Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was born on january 22, 1971 in galiwinku, elcho island, australia. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu passed away on july 25, 2017. Blind from birth, dr g yunupingu found his identity through song and the haunting voice that has already become legend. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of australia. Gurrumul is the debut album for geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. About us gurrumul s foundation was established in april 20 with a clear purpose to engage and support young indigenous australians particularly in remote communities through long term programs and activities that build on their strengths and give them hope for the future. Gurrumul geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu wiyathul youtube. National screening for documentary about the life of gurrumul yunupingu. With geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, mark grose, michael hohnen, sting.
He died on july 25, 2017 in darwin, northern territory, australia. Only trending news about geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu from. Music profile for geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, born 22 january 1971. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, often known simply as gurrumul, was an indigenous australian musician. Blind from birth, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is a powerhouse of musical creativity. His debut album introduced australia to the songlines and culture of his elcho island community, but now dr g yunupingu finds himself increasingly torn between city and country, present and past, self and the community to which he owes so much. His solo excursions highlight his amazing talent as a singersongwritermusician and his beautiful voice singing the songs of his gumatj country.
Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad, indigenous artist geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of australia. Three days before his death he approved the final cut of this documentary about his life, the yolngu people granting the filmmakers special permission for the use of his image and name despite their tradition to retire the use of their peoples names in death. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is the lead singer of the saltwater band and the former keyboard player and guitarist of yothu yindi. Gurrumul geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu wiyathul own private i dunno. The oldest of four, he was born blind and never learned to read braille. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingus albums stream online music.
Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu in a scene from the documentary film gurrumul. Users who like wukun geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu users who reposted wukun geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu playlists containing wukun geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu more tracks like wukun geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu license. Since his death, he should generally be referred to as dr. National screening for documentary about the life of. Blind from birth, he found purpose and meaning through songs and music inspired by his community and country on elcho island in far north east arnhem land. The track gurrumul history i was born blind also won a deadly for single of the year. Listen to gurrumul soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 554 followers.
Yet such is the importance of geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu s work and the desire to preserve his legacy. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu music, videos, stats, and. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu feels like such a fixture of the australian music scene that its hard to believe his debut selftitled album gurrumul only came out in 2008. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu simple english wikipedia. Yunupingu was born on galiwinku, elcho island, in the massive arnhem land, one of the five regions that make up australias northern territory. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, rip marginal revolution. A baru in new york chocolate puma mix yolanda be cool, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. At the time of his passing he was the bestknown aboriginal musician in australias history, with multiplatinum album success as proof. Find answer by real cryptoprofessionals to your questions at our news platform. Listen to songs by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share.
It reached number three on the aria charts, won aria awards for best world music album and best independent release and won a deadly for album of the year. Gurrumul bio highlights impact of aboriginal musicians. Gurrumul en duo avec sting every breath you take et en solo wiyathul taratata 2008. Be in trend of crypto markets, cryptocurrencies price and charts and other blockchain digital things. Age 46, a torres strait islander, here are various. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was a charting, awardwinning singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist from australia.
The gospel album is the third studio album from geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. A member of the gumatj clan of the yolngu people, despite being a world traveler, he lived there throughout his life. It is performed in a mixture of both yolngu and english. Hailing from a fairly farflung region, even by the standards of australias massive arnhem land, gurrumul yunupingu took up music early largely as a result of additional time spent with the family in church, a tangential result of being born blind. Lyrics for top songs by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Living a traditional yolngu life, his breakthrough album gurrumul.
An awardwinning performer, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu has touched the world with his unique singing voice and blend of traditional songs with modern composition. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, an aboriginal australian singer whose soulful voice and prodigious guitar playing took him from the remote island of. Yunupingu because of cultural sensitivities among northern australian aborigines around naming the dead rich berger july 28, 2017 at 4. He proved inspiring to artists with the geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu portrait by guy maestri winning the 2009 archibald prize and now hanging in the national. The final music statement from globally acclaimed indigenous artist gurrumul has made australian chart. Gurrumul yunupingu s final album released with documentary a year after death. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul releases discogs. Gurrumul is remembered today as one of the most important figures in australian music history, blind from birth and emerging from the remote. Most of his songs are sung in galpu, gumatj or djambarrpuyngu, which are all languages of the yolngu people of northeastern arnhem land. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, also referred to since his death as dr g yunupingu, was an indigenous australian musician. He became the highestselling aboriginal artist in history, selling more than half a million copies of his albums, singing in yolngu and some english. Left to his own devices, hohnen said, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu would have made an arnhem land reggae album.
Gurrumul is a portrait of an artist on the brink of global reverence, and the struggles he and those closest to him faced in balancing that which mattered most to him and keeping the show on the road. Gurrumul yunupingus final album released with documentary. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 1971 2017, also referred to since his death as dr g yunupingu, was an indigenous australian musician who sang stories of his land both in yolngu. The album was announced in may and is described as a uniquely indigenous approach to gospel songs with an expanded sound that combines new hymns, and reimagined gospel songs the album was released on 31 july 2015 and reached number three on the. Gurrumul yunupingu born 22 january 1971, galiwinku, elcho island, australia died 25 july 2017, tiwi, darwin, northern territory, australia was an indigenous australian musician who sang in yol. A multiinstrumentalist, he played drums, keyboards, guitar a righthandstrung guitar played lefthanded and didgeridoo, but it was the clarity of his singing voice that attracted rave. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, always referred to simply as gurrumul, is an australian aborigine from elcho island off the far north coast of the continent.
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