Just heard on 'Last Word' that the Aboriginal singer, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, has died. He came to attention about 10 years ago with his rather beautiful voice and was the highest selling indigenous performer in Australian history.
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I had flagged this one up, JC.Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Not sure where now and he deserves a separate thread.
Very saddened by this news and realized I had never quite got round to buying him. This has now been rectified. He overcame so many challenges to achieve and his final months were awful. I would argue that he fell outside the category aboriginal soul - a genre I like but you won't find too many modern aboriginal performers who had the individuality to do likewise. -
The NY Times article was very interesting and I was not aware of the cultural taboos mentioned therein - referring to a deceased Aborigine by initials and surname only and not showing his face. I have only very limited knowledge of his music but he will be missed. RIP.Comment
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Noticed that there's been a release of a new record completed just before his death last year. The record says that the music blends together traditional Yolngo songs from Dr G's Elcho Island blended with western minimalist musical arrangements arranged by long time collaborator Erkki Veltheim. This track turned up on this month's songlines CD and I've been strangely addicted to it these last few days...not at all what I recall from his earlier releases, but great.
Djolin (Musical Instrument) in D Major - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8M_IO5Cwz4Comment
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Well, isn't that fascinating - I like that a lot - it links out to classical minimalism. Philip Glass. There is also a bit of XTC's unusual opening track on Apple Venus Vol One which I posted recently and Diamond's "Beautiful Noise" which itself imho was translated in Martin Stephenson's "There Comes a Time". Several potential segways there but it is also highly original.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostComment
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