation’s […]
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