Loading...

Dig Music Home > Features > Video exclusive: Gurrumul - 'Gopuru'

Video exclusive: Gurrumul - 'Gopuru'

Our default Flash video is not available on your device. Please use the link(s) external link below to open the video in your own player.

Jun 23, 2011 Updated Jan 16, 2012

An exclusive first look at Gurrumul's new video for 'Gopuru', taken from his latest album Rrakala.

The video was directed by Gurrumul's friend Carlo Santone from Blue King Brown...enjoy!

Here's the complete list of National tour dates for Gurrumul in August/September.

Feature Type: 
More about: 
tag Register to add tags

Artist Biography

Fromwikipedia

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (born 1970) is an Indigenous Australian musician, who sings in the Yolngu language. He was born in Galiwin'ku, off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Australia about 580 kilometres from Darwin. He is from the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu and his mother from the Galpu nation. He was born blind, has never learned Braille and does not have a guide dog or use a white cane....

This entry is from Wikipedia external link, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under CC-BY-SA external link. Visit Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu external link on Wikipedia to correct or update this entry. Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately available here. The ABC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

bullet Alert Moderator

Discover more about Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on Dig Music

Recommendations

recommend Recommend
Jun 23, 2011. 12:43pm
harold recommended this

Comments

Post a Comment

Sort order

On Jun 24, 2011. 8:37pm
craig Cocks said

Beautifull - Gurumul has a beautiful voice and Yolgnu is a beautiful language. Great production

On Jun 25, 2011. 3:56pm
plantagenetian said

Fantastic. Moving ! Despites slow rural internet.

On Jun 26, 2011. 8:01pm
Ron said

this man is one in a million, a fantastic voice and a talented artist

On Jul 2, 2011. 11:10am
GDAYU2 said

Love his music, nice and relaxing beautiful music to listen too, but I wish they will groom him, do his finger nails and he should wear sunglasses.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Comments from unregistered users are subject to ABC moderation and will not appear until they are approved - there will be a delay until they are published.
Create A Profile to add comments straight away.

http://www.abc.net.au/conditions.htm
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
nine minus equals zero
Solve this math question and enter the solution with digits. E.g. for "two plus four = ?" enter "6".

Related Stories

Feature
Video: Gurrumul live

Aug 2, 2010

Video: Gurrumul live

Back in October 2008, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu and his band performed live for us in our Melbourne studio...enjoy!

News
Gurrumul heads stateside

Mar 16, 2010

Gurrumul heads stateside

Singer-songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu will release his eponymous solo debut album in the US on June 15.

News
Gurrumul soars to Number 1 on UK World Music Chart

Jul 24, 2009

Gurrumul soars to Number 1 on UK World Music Chart

Things just keep getting better for celebrated Australian indigenous musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

News
More Gongs For Gurrumul

Jan 2, 2009

More Gongs For Gurrumul

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has picked up more industry accolades, winning three categories of the AIR Awards at a ceremony in Melbourne.

Untidy Desk - Live Music. Up Close.
Find ABC Dig Music on Facebook
ABC Dig Music on Twitter
ABC Jazz
ABC Country
Explore Dig Music
Sign up to the weekly newsletter
Enter your email address
Other ABC music sites