With geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, mark grose, michael hohnen, sting. 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. As it happened, the week yunupingu died, i had bought a copy of a beautiful new biography.
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. The australian musician and singersongwriter geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, who goes by simply gurrumul, is an international star. The book from concert halls to recording studios and into aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of australia. Lyrics to gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. This unique indigenous man is one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. I was born blind, and i dont know why god knows why, because he love me so as i grew up, my spirit knew.
Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu simple english wikipedia. This was the final okay from gurrumul, who as a coproducer had been involved in most. I write collaborations in the voice of the person whose story is being told. He became the highestselling aboriginal artist in history, selling more than half a million copies of his albums, singing in yolngu and some english. From concert halls to recording studios and into aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of australias geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. The track gurrumul history also won a deadly for single of the year. 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 died on july 25, 2017 in darwin, northern territory, australia. From concert halls to recording studios and into aboriginal heartlan. Hohnen talked him around to trying new genres, and the singer liked to impress. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was a charting, awardwinning singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist from australia. Its the story of an astonishing musical gift that has left audiences all over the world spellbound. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. A bestselling, awardwinning, charttopping australian aboriginal singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist of the yolngu people. 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. Music in australia australia is a country rich in diversity.
Gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. 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. Get the guaranteed best price on world music vinyl like the geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu at musicians friend. One of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. Gurrumul open your heart and stem the tide of indifference. Indigenous australian music, postminimalism, singersongwriter. 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 gurrumul history i was born blind by noteatpig2getha. Listen to songs by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. 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. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu biography, albums, streaming. It follows in the footsteps of the multi aria award winning double platinum debut album released in february 2008 and which has gone on to sell half a million copies worldwide.
Gospel songs were the first western music gurrumul heard as a very young child when his family took him to the local methodist. Indigenous musician geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu has performed across europe and the us. 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 is the debut album for geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. From concert halls to recording studios and into the yolngu heartland, this is the story of geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. At the time of his passing he was the bestknown aboriginal musician in australias history, with multiplatinum album success as proof. 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. 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. Most of his songs are sung in galpu, gumatj or djambarrpuyngu, which are all languages of the yolngu people of northeastern arnhem land. While traditional aboriginal music tends to be loud and. Gurrumul history i was born blind geoffrey gurrumul. Gurrumul, an unlikely international star, reaches u. Stream gurrumul by gurrumul and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. Although his solo career brought him wider acclaim, he was also formerly a member of.
Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, also referred to since his death as dr g yunupingu, was an indigenous australian musician. Australia holds itself up to the world as one of the. 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. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu lyrics, songs, and albums genius. 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 hospital row highlights indigenous health. Left to his own devices, hohnen said, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu would have made an arnhem land reggae album. In less than a decade, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu became australias biggestselling indigenous musician. Next week, geoffrey gurrumul yunipingu will perform at the sydney opera house.
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, also referred to since his death as dr g yunupingu, was an indigenous australian musician. His solo excursions highlight his amazing talent as a singersongwritermusician and his beautiful voice singing the songs of his gumatj country. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was born on january 22, 1971 in galiwinku, elcho island, australia. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul history i was born blind.
Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul 2015, cd discogs. He wasnt avid to have his life story told, he was very cooperative but he. Blind from birth, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is a powerhouse of musical creativity. 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. 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. Gurrumul bio highlights impact of aboriginal musicians. In october 2010, it was listed in the top 30 in the book, 100 best australian.
Gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, often known simply as gurrumul, was an indigenous australian musician. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu at the 2012 sydney festival. Rrakala by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 9324690057481. Music profile for geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, born 22 january 1971. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul history i was born. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is the lead singer of the saltwater band and the former keyboard player and guitarist of yothu yindi. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. It is performed in a mixture of both yolngu and english. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu rrakala amazon. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul releases discogs. In industry an overview of the australian industry for music professionals. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu age, hometown, biography.
Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Aap g eoffrey gurrumul yunupingu is a multiaward winning singer who has toured the world. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu wont be explained by any book. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. Discover music australia music australia provides information on all aspects of australian music, bringing together music professionals, community musicians, music educators and students, to advance musical life. The track gurrumul history i was born blind also won a deadly for single of the year.
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