Mills Sisters
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| Mills Sisters | |
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| Origin | Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Folk |
| Years active | 1950s – present |
| Members | Cessa Mills Ina Mills Rita Mills |
Mills Sisters is a group of three sisters from Torres Strait Islands, Rita and twins Cessa and Ina. All three sang and Rita played guitar, Cessa the ukulele and Ina the tambourine.[1] Cessa and Ina retired in 1996 and Rita continued on a solo career.[2] They started singing in the 1950s and in the 80s started to tour outside the Torres Strait.[3] They performed all over the Pacific and in Europe.[4] Their version of "TI Blues" (a song written by Seaman Dan) has been called "a signature tune for the Torres Strait".[5]
The Mills sisters received the Australia Council's Red Ochre Award in 1995.[6]
Discography
- Frangipani land (1993) - New Market Music[7]
- Those beautiful TI girls (2002) - Zuna Entertainment[8]
References
- ↑ The Australian, 13 December 2004, "Trailblazer sang Torres on to map" by Steve Connolly
- ↑ Australian Associated Press General News, 28 March 2003, "Better late than never for Uncle Seaman" by Jordan Baker
- ↑ Sunday Herald Sun, 14 March 1999, "Rita's family affair" by Paul Stewart
- ↑ Sunday Herald Sun, 11 March 2001, "Rita calls it a day, at last." by Paul Stewart
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Red Ochre Award Australia Council for the Arts
- ↑ Frangipani land listing
- ↑ Those beautiful TI girls listing
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