Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's latest recording, The Gospel Album, is a dedication to his mother and aunts who introduced him to the songs, lullabies and gospel music at the Methodist church on Galiwin ...

There were sung tales and traditional chants, with clapsticks beating constantly to keep the time, but there were other kinds of songs as well: Christian songs, gospel music — tunes from far away that ...

Despite being born blind and speaking a language that few on Earth understand, Australian singer-songwriter Gurrumul has become, as Rolling Stone... Gurrumul, An Unlikely International Star, Reaches U ...

The most remarkable feature of Gurrumul, the recent first album by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, is the blind Australian indigenous singer’s extraordinary voice. Variously described by music writers as ...

Dr M Yunupingu, former Yothu Yindi frontman and Gumatj clan member, passed away on June 2 at his home community of Yirrkala, in north-east Arnhem Land. It is often the case that we learn more about ...

Ever heard of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu? If you can even pronounce his name, you’re way ahead of me. I only learned of him when I was told he’d be coming to Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley on ...

Warning: this article contains the name of an Aboriginal person who has died. His family have given permission. The soaring, haunting notes of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's voice sing out, supported ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains videos and audio of people who have died. Gurrumul's family has given permission for his name and image to be used ...

No matter how fancy his hotel, or how cosmopolitan the city he was visiting, the Gumatj man, who was born blind and grew up on Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku) off the Arnhem Land coast, liked to fall asleep ...

Music from one of the country’s most renowned singer-songwriters has been reimagined seven years after his death – and you can listen to the first song off the album now. Gurrumul’s ethereal voice ...

The Australian musician and singer-songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, who goes by simply Gurrumul, is an international star. He has sung a duet with Sting, performed for Britain's Royal Family ...