Passing Comments » Yolngu http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments a curious Yankee in Europe's court Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:22:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu: Australia’s new star http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/archives/89 http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/archives/89#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:17:07 +0000 rebecca http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/?p=89 Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s recently-released, first solo album “Gurrumul” has shot to the top of mainstream music charts in Australia. The 37-year-old musician, who was born blind, is now outselling major stars such as Mariah Carey, according to the International Herald Tribune (“Aboriginal musician astonishes Australian audiences” by Tim Johnston, April 22, 2008).

This video featuring Yunupingu is from the Italian newspaper La Repubblica (Italian text, in translation, paraphrased):

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu sings in the language of his native Aboriginal tribe, Yolngu, and recounts the difficulties of his people.

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