Heading down to Oz this evening for a set from Thelma Plum at One Night Stand Warrnambool and recorded live by Triple J on September 29, 2024.
For some background on this astounding artist, we grabbed this from Wikipedia so you can get up to speed:
Thelma Amelina Plumbe, known professionally as Thelma Plum, is an Aboriginal Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist and musician from Delungra, New South Wales. Her debut album, Better in Blak, was released on 30 July 2019 and peaked at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
In May 2012, Plum uploaded the tracks “Blackbird” and “Father Said” onto Triple J Unearthed and in July 2012, won the inaugural Triple J’s National Indigenous Unearthed Music competition and was nominated for a Deadly award for Most Promising New Talent. “Father Said” was released in November 2012 as her official debut single. Plum released her debut extended play, Rosie, in March 2013 and followed with her second EP, Monsters (July 2014). By that time she had relocated to Melbourne.
Plum appeared at Womadelaide in 2014 and 2019, has toured around Australia and has been on rotation nationally on Triple J.
Plum released her debut album, Better in Blak, in July 2019. The video for the single, “Better in Blak”, was nominated for Film Clip of the Year at the National Indigenous Music Awards. In October 2019 she came at No. 7 in Happy Mag’s list of “The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now.” At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she received six nominations and won Best Cover Art for Emilie Pfitzner’s work on her album.
The Better In Blak album became a collection of anthems for Blak women.
In January 2020, Plum became the highest ranking Indigenous artist ever in the Triple J Hottest 100, when “Better in Blak” charted at number 9. Two months later, she was diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May 2020, Plum released a cover of Powderfinger’s “These Days”. In October, she performed at the 2020 AFL Grand Final.
In July 2022, Plum announced the forthcoming release of her third EP, Meanjin, alongside its second single “When It Rains It Pours”.
Meanjin, is Plum’s “love letter” to Brisbane and was written on her balcony in lockdown due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Plum’s Meanjin EP won Album Of The Year at the 2023 National Indigenous Music Awards.
In November 2022, Plum announced the forthcoming release of When Rosie Met Monsters, compiling the EPs Rosie and Monsters together on vinyl, CD and cassette.
In November 2023, Plum released “We Don’t Talk About It”, the first new music in over twelve months. Her second studio album I’m Sorry, Now Say It Back was released in October 2024.
Okay – now you know – press Play and dive in.
