Left to his own devices, hohnen said, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu would have made an arnhem land reggae album. With geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, mark grose, michael hohnen, sting. Transcending cultural boundaries, gurrumul, a documentary film distributed by madman entertainment, released on april 25, 2018, provides a truly reverent portrait of the talented blind musician and the man considered in indigenous culture, a child of the rainbow, geoffrey gurrumul yunipingu 1971 2017. Singing in his native yolngu tongue, gurrumul yunupingu uses his selftitled debut he had previously been part of the massively successful yothu yindi to showcase a vocal talent rarely heard in any culture, but especially surprising against the backdrop of the usually repetitive, frenetic australian aboriginal forms. To ask other readers questions about gurrumul, please sign up. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. Hohnen talked him around to trying new genres, and the singer liked to impress. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet.
In october 2010, it was listed in the top 30 in the book, 100 best australian. With the release of this his first solo album, geoffrey highlights the tremendous talent and influence he has to offer indigenous music in australia, that can reverberate around the world. Blind from birth, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is a powerhouse of musical creativity. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul history i was born blind by noteatpig2getha. Stream gurrumul by gurrumul and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu simple english wikipedia. Get the guaranteed best price on world music vinyl like the geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu at musicians friend. The track gurrumul history i was born blind also won a deadly for single of the year. Australia holds itself up to the world as one of the. Gurrumul hospital row highlights indigenous health. Aap g eoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is a multiaward winning singer who has toured the world. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was a charting, awardwinning singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist from australia. 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.
Its the story of an astonishing musical gift that has left audiences all over the world spellbound. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul history i was born blind. I was born blind and i dont know why god knows why because he love me so as i grew up, my spirit knew then i learnt to read the world of.
While traditional aboriginal music tends to be loud and. From concert halls to recording studios and into aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of australias geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Those loving lines, spoken early on by an aunt, go to the heart of gurrumul, a powerful, thoughtprovoking documentary about geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, perhaps. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu rrakala amazon. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, often known simply as gurrumul, was an indigenous australian musician. Part road trip, part biography, robert hillmans account of gurrumuls life and artistry takes you behind the scenes and offers rare insights into the sources of his inspiration. From concert halls to recording studios and into the yolngu heartland, this is the story of geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. The australian musician and singersongwriter geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, who goes by simply gurrumul, is an international star. I was born blind, and i dont know why god knows why, because he love me so as i grew up, my spirit knew. In interviews with family and friends, gurrumul emerges as a man of his people, shaped by the beliefs, rites and ceremonies of a richly engaging culture. Gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul.
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This was the final okay from gurrumul, who as a coproducer had been involved in most. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul history i was born. Formerly a member of yothu yindi and saltwater band, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, who was blind from birth and passed away last year at age 46, released his first solo album in 2008. He has sung a duet with sting, performed for britains royal. The book from concert halls to recording studios and into aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of australia. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu wont be explained by any book.
Gurrumuls 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. The album reached 3x platinum sales in excess of 210,000. Gurrumul open your heart and stem the tide of indifference. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. Gospel songs were the first western music gurrumul heard as a very young child when his family took him to the local methodist. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is the lead singer of the saltwater band and the former keyboard player and guitarist of yothu yindi. Get all the lyrics to songs by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Lyrics to gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Indigenous musician geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu has performed across europe and the us. Gurrumul bio highlights impact of aboriginal musicians. He became the highestselling aboriginal artist in history, selling more than half a million copies of his albums, singing in yolngu and some english. Listen to songs by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. His solo excursions highlight his amazing talent as a singersongwritermusician and his beautiful voice singing the songs of his gumatj country. The track gurrumul history also won a deadly for single of the year.
Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul releases discogs. One of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. Music in australia australia is a country rich in diversity. Rrakala by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 9324690057481. In less than a decade, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu became australias biggestselling indigenous musician. 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. When geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu sat down with sting to perform one of the polices most famous songs, everyone was holding their breath, as robert hillman recalls. Although his solo career brought him wider acclaim, he was also formerly a member of. At the time of his passing he was the bestknown aboriginal musician in australias history, with multiplatinum album success as proof. From concert halls to recording studios and into aboriginal heartlan. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul 2015, cd discogs.
As it happened, the week yunupingu died, i had bought a copy of a beautiful new biography. Gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Most of his songs are sung in galpu, gumatj or djambarrpuyngu, which are all languages of the yolngu people of northeastern arnhem land. Next week, geoffrey gurrumul yunipingu will perform at the sydney opera house. He wasnt avid to have his life story told, he was very cooperative but he. 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. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was born on january 22, 1971 in galiwinku, elcho island, australia. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, also referred to since his death as dr g yunupingu, was an indigenous australian musician. In industry an overview of the australian industry for music professionals. Indigenous australian music, postminimalism, singersongwriter. This unique indigenous man is one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation.
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