Rrakala taps into old songs from gurrumuls band, his familys songwriting, his new material and presents a choice of songs that reflect deeper into his aboriginal identity. Showcased for the first time are his exceptional skills on piano, drums, nylon string acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic guitars. Listen to all your favourite artists on any device for free or try the premium trial. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases customer service gift ideas books gift cards electronics home computers sell todays deals new releases customer service gift ideas books gift cards electronics home computers sell. Lets all find the next gem of 2018 by posting highly rated albums with a low amount of ratings. Gurrumul yunupingu, geoffrey gurrumul jetzt kaufen. The artists born name is geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Yes, i want free delivery on this order with amazon prime. Gurrumul history i was born blind geoffrey gurrumul. Gurrumul plays piano, drums, nylonstring acoustic guitar, electric and acoustic guitars. Rrakala is the second album from geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu.
The track gurrumul history i was born blind also won a deadly for single of the year. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, craig pilkington gurrumul. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu rrakala amazon. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, craig pilkington gurrumul amazon. 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. The final album from late musician gurrumul yunupingu has topped the aria albums chart, making it the first in an australian indigenous language to do so. A studio audience mostly white and middleaged except for gurrumuls 23yearold. Recorded at the old power station in new york and 301 in byron bay by aria award nominee producer michael hohnen and engineer anthony ruotolo, this album retains the quality, purity and sound of his first but has this elusive artist delving into other genres and instruments within his own cultural context. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul mp3 album download. Most of his songs are sung in galpu, gumatj or djambarrpuyngu, which are all languages of the yolngu people of northeastern arnhem land. Elcho island is 560 kilometres from darwin, off the northeast arnhem land coast. He sings in aboriginal and english about god and aboriginal culture.
Gurrumul is the debut album for geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, also referred to since his death as dr g yunupingu, was an indigenous australian musician. Yunupingu released two subsequent top five studio albums rrakala and the gospel album, achieved a. Im ripping the new album rrakala by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu and its showing information for the first album gurrumul instead. Listen to bayini from gurrumuls rrakala for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu rrakala music. The album was completed just weeks before his passing in july 2017 and presents traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional yolngu life with orchestral arrangements. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. New album rrakala by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu showing. The album was released on april 2018 and debuted at number 1 on the aria charts.
Yunupingu was born on galiwinku, elcho island, in the massive arnhem land, one of the five regions that make up australias northern. Djarimirri subtitled child of the rainbow is the first posthumous album and fourth studio album from geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu music, videos, stats, and. He was left handed, taught himself guitar with a right handed guitar that was given to him by his mother. Whilst this enormous accolade is accepted with great pride and humilty, it is the release of gurrumul.
Besides a player of guitar, keyboards, drums, and didgeridoo, he was foremost a popular vocalist. Hear gurrumuls final album in full, plus commentary from michael. 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. Gurrumuls djarimirri child of the rainbow behind the songs of the charttopping album the yolngu artists manager and collaborator explains why the album is a creative meeting place for. Listen free to geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu rrakala.
Lyrics to gurrumul history i was born blind by geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu. Free expedited shipping on products sold by amazon au when you purchase select books. Since his death, he should generally be referred to as dr. Full name geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu the april issue of rolling stone declared him as australia. With geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, mark grose, michael hohnen, sting.
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. Rrakala by gurrumul album, indigenous australian music. Listen now go unlimited start your 30day free trial listen to any song, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. While traditional aboriginal music tends to be loud and percussive. Please make an offer today geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu gurrumul and rrakala, 12453764.
The debut album gurrumul has sold half a million copies worldwide, reaching triple platinum in australia, his second solo album rrakala released in april. Gurrumul has come onto the international music industry radar where he has received an abundance of media interested and recently the album entered the european world music chart at number 8 september 2008. At the time of his passing he was the bestknown aboriginal musician in australias history, with multiplatinum album success as proof. I was born blind, and i dont know why god knows why, because he love me so as i grew up, my spirit knew. Gurrumul, geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu, craig pilkington. Rrakala geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu at mighty ape australia. 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. Gurrumul, 40, is in berlin to perform a song from his new album, rrakala, on a popular breakfast show. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
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. He also sang a song by the same name wulminda on the rrakala album. 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. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu 22 january 1971 25 july 2017, often known simply as gurrumul, was an indigenous australian musician.
Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Listen to gurrumul soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 554 followers. Stream ad free or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu was a charting, awardwinning singer, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist from australia. 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. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu simple english wikipedia. He is certainly the most distinctive australian star of recent years, and though there are few changes of mood or emotion on gurrumul, the strength of his gently soaring vocals and the power of songs like wiyathul, marrandil and the highly personal and emotional englishlanguage song gurrumul history i was born blind make this a remarkable album. Geoffrey gurrumul yunupingu died in 2017 at age 46 soon after recording this powerful album.