119 Nathan May Its Gotta Start Somewhere

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On this week’s episode, we speak with rising young indigenous artist Nathan May in a wide-ranging chat about his new single and his musical journey.

Based in Adelaide but originally from Darwin, Nathan has just released his new single ‘Home’ (listen here), which emerged from a bout of homesickness. He started writing the song many years ago when he was just 17, but only recently completed it after a trip home to Darwin for the holidays, where he collaborated with multi-award winning Colin Buchanan to help put the finishing touches on the song.

Nathan has been developing his talent since the age of three, when he began playing drums at church in Darwin. As a struggling schoolboy growing up in the Territory, he was clueless as to what he wanted to do with his life – that was until he met former US President, Barack Obama, who told him ‘You can do and be whatever you want to’. Those few words changed Nathan’s whole life, and it was at that pivotal moment Nathan decided to leave Darwin to pursue music. Since then, he’s completed a three-year course at CASM to attain an advanced Diploma in Aboriginal Music, and he is in the final year of a bachelor’s degree in popular music at the Elder Conservatorium.

As one of Adelaide’s hardest-working live performers, Nathan has performed on countless stages, including the Adelaide Fringe Festival and the South Australian First Nations Voice to Parliament event. He is also set to perform his new single at this year’s BIGSOUND event, held in Brisbane in September.

The singer-songwriter has also been awarded the Governor’s Aboriginal Young Achiever of the Year (Arts Category) in 2019, the 2020 Tomorrow Maker AMP Award and the 2022 7news Creative Young Achiever of South Australia. He’s also designed and delivered mentorship programs to young Aboriginal children through the Culture is Life suicide prevention program, Generation of Change program through Reconciliation SA, and school holiday music programs in Marree, Coober Pedy and Oodnadatta.

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Links from the Show

Nathan May

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Nathanmaymusic

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MSZWYELfRVbVsRH9I8HdT?si=o8mG4ihETwyNwrL6wk_5vw

Bandcamp Website - https://nathanmaymusic.bandcamp.com/

Featured Songs

Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1fMr4T4fqY

It’s Gotta Start Somewhere - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TnzRISU2o

Final Song (Lyrics from the Playlist)

Jack Botts - Tattoos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMALd47IEPI