{"id":852,"date":"2008-11-03T17:42:31","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T06:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/?p=852"},"modified":"2008-11-03T17:42:31","modified_gmt":"2008-11-03T06:42:31","slug":"australian-indigenous-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2008\/11\/03\/australian-indigenous-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Indigenous Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_853\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2008\/11\/gurrumul_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-853\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-853   \" title=\"Gurrumul\" src=\"http:\/\/sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2008\/11\/gurrumul_-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gurrumul Yunupingu\" width=\"146\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2008\/11\/gurrumul_-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2008\/11\/gurrumul_.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gurrumul Yunupingu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A reader has\u00a0written to recommend listening to two recent releases of what he describes as remarkable Australian music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have just heard a most incredible Australian CD, <em>Cannot Buy My Soul &#8211; The Songs of Kev Carmody<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 The musician and songwriter, Paul Kelly, pulled together a stellar cast of the cream of the Australian music scene to host a concert playing the songs of Kev Carmody, an Aboriginal drover turned musician.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kev Carmody wrote his songs from the 1960s through to the 1980s.\u00a0 There is so much dignity and eloquence in these songs, expressing the story from the soul of the Australian Indigenous people.\u00a0 Sometimes music can express the inexpressible qualities of a country &#8211; such is this music.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also highly recommended when contemplating Australian indigenous music is Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu&#8217;s\u00a0 widely acclaimed album, <em>Gurrumul<\/em>.\u00a0 There are many good reasons to recommend his music, which is mostly sung in\u00a0various Indigenous languages, with scenes drawn from the Aboriginal &#8220;Dreaming&#8221;.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;Gurrumul, blind since birth and a former member of the internationally acclaimed band Yothu Yindi, has released an album of quiet beauty.\u00a0 His voice has been described as having being touched by angels.\u00a0 If you are interested in some really great Australian music perhaps take a chance to listen to these.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Photograph: geelongadvertiser.com.au)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader has\u00a0written to recommend listening to two recent releases of what he describes as remarkable Australian music. \u201cI have just heard a most incredible Australian CD, Cannot Buy My Soul &#8211; 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