Dr Samuel Curkpatrick is a researcher and musician with a particular interest in intercultural collaboration and Indigenous Australian music. He is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, Monash University, and teaches at Stirling Theological College, University of Divinity.

• CollaborationPrefaceGlossaryIntroductionImpelled: songs from the groundConnected in songAbundant articulation: the living text of ManikayNarrative constellationsLiving bones: “Those clapping sticks have a song”Grooving together: the Crossing Roper Bar collaborationInterwoven voices: a brilliant aestheticPlaying together: collaboration and creativityEpilogue: new friendshipsBibliographyDiscographyAppendix 1: song textsAppendix 2: Young Wägilak group tour and performance historyIndex