Multi-instrumentalist, Mparntwe-based folk musician, Emmy Ryan today launches her EP 'I Ain’t So Blue', and we are stoked to have it as 8CCC's feature album of the week. The Big Brekky is treated to Emmy's live rendition in the studio - listen in!

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Arlparra’s Newboys Band are at their first ever MusicNT Bush Bands Business at Ross River Resort after releasing a stellar second EP, Cheater, in late 2023. Band members Clayton, Matthew and Arison chat with Shauna on The Big Brekky, live from Ross River, ahead of their performance at the Telegraph Station this Sunday.

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CEO of Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA), Jimmy Cocking, visits The Big Brekky to share news from the Precinct, including the Batchelor Institute graduation ceremony, and supporting Purple House with testing water treatment technology for desert conditions. The Voices for the Bush Conference, hosted by Australian Water Association and Water Services Association of Australia, took place which aimed to unite decision makers from across the sector to create a sustainable water future for the nation. We hear stories from last weekend's Apmerenge-ntyele Festival - From the Land from Children's Ground.

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Cheeky Chandler, Casey and the gang from Guts Studio dropped into the 8ccc studios to update us on their dance in schools initiative which will culminate in the Alice Can Dance performance at Araluen on 15 November. Cheeky asked their students Layla, Makayla and Leanna, what is so good about dancing.  

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The Big Brekky Show had a reflective chat with Morris Stuart about some of the events at this year's final Desert Song Festival and the positives the festival has brought to Mparntwe Alice Springs since its inception 13 years ago. He also shared what his role might look like in the future.

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Kemy Ogendi is a Kenya born artist who explores a mixture of tunes from 1950s ballads to gospel anthems. She performed her single 'Today'  and 'Someday' off her upcoming EP Lullaby for the Big Brekky Show. Kemy will be performing at the Festival of the Piano on the 14th of September at Araluen, organised by Jessye Blake and the Friends of Araluen.

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Big Brekky Show's Shauna Upton caught up with Wayne Green, to talk through the weekend's AFL results in the Barkly and how the Senior Women's and Men's teams stand for the grand final next weekend.

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The Big Brekky Show spoke with Aboriginal Investment NT CEO about their Strategic Investment Plan. Aboriginal Investment NT will invest its capital, sourced from royalties, to back Aboriginal organisations, businesses and small and large-scale investment opportunities in the NT. This will be in grants or investment with a focus on developing income generating assets so that local Aboriginal communities can meet their own social, economic and cultural aspirations.

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Blair MacFarland from the NT Greens visits The Big Brekky Show to discuss where the Greens party now sits after vote counting in the NT election. NT Greens candidate, Kat McNamara, has won the seat for Nightcliff in Darwin, formerly held by former Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.   

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Artist, Desmond Woodforde, is exhibiting at this year's Desert Mob exhibition for the first time. Desmond is with Mimili Maku Arts and has worked on a collaborative piece, now on show at Araluen Arts Centre, that shares his family's story about being cut of from their land ever since the Maralinga nuclear testing took place in the 1950's and 1960s. Desmond and Mimili Maku arts worker, Angus, visit The Big Brekky to share Desmond's story. Desert Mob, Desart's signature annual art festival, is curated by Hetti Perkins and Aspen Beattie and is taking place this weekend.

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