Gurrumul Yunupingu
Womadelaide’s unforgettable moments: ‘They didn’t know what to expect’
From an all-star train ride across the Nullarbor to an unexpected cricket plague, this year’s festival marks 30 years of border-defying music and art
Walter Marsh
12, Mar, 2022 @7:00 PM
Gurrumul, Omar Souleyman, 9Bach and DakhaBrakha: the best global artists the Grammys forgot
From the Godfathers of Arabic rap to the father of Ethio-jazz, Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan guides a tour through global music’s greatest
Ian Brennan
11, Mar, 2021 @4:30 PM
Buŋgul review: live tribute to Gurrumul's last gift to the world has fitting end for Yolgnu legend
The artist’s chart-topping album Djarimirri is retold on stage through an orchestra, dance and video
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
08, Feb, 2020 @2:25 AM
A Buŋgul, a procession, an overnight vigil: Sydney finds new rituals to mark day of mourning
After an exhilarating celebration of Dr G Yunupingu, a procession weaved through Sydney before spending the night in communal reflection at Barangaroo
Steve Dow
25, Jan, 2020 @11:43 PM
Gurrumul wins Australia's most prestigious music prize
Australian Music Prize awarded for Djarimirri, an album completed just weeks before the musician’s death
Helen Davidson
07, Mar, 2019 @7:25 AM
Best albums of 2018? Australia’s richest music prize reveals shortlist
Judges of the $30,000 Australian Music prize explain why the top nine albums are such knockouts
Kate Hennessy, Zoe Radas, Tim Freedman, Dave Faulkner, Bernard Zuel, Sose Fuamoli, Chris Berkley, Caitlin Nienaber, Bryget Chrisfield
30, Jan, 2019 @9:41 PM
From Camp Cope to Gurrumul Yunupingu: the best Australian albums of 2018
Exhilarating queer pop, politically charged rock and genre-defying aural artistry: this year’s best Australian albums were full of power and purpose
Jenny Valentish, Andrew Stafford, Nathan Jolly, Caitlin Welsh and Kate Hennessy
27, Dec, 2018 @1:33 AM
The 10 best Australian films of 2018: zombies and swingers and ghosts, oh my!
Bold and distinctive voices put forward uncompromising visions spanning many genres
Luke Buckmaster
12, Dec, 2018 @5:00 PM
Aria awards 2018: Amy Shark, Gurrumul and Kasey Chambers win big in moving ceremony
Shark paid tribute to women in music while Jimmy Barnes used his time backstage to draw attention to Australia’s domestic violence crisis
Steph Harmon
28, Nov, 2018 @10:39 AM
Aria awards 2018: Amy Shark and Courtney Barnett lead nominations
Shark scores nine nominations for Love Monster, while Barnett is close behind with eight
Steph Harmon
10, Oct, 2018 @11:52 PM
Gurrumul’s album Djarimirri is first Indigenous-language chart-topper
Posthumous record becomes first Indigenous-language release to reach No 1 in Australia’s Aria album charts
Ben Smee
22, Apr, 2018 @1:40 AM
‘We underestimated Gurrumul’: an unlikely career on the edge of two worlds
A new documentary and posthumous album dispel the myths surrounding a beloved Australian Indigenous artist
Helen Davidson
08, Apr, 2018 @6:00 PM
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