Gurrumul – review

Barbican, LondonTwo years ago, when Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, as he was then known, made his London debut at the Union Chapel, I awarded him five stars and predicted that he was going to be the next world music celebrity, with the potential to cross over to the mass market. Since then, I'm pleased to note, this blind Australian aboriginal singer, who sings in the Gumatj dialect, has done just that. He has sold over half a million albums and toured the world. But he hasn't quite fulfilled his...

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