GURRUMUL

I went into HMV Bond Street as i usually would do browsing around on the upper floor looking through the world music section and this cd caught my eyes, initially i just pick it up because the album cover is jet black and the guy appears aborigine, held it but didnt make much of it and walked away and look to the mali music section picked up amadou and mariam's new cd 'welcome to mali ' which was what i actually came to buy. I was about paying for the cd when i asked what the lady at the till thought about guruumul cd and she is quite good so i paid for both and keep the receipt with the mind of returning it if i didn't like it.

On my way out, i happenend to notice that gurrumul was on the cover of the latest edition of songlines magazine,so i bought the magazine to read on the way home. I discovered he was blind since birth and painfully shy and rarely gave interviews .

He sounds like eva cassidy and has that kind of pain and sorrow in his voice like he know he is dying and singing for a place of pain,peace and sorrow at the same time .
I don't think i want to review this cd but would paste lnks of varying reviews by other people but for me all i can say is it was worth every penny i spent on it
A few reviews

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/feb/27/geoffrey-gurrumul-yunupingu-review

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gurrumul-Geoffrey-Yunupingu/dp/B0013NFQ8O


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