Blues Voice Marlene Cummins and Saltwater Band Announced as 2026 NIMAs Hall of Fame Inductees

Blues Voice Marlene Cummins and Saltwater Band Announced as 2026 NIMAs Hall of Fame Inductees

The National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) have named Marlene Cummins and Saltwater Band as the 2026 Hall of Fame inductees.

Marlene Cummins & Saltwater Band To Be Inducted Into 2026 NIMAs Hall Of Fame

As the 2026 edition of the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) comes ever-closer, organisers have announced the two acts that will be honoured as this year’s Hall Of Fame inductees.Leading the charge in Marlene Cummins – a proud Guguyelandji woman on her father’s side and Woppaburra on her mother’s – whose storied career as seen her regarded as one of the country’s leading Indigenous female blues voices.Born in Cunnamulla, Cummins studied s…