Gurrumul goes on tour

Gurrumul is a global star, but there's only one venue he pines for – home. Jane Cornwell joins his entourageIt's 7am in Berlin and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is standing in the green room at German TV station ZDF, an overcoat over his black leather jacket and his phone clamped to his ear. Faintly, through the earpiece, come the sounds of didgeridu, clapsticks and high, mournful singing: a week-long funeral ceremony for one of his aunts is under way on Elcho Island, off the coast of Australia'...

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