Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s songs score a Deadly achievement
Friday, October 10th, 2008Nicky Trup; 10/10/08
Singer-songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu cleaned up at last night’s Deadly Awards, taking home three gongs including artist of the year. The musician from Elcho Island, 500km east of Darwin, cut short a trip to China to attend last night’s ceremony and was well-rewarded with the top artistic prize, as well as single of the year and album of the year. The Deadlys, in their 14th year, celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in music, arts, sport and the community. Gurrumul, as he is known, has been blind since birth and is famously shy and asked his producer and collaborator, Michael Hohnen, to speak for him.
