Keyword: Afrika

When I listening to music from South Africa I learned about a group called Makwerhu. Listen to this merrily music which switch yourself in a good mood.

Nearly every body knows the song Pata Pata which is a original folk song from South Africa, Miriam Makeba*s (†10.11.2008) version Pata Pata is the most famous one. Here I post an other version from the group Manu Dibango. Manu Dibango, born Emmanuel…

I like to introduce a Malian well known folk musician I immediately got liked into his music style. Habib Koité (b. 1958 in Mali) is an internationally-known Malian musician who sings and plays the guitar. His supporting cast, Bamada, is a super-grou…

I'm posting this song for my respectful memory of the great South African Lady Miriam Makeba, who in November 2008 died in the age of 76 years. A word from the famous Indian film producer Anant Singh: “We are deeply saddened by the death of Miriam…

I'm posting this song for my respectful memory of the great South African Lady Miriam Makeba, who died today in the age of 76 years. South African singer Miriam Makeba, one of Africa's best known voices and a champion of the fight against apartheid,…

While Tuku’s music is undeniably contagious, it is his lyrics that have captured the hearts of his people. The words to his songs, performed in the Shona language of Zimbabwe as well as English, invariably deal with social and economic issues. In the…

Oliver Mtukudzi is the best-selling artist in his home country of Zimbabwe, Africa. Lovingly called "Tuku" for short, Oliver began recording in the mid-1970s as a member of Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. After Wagon Wheels…

Tuku has been heavily influenced by chimurenga, the genre pioneered by Mapfumo that is inspired by the hypnotic rhythms of the mbira (thumb piano). However chimurenga is just one of many styles performed by Tuku, as his music also incorporates pop i…

Oliver Mtukudzi is the best-selling artist in his home country of Zimbabwe, Africa. Lovingly called "Tuku" for short, Oliver began recording in the mid-1970s as a member of Wagon Wheels, a band that also featured Thomas Mapfumo. After Wagon Wheels ro…

Insofar as Soukous has room to grow anymore, it rejects Paris hyperdrive for the confident understatement of the golden era, and too often the formal energy lags the second time around. Masterminded by a veteran Zairean guitarist who was once from Za…