Inspired by his mother and aunts’ favourite gospel music,Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu returns with a reimagining of missionary spirituals Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu: Rrakala - reviewGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu: Gurrumul - reviewGeoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu feels like such a fixture of the Australian music scene that it’s tough to believe his debut self-titled album Gurrumul only came out in 2008. That record quickly went triple-platinum and catapulted its maker’s reputation, shored up with a second release, and Rrakala,in 2011, performed in a mixture of his native Yolgnu and English.
Now he’s back with his third studio record, or The Gospel Album,released on 31 July. It was inspired by Gurrumul’s mother and aunts, who raised him on the songs of the local Methodist church on Elcho Island, and north-east Arnhem Land where he grew up. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com