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‘Loving and Caring’ is a captivating love song that introduces a new pop sound for the Arnhem Land rock band. Composed by Tara Rostron and Jodie Kell, it opens with Jodie’s sweet guitar and features Tara rapping in her language of Kune, part of the Bininj Kunwok languages of West Arnhem Land.
Songwriter and bass player Tara Rostron says, “In the song we sing about Yekke which is the dry season like this time. Everything’s burned and that’s how everyone feels, bad and depressed. I want to make people feel positive and strong. Stop going around and around in cycle and keeping it inside. That’s not good. Sometimes you need to let it out. Like the wet season when the rain comes. The rain and thunder rolls. That’s how we feel. It’s like our heart beating.”
lyrics
Loving and Caring
Ripple Effect Band
Composed by Tara Rostron and Jodie Kell
Languages: Kune and English
Intro
Daluk Bininj karri-djarkdi
Women and men / lovers let’s talk.
Verse 1
Njale yi-njilng warreminj kangurdul-me. [When you’re angry at me show me how you feel, tell me what you mean]
Why are you feeling so upset? I can hear the thunder rolling.
Kan-marnime baa nga-bengkan
Tell me, so I know.
Njale man-karre yi-karrme kure ku-kange
What reason do you have in your heart? (What are you holding in your heart?)
Marrek muyh yi-karrme
Don’t hold it inside for too long,
Munguyh yi-karrme na-warre [Don’t hold back]
If you hold it inside for too long, it’s no good.
Chorus
Daluk Bininj, our love is true.
[Women and men]
Our love, makes us strong.
Ngayih marne-djare nguddah
I want you.
Yimri konda nuk
Come here now.
Ngarri-djarrkni, ngarri-djarrkni
We’ll sit down together.
Spoken word
Yimri Konda yi-yol-yolme ban ga-bengkan nuk
Come here and talk about this, so I know what you are worried about
Verse 2
Yekke man-wurrk karri-wurlhke kundulk karrowen
In the dry season we burn bushfires, and the trees are dying.
Ngarri-durren ngarri-burren nganalk-bun
We argue, we fight, and I cry.
Kudjewk kangurdulme mandjewk kamankan
In the wet season the thunder rolls and it starts pouring down rain.
[Don’t worry if we argue sometimes, ‘cause the rain will come and our love will grow]
Kundulk ka-djordmen ngarri marne-djaremerren
And just like the trees re-grow, we start loving each other again.
Chorus
Daluk Bininj, our love is true.
Our love, makes us strong
Ngayih marne djare nguddah
Yimri Konda nuk [We’ll sit down together]
Ngarri-djarrkni, ngarri-djarrkni
Spoken word
Nguddah yibeng-kan nabu ngayih marinmeng
You should know what I told you.
Korroko marnimeng ngayih marne-djare nguddah bulkkidj duninjh
I already told you that I love you so much.
Ngadjare ngarrini kamakrok
I want to sit down with you all good
Kunkirn kunrit ngaleh njale ngarribawon
Problems like jealousy, leave it all behind
Kayo nokkonj nawarre balehbe ngarrire
Leave it, it’s no good.
Baleh balehbo ngarrire ngarri-nah narren ngarrire
Wherever we go, we look after each other.
Chorus
Daluk Bininj, our love is true.
[Women and men/lovers]
Our love makes us strong.
Ngayih marne-djare nguddah
I want you.
Yimri konda nuk [We’ll sit down together]
Come here now.
Ngarri-djarrkni [Karri-njilng rayek-men]
We’ll sit down together [Let’s be strong]
Ngarri-djarrkni
We’ll sit down together.
Outro
Hey, hey all you lovers out there, I got a story to share with you.
Listen up, why don’t you listen to each other cause we’re in this together.
When my man is caring for me, make me crazy for his love
Crazy for his love.
My love, what’s on your mind?
I can hear the thunder rolling
Tell me, so I know,
We can walk together in our love.
credits
released August 17, 2023
Composed by Tara Rostron and Jodie Kell
Produced by Jodie Kell and Tara Rostron
Vocals: Tara Rostron
Back up vocals: Jodie Kell, Rachel Thomas and Rona Lawrence
Drums: Jolene Lawrence
Bass Guitar: Tara Rostron
Guitar: Jodie Kell
Synthesiser: Jodie Kell and Tara Rostron
Keys: Jodie Kell
Mixing: Antonia Gauci
Mastering: Becki Whitton
Loving and Caring is released independently supported by Monotoca Music. It features women throughout the creative process, composed by Tara Rostron and Jodie Kell and performed by Ripple Effect Band. Loving and Caring was co-produced by Jodie Kell and Tara Rostron with help and love from Michael Hohnen at Skinnyfish Music. James Mangohig was the Skinnyfish Music studio engineer, including vocal, bass and drum tracking, and drum set up by Duane Preston at Studio G, Darwin. Guitar tracking, synthesisers and pre-mixing by Jodie and Tara at Ackeron Street Studios in Newcastle, mixing by Antonia Gauci and mastering by Becki Whitton. The music video was created by Scrub Bull Productions.
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