Emma donovan biography
Emma donovan biography
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Emma Donovan
Musical artist
Emma Donovan (born 1981) is an Aboriginal Australian singer and songwriter. She is a member of the renowned musical Donovan family.
She started her singing career at age seven with her uncle's band, the Donovans. 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 performs with the Black Arm Band and released a solo EP, Ngaaraanga, in 2009.[1]
She has been nominated for multiple Deadly Awards including Female Artist of the Year,[2] and performed at the opening of the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay.[3] She won Best Female Artist at the 2009 BUMP Awards.[4] Donovan appeared in the ABC series Dynasties in 2004,[5] and was the subject of the 2005 SBS TV documentary Emma Donovan: Gumbainggir Lady.[6]
Donovan has sung with and performed with Indigenous Australian musicians such as Frank Yamma, her cousin Casey