From Broome in Australia’s great North West, Stephen “Baamba” Albert’s first album of songs “Baad” tells stories of luggers, pearl divers, gambling houses, beautiful women and hard-living deepsea diving men. Together with a series of legendary musicians and songwriters like the Pigram Brothers and Jimmy Chi (Bran Nue Dae) Baamba helped to forge the unique styles and musical traditions of Broome and the Kimberley. “Guitars and ukuleles, squeeze box and mandolins, tea chest bass and mouth organs-these were the sounds I grew up with in the 1950’s” recollects Baamba