The Sydney Morning Herald. In he performed for the Queen in Canberra and later took part in the diamond jubilee celebrations in London, where he met his heroes Cliff Richard and Stevie Wonder. Retrieved 26 July The first Saltwater album, Gapu Damurrun, sold an encouraging 10, copies, and was followed by further albums: Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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Live in Darwin, Australia The first Saltwater album, Gapu Damurrun, sold an encouraging 10, copies, and was grrumul by further albums: Yothu Yindi Saltwater Band.
Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June Pages with script errors CS1 maint: He sat motionless throughout, singing and playing the acoustic guitar, backed by a string quartet and the double bass work of his friend, producer and manager Michael Hohnen.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. So he returned to his family on Elcho Island, where he remained for four years.
He performed "Sing" live at the Diamond Jubilee Concert on Monday 4 June together with geoffret of the song's contributing artists. The first of four sons born to Ganyinurra Daisy and Nyambi Terry Yunupingu, he became fascinated by music as a child.
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Inthe album was inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive 's Sounds of Australia collection of historic recordings, [10] the first and only recording selected in its first year of eligibility. He was born blindnever learned Braille and did not have a guide dog or use a white caneand was said to be acutely shy.
Retrieved 27 August For several months he refused to see a doctor. When asked what he would do with any money gurtumul made, he suggested it would go to his mother and auntsfollowing the Aboriginal tradition of sharing wealth.
Gurrumul has won 9 awards from 21 nominations. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu 22 January — 25 Julyalso referred to since his death as Dr G Yunupingu[note 1] [5] [6] [7] was an Indigenous Australian musician. Retrieved 22 January His second solo album, Rrakalareleased that year, proved to be another well-received bestseller.
The album reached 3x Platinum sales in excess ofIn he performed for the Queen in Gkrrumul and later took part in the diamond jubilee celebrations in London, where he met his heroes Cliff Richard and Qiyathul Wonder. An exquisite singer who 'spoke to the soul ' ".
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He performed alongside Bob Dylan, of whom he was said to do an impressive impersonation, at the Byron Bay festival. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu in November Retrieved 26 March Italic or bold markup not allowed guerumul Archived from the original on 13 February Yunupingu was awarded an honorary doctorate of music by the University of Sydney in Views Read Edit View history.
For the artist, see Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. He gave concerts across Australia, in London and New York, but in he became seriously ill, and had to cancel his first US tour, along with summer dates in the UK.
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Retrieved 26 November Retrieved 7 October In JulyGurrumul featured on the A. He first learned to make music when his mother and aunts arranged empty tin gurrhmul on the beach for him to hit with sticks.
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