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Calypso Rose and Mayra Andrade step in as Gurrumul cancels tour
Posted on July 7th, 2010 in World Music.
Australian Aboriginal sensation Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has been forced to cancel his upcoming European tour due to illness. The tour included a date at London’s Barbican on July 24, the final concert in a run of seven that included WOMAD Festival, and dates in Germany, Switzerland and France.
Stepping in on the Barbican date is a double bill bringing together the rising Cape Verdean star Mayra Andrade and the Tobagonian calypso legend Calypso Rose.
We wish Gurrumul a speedy recovery.
Gurrumul plays for one night only at Shepherds Bush Empire in London
Posted on October 28th, 2009 in World Music.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s star has risen fast. A blind singer and guitarist born on Elcho Island of the coast of Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory, he cut his teeth with Australia’s most famous Aboriginal band, Yothu Yindi, before going on to found his own, the Saltwater Band.
His 2008 solo debut release Gurrumul lead to rave reviews around the world, being hailed as a milestone in Australian recording history. A modest and retiring man, he has since been nominated for four awards at the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) music awards, hit the top of the Official UK World Music Album Chart, and become something of an international figurehead for his people.
On November 8, he appears for one night only at London’s O2 Empire in Shepherd’s Bush, supported by world music fusionists Worldfly, as part of a European tour taking him to Germany, Holland, Belgium, France and Ireland.
Buy tickets online at www.livenation.co.uk or call 0844 576 5483 (24 hours)