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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Beautiful melodic sounds

12 years ago, April 15th 2012 No: 1 Msg: #154696 Delete Edit

Ali
Ali Watters

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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (born 1970) is an Indigenous Australian musician, who sings in the Yolngu language.

- Wikipedia

Official Website

Recommended in WOMADELAIDE 2012: Staggeringly Good by Dancing Dave

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12 years ago, April 17th 2012 No: 2 Msg: #154841 Delete Edit

myas
myas

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What a beautiful voice 😊 Reply to this

12 years ago, April 17th 2012 No: 3 Msg: #154874 Delete Edit

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

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Blows me away whenever I hear it...great choice Ali. Reply to this

11 years ago, March 7th 2013 No: 4 Msg: #167090 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

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When I tried to listen to this I got an error code: 404

I went on youtube to listen and really enjoyed it.
Thanks for turning us on to him.

We will be downloading some of this music very soon.

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11 years ago, March 27th 2013 No: 5 Msg: #167978 Delete Edit

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

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Listen to this one....fantastic!

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10 years ago, May 15th 2013 No: 6 Msg: #170675 Delete Edit

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Mike Fossey

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Wow - what a discovery, Ali!

I was amazed that 'Wiyathul', a well-known tune in the Maori language (as 'Pokarekare Ana'), could sound like something quite different in Yolngu - a language I'd never heard of before.

As for Geoffrey himself, I recall having seen him briefly on TV at last year's concert for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee but wasn't really aware of him until now. He reminds me of another big man with an unpronounceable name - the late-Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. And, he has a voice almost as memorable as that of another blind man, Andrea Bocceli. Just listen to this:

I'll be looking out for more of his work from now on. Thanks for sharing. Reply to this