Mixed Relations toured Aboriginal communities, Australian cities, Pacific Islands, New Zealand, United States, Europe, Canada ,and Hong Kong.
Mixed Relations was a reggae rock group formed in Sydney by Bart Willoughby on percussion, lead vocals, guitar and didgeridoo in late 1988.
[1] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, felt that Mixed Relations played "an infectious and funky hybrid of reggae, pop, rock and jazz.
[1] The Canberra Times' Nic Haygarth opined that the album was "a concoction of joyous sounds urban and outback, indigenous and electric, with the spirit of Aboriginal culture at its core.
[7] Alice Haines departed the band in 1992 to play the part of Rosie in the national touring production of Bran Nue Dae.
[8] She subsequently starred in the film Serenades, in the female lead role of Jila,[9] her own stage musical show Alice in 2001[10] and releasing a solo album Matter of Time in 2005.
Brenda Gifford, a music teacher, later recalled her time with Mixed Relations, "It was a really great experience, I got to see Australia – urban, regional, remote, traditional.