Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was a charting, award-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Australia. At the time of his passing he was the best-known Aboriginal musician in Australia's history, with multi-platinum album success as proof. Yunupingu was born on Galiwin'ku, Elcho Island, in the massive Arnhem Land, one of the five regions that make up Australia's Northern Territory. A member of the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu people, despite being a world traveler, he lived there throughout his life. The oldest of four, he was born blind and never learned to rea...